Narrative Team
The Narrative Team, also known as Narrative Design, is responsible for the overall story structure and lore and the final dialogue in Guild Wars 2. The team works closely together with other teams which are responsible for presenting the story and lore either through gameplay, art, or other means.[1]
Organization[edit]
The job descriptions and titles of the Narrative Team members have changed over the years. The team has strong partnerships with other related developer teams such as the Current Activities Team and the Design Team when structuring the narrative and lore. The team has been involved in the three Living World teams, the expansion team as well as the Current Activities and Fractals and Raid Team since the launch of Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns.[verification requested] The other teams help the Narrative Team fuse the story with the gameplay, and build the story and open world content that delivers it. Due to the fluctuating nature of the subteams, sometimes some designers outside the Narrative Team may end up contributing story and lore for the Narrative Team.[1]
The Narrative Director is the overarching team lead who oversees story development, reviews and revises scripts.
The Associate Narrative Director manages the team of narrative designers, daily operations, trailers, some script review, etc.
The Story Editors manage the story of the Living World since the launch of Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire, review and revise scripts, trailers, etc. and maintain the overall storyline and tone.[1][2]
List of Narrative Team Staff[edit]
Current[edit]
- Alex Kain - Narrative Designer (January 2017 – Present)
- Bobby Stein - Narrative Director / Narrative Designer / Narrative Lead (December 2007 / June 2017 – Present)
- Casey Anderson - Senior Editor (August 2016 – Present)
- Daniel Barnes - Narrative Designer (March 2021 – November 2021 / February 2022 – Present)
- David Wilson - Editing Lead (2009 – Present)
- Erin Amschlinger - Narrative Designer (January 2020 – Present)
- Indigo Linde - Senior Narrative Designer / Narrative Lead (January 2021 – Present)
- Kyp Maher - Writer / Narrative Designer (2022 – Present)
- Matthew Medina - Story Design Team Lead for Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire (October 2009 – February 2019 / March 2020 – Present)
- Stacy Kolden - Narrative Editor (October 2016 – Present)
- Tim Williams - Senior Writer / Narrative Designer (2021 – Present)
Former[edit]
- Aaron Linde - Narrative Systems Lead (June 2016 – February 2019)
- Akshai Ajit - Narrative Designer (January 2019 – September 2019)
- Angel Leigh McCoy - Senior Narrative Designer (January 2008 – September 2017)
- Armand Constantine - Narrative Design Manager / VO Lead for Guild Wars 2 Living World (May 2017 – June 2020)
- Chris Avellone - Narrative Designer / Writer (May 2016 – May 2017)
- Connie Griffith - Senior Game Designer (February 2016 – February 2019)
- Elan Stimmel - Narrative Writer / Narrative Editor (November 2011 – December 2014 / September 2016 – February 2019)
- Jeff Grubb - Senior Narrative Designer (2006 – February 2016)
- Jessica Price - Story Editor (July 2017 – July 2018)
- Julia Nardin - Story Editor / Narrative Lead (October 2018 – October 2019)
- Kwan Perng - Narrative Designer (August 2019 – March 2022)
- Leah Hoyer - Head of Narrative / Studio Director (July 2014 – October 2016)
- Lily Yu - Narrative Designer (March 2018 – February 2019)
- Michael Yichao - Narrative Designer (June 2017 – January 2018)
- Morgan Lockhart - Senior Writer / Narrative Designer (September 2020 – March 2022)[3]
- Neil Pollner - Principal Narrative Designer (August 2017 – September 2019)
- Novera King - Senior Writer / Narrative Designer (July 2018 – October 2020)
- Peter Fries - Narrative Designer (January 2011 – July 2018)
- Ree Soesbee - Narrative Designer (June 2006 – January 2017)
- Ross Beeley - Narrative Designer (April 2015 – March 2017)
- Samantha Wallschlaeger - Narrative Designer (October 2017 – September 2019)
- Scott McGough - Narrative Designer / Narrative Lead (October 2008 / September 2012 – February 2019)
- Tom Abernathy - Studio Narrative Director (February 2017 – December 2021)
- Ty King - Narrative Designer (September 2016 – December 2017)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Post by Bobby Stein in "Who is the writing team at ArenaNet right now?", Guild Wars 2 Forums
- ^ Post by Jessica Price in "Ka-Braham", Guild Wars 2 Forums
- ^ Tweet by Morgan Lockhart, Twitter.com
