Game Designer – Narrative, Interactive Drama

Taplot AI; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizzy Labs in San Francisco — the creators of Taplot (taplot.ai) — is seeking a narrative game designer to craft emotionally engaging stories, meaningful player choices, and AI-enhanced storytelling workflows. You will shape worldbuilding, characters and branching narratives from concept through launch.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product, engineering, art and design, refining stories using analytics and live feedback to maintain a high storytelling bar across the team.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in game narrative design, game writing, scriptwriting, or a related creative writing role.
• Strong command of interactive storytelling: branching narratives, player agency and choice-driven experiences.
• Proven ability to create compelling characters, engaging dialogue and emotionally impactful story arcs.
• Comfortable adopting new AI tools and workflows to improve creativity and production speed.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and cross-functional collaboration.
• A strong sense of pacing, narrative structure and player engagement.

Responsibilities

• Own the narrative vision of our interactive dramas from concept to final build: worldbuilding, characters, dialogue and branching narrative design.
• Design meaningful player choices, branching story paths and multiple endings that balance narrative depth with player engagement.
• Use AI tools (LLMs, image, video and voice generation) to speed up writing, iteration and creative exploration.
• Work closely with product, engineering, art and design to take stories from prototype to launch.
• Refine stories using player feedback, analytics and live performance.
• Give writers and narrative designers actionable creative feedback and keep a high storytelling bar across the team.

Skills

Narrative design

Branching storytelling

Character development

Dialogue writing

AI tooling fluency

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Pacing and structure

Tools

LLMs

AI workflow tools

Job description

Vizzy Labs (venture-backed, San Francisco) builds Taplot (taplot.ai): AI-generated interactive dramas where the player's choices drive the story. We're looking for a narrative game designer who is passionate about crafting emotionally engaging stories, designing meaningful player choices, and exploring how AI can transform the future of storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Own the narrative vision of our interactive dramas from concept to final build: worldbuilding, characters, dialogue and branching narrative design.
• Design meaningful player choices, branching story paths and multiple endings that balance narrative depth with player engagement.
• Use AI tools (LLMs, image, video and voice generation) to speed up writing, iteration and creative exploration.
• Work closely with product, engineering, art and design to take stories from prototype to launch.
• Refine stories using player feedback, analytics and live performance.
• Give writers and narrative designers actionable creative feedback and keep a high storytelling bar across the team.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in game narrative design, game writing, scriptwriting, or a related creative writing role.
• Strong command of interactive storytelling: branching narratives, player agency and choice-driven experiences.
• Proven ability to create compelling characters, engaging dialogue and emotionally impactful story arcs.
• Comfortable adopting new AI tools and workflows to improve creativity and production speed.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and cross-functional collaboration.
• A strong sense of pacing, narrative structure and player engagement.

Nice to have

• Writing for narrative-driven RPGs, visual novels, interactive fiction, choice-based games (Episode, Choices, Chapters) or short dramas.
• At least one shipped game or interactive narrative project.
• A portfolio with narrative design work, writing samples or shipped titles.
• Insight into the global interactive drama and short-form content market.