Jem Alexander

United Kingdom

Games and TTRPG writer, narrative designer, editor and voice director. 15 years of industry experience across writing/design, production, journalism, marketing and PR. Five years of improv training and real-time TTRPG storytelling. Seeking a full-time games writing role at a studio that values inclusivity and representation as highly as storytelling and worldbuilding.

Previously at Develop/MCV, Riot Games, Square Enix, Six to Start, Joystiq, OXM.
He/Him. Black Lives Matter. 🏳️‍🌈

Get in touch: [email protected]

Portfolio

Twine games

Writing test
Twine game: A Vampire Disturbed

Length: 5 - 10 mins. A short twine game based on a writing test prompt. Vampires need their rest. How will you react when the residents of a nearby village disturb yours?

Writing test
Twine game: Lovecraftian horror scene

Length: 5 - 10 mins. A short Lovecraftian horror twine game based on a writing test prompt. As you enter Arkham police station, you find yourself in a strange and unsettling situation. Can you keep your head while all around you lose theirs?

Games writing

Private client
Game story concepts

A trio of game treatments, with focus on characters and the three-act structure. These are early concepts and explorations, created to the client's brief and feedback. Each is designed for a horror/adventure game.

Private client
Game story treatment

Further expansion and full treatment of a pirate horror game concept chosen by the client after the initial exploration phase.

Private client
Game story treatments

A trio of heist game concepts and treatments, created from the client's brief and feedback.

Six to Start
Zombies, Run! side mission script

Shooting script for a side mission set in the post-apocalyptic comedy world of Zombies, Run! This is a running app that interweaves narrative into your exercise.

Tabletop Roleplaying

Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition
Frozen North random encounters

A set of random encounters for a snowy tundra environment. Easily slipped into a home game set in Icewind Dale, or similar.

A Lineage Expansion for DayLITE: Fantasy
Gnomon

A collection of sub-lineages for the DayLITE: Fantasy RPG system. Available now on DriveThruRPG.

A Lineage Expansion for DayLITE: Fantasy
Tortuganan

A collection of sub-lineages for DayLITE: Fantasy. Available now on DriveThruRPG.

Personal projects

Spec script (science fiction)
Doctor Who episode - 'Mind The Gap'

A full script for an episode of Doctor Who, set during the Twelth Doctor / Clara era. People are seeing strange movement in the gap between things. The dark space between doorframes and pavement slabs and tube trains. Mind the gap...

D&D one shot
A Shadow Over Phandalin

Halloween one-shot set in the familiar town of Phandalin, though things are not quite as you might remember them...

Comedy webseries script
Good Morning - Episode 1

An exploration of gay dating and hookup culture, told one awkward morning at a time.

Spec comic script
Assassin's Creed Reboot

A comedic attempt at rebooting the Assassin's Creed lore and saving it from itself. Or, a wee jaunt through ancient Rome.