a narrative design agency

Astral Ascent

Client: Hibernian Workshop
Release date: November 2023Four heroes fight to escape a gilded prison in this epic roguelite action game.→ We worked alongside the production team since the start of the project to build the world, create the characters, design, and produce the narrative content through Early Access and up to the release.Narrative Director: Anthony Jauneaud
Writer: Cindy Asselin de Beauville
Sparkling: Rik Godwin
- World-Building
- Story & Characters
- Narrative DesignSteam Page

Atlas Fallen

Client: Deck13 & Focus Entertainment
Release date: August 2023Rise from the sand and liberate mankind from the oppression of the gods.→ In 2021, we were consulted on the story and the characters. Later in 2022, Rik Godwin joined the narrative team to write content up to the final recording days.Story Consultants: Cindy Asselin de Beauville & Anthony Jauneaud & Rik Godwin
Writer: Rik Godwin with the narrative teamSteam Page

Harmony: Fall of Reverie

Client: Don't Nod
Release date: June 2023In the very near future… When Polly returns home after a few years abroad to look for her missing mother, she soon discovers that she has a gift of clairvoyance that connects her to Reverie, the realm of the Aspirations of Humanity. From there, she becomes Harmony, a goddess who has the power to choose the Aspiration that will ultimately rule over Reverie and restore the delicate balance between the deities’ world and ours.Lead Writer: Anthony Jauneaud
Writers: Rik Godwin & G.C. BaccarisSteam Page

Dordogne

Client: Un Je Ne Sais Quoi + Umanimation
Release date: May 2023After the death of her grandmother, Mimi comes back to her house in Dordogne. There, she will uncover the truth about the last summer she spent there…→ We were invited to join the project during pre-production and alongside the team and its creative director, we designed and wrote the story, the characters, and the dialogues in English.Narrative Director: Anthony Jauneaud
- Story & Dialogues
- Characters
- Narrative DesignSteam Page

Flat Eye

Client: Monkey Moon
Release date: November 2022In this sci-fi management game, you manage, organize, and improve a station filled with technological wonders.Narrative Director & Writer: Anthony Jauneaud
Guest Writers: Cindy Asselin de Beauville & Rik Godwin & more!Steam Page

Under the Waves

Client: Parallel Studio
Release date: August 2023A narrative-driven adventure game about the engulfing power of grief. As Stan retreads further into his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events far beneath the waves. Stuck between life and death, Stan will have to make the most significant choice of his existence.Story Consultants: Anthony Jauneaud & Rik Godwin
Lead Writer: Rik Godwin
French Localisation: Clément MartinSteam Page

A Plague Tale: Requiem

Client: Asobo Studio
Release date: October 2022Six months have passed since the events of the first game. With Hugo's curse now seemingly under control, the siblings escape their devastated homeland and travel far south to find a definitive cure to Hugo’s affliction. But, when the boy's powers reawaken, death and destruction return in a flood of devouring rats.→ We joined the team for six months in 2021 to support the narrative and level teams.Additional Writer: Anthony JauneaudSteam Page

Cindy Asselin de Beauville

Senior Narrative Designer & Writer @ actezéroMartinican, demi-female, involved in LGBTQ+, gender, race, and ecology issues… Certified tea addict.Studied game design, programming, cinema, and scriptwriting. Worked as a freelancer for: Flying Oak Games, Périple Studio, ARTE…Writes in French & English.

Anthony Jauneaud

Narrative Director @ actezéroBorn in 1986. Grew up on a tropical island with Tolkien, Barjavel, and John Irving.Studied cinema and scriptwriting. Worked at Ubisoft (O.zen), Asobo Studio (Hololens games, A Plague Tale), Sumo Digital (Dead Island 2)… before turning indie.Writes in French & English.

Grim Baccaris

Writer on Harmony: The Fall of ReverieG.C. Baccaris has been making games since 2016 and freelancing in the games industry since 2019. Grim has a BA in Classics and English Literature, and was mentored by bestselling author and games writer Greg Buchanan.As a freelancer, Grim has worked in a variety of roles for clients representing National Geographic, Revelations Productions, Coolmath Games, and Boston University, among others.When not writing, programming, or consumed with existential dread, Grim can be found maintaining a plague mask collection, contemplating cryptids, or unconscious.Writes in English.Official Website

Rik Godwin

Currently: Lead Writer @ UbisoftBritish (sorry). Hobbies include being lactose tolerant and reading trashy crime novels.Studied English and Linguistics and has worked on games including Harmony: The Fall of Reverie, Under the Waves and Chinatown Detective Agency.LinkedIn

Exogate Initiative

Client: Xeno Bits
Release date: Early Access OUT NOWAs the XO of the newly funded Exogate Initiative, your mission is to build your base, send explorers throughout the universe, and gather intel about extra-terrestrial life.Narrative Director: Anthony Jauneaud
Narrative Designers & Writers: Cindy Asselin de Beauville & Rik GodwinSteam Page

Night Call

Client: Monkey Moon
Release date: July 2019A taxi driver is tasked by the police to investigate on a serial killer. On the way, he will meet the many souls of Paris and their vibrant stories.Narrative Director: Anthony Jauneaud
- Story & Characters
- Narrative DesignGuest Writer: Rik GodwinAwards:
- Pégases 2020 - Best Indie Game
- IGF 2020 - Honorable Mention: Excellence in NarrativeLink