Cloudhead Games is the veteran VR studio behind the multi-award winning titles, Pistol Whip, an action-rhythm shooter (GOTY, DICE Awards) and the fantasy adventure series, The Gallery (GOTY, VR Awards.) Cloudhead has partnered multiple times with industry legend Valve to create tech demos, with the most notable being Aperture Hand Lab, a humorous Valve Index controller demo set in the Portal Universe. Always innovating, Cloudhead is also known for its early solutions in VR locomotion/comfort with snap turns and teleportation, as well as VR motion capture and hand interactions.
Cloudhead Games is a fully remote company working Pacific Time Zone hours.
As a Narrative Writer at Cloudhead Games, you will be the storyteller behind our world, crafting compelling lore, character backstories, and engaging dialogue that breathe life into our game. You’ll collaborate closely with design, art, and voice teams to ensure the narrative seamlessly supports and enhances gameplay. From writing quests and item descriptions to developing cinematic scripts and in-world texts, you’ll help shape every written aspect of the player’s experience. You’ll also support marketing, localization, and provide ongoing narrative iteration throughout development.

• Crafting the game’s lore.
• Creating character biographies.
• Establishing narrative arcs.
• Crafting believable and engaging dialogue for characters.
• Helping design quests or missions based on the narrative.
• Assists art in establishing tone & atmosphere, through the game’s writing.
• Naming of characters, locations, gear, etc.
• Writing descriptions for collectibles and other in-game items for players to read.
• Helping craft text that guides players through tutorials.
• Collaborating with designers to ensure narrative elements integrate well with gameplay.
• Writing scripts for cutscenes or cinematic sequences.
• Creating incidental text for in-world elements like signs, notes, etc.
• Doing research for topics related to the game’s story or setting.
• Preparing scripts, and assisting with direction for voice performances.
• Continuously improving the written works based on feedback throughout the development process.
• Helping marketing with promotional materials.
• Assisting with localization efforts.