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The Necromancer's Tale

Role: Senior Writer

Developer: Psychic Software

Publisher: Psychic Software

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A Decent into Darkness

​The Necromancer's Tale is a story-rich Gothic RPG which follows Mandel as they investigate the macabre events surrounding their father's death. With each revelation you uncover, dark pacts and sinister conspiracies reveal themselves. Will you use secrecy, diplomacy, blackmail, coercion & seduction to rain vengeance on those who wronged you or will you show mercy and grace to the undeserving?

 

Master the rituals of an ancient spellbook. Raise an undead army to march against your enemies. Commune with the realm of the dead & struggle with your descent into madness as you advance your goals. Story-dense and deeply branching, The Necromancer's Tale shows the dark side of power fantasy.

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Releasing July 2025

My Role

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For The Necromancer's Tale I:​

  • Wrote dialogue and narrative text for scenes and in-game events.

  • Wrote in-world books and documents.

  • Provided feedback on the overall story and other writers' scenes.​

  • Helped map out narrative threads and ensure narrative consistency throughout the game's many branching paths.

Writing and Narrative Design

Unique Project Features

A Diverse International Team

The Necromancer's Tale was written by a team of five writers spread across numerous countries and just as many time-zones. With asynchronous schedules, different writing styles, and varied cultural references, we had to make sure we were creating a consistent and cohesive story for our players.

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Led by our game's director, we had frequent feedback and planning meetings where we outlined our current writing tasks and connected various story threads. The amount of narrative content in the game is especially large given the small team size (over 400,000 words) and we went to great lengths to ensure that the various branching paths worked effectively and provided meaningful choices for players.​

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The game also features a large cast of characters, which required additional collaboration to match character voices and styles. Some characters and quest lines were principally written by specific writers but, when necessary, we shared style guidelines to ensure consistency across scenes.

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A Character-Rich World

The Necromancer's Tale ensures that its world feels dense and authentic thanks to a cast of over 180 NPCs.

Samples
See the game's spell book and a few rituals below!
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