Great Narrative Design Packages

The best narrative design ensures that everything matches: compelling characters that fit into the game world and align with the consistent game lore. Great characters make great stories. 

Narrative Packages

I provide a variety of narrative packages, all filled to the brim with great narrative. Ask me about discounts and special prices.

Package A: Just The Story

  • An outline for a compelling story, based on your characters and game lore, 500 words.

Delivery time: within 5 days.

Package B: Story & Characters

  • An outline for a compelling story, based on your characters (if available) and game's lore, 700 words.
  • 2-3 new convincing characters, 1-page character DNA per character.
  • 1 iteration 

Delivery time: within 7 days (first delivery).

Package C: Multiple Stories & Extra Characters

  • An outline for 3 compelling stories, based on your characters (if available) and the game's lore, 700 words per story.
  • 4-5 new convincing characters, 1-page character DNA per character.
  • 2 iterations

Delivery time: within 12 days (first delivery).

Worldbuilding Packages

Worldbuilding Review

You have a complete worldbuilding document, but you're unsure if your team can work with it. I offer:

  • A 30-minute video call to discuss the current state and your vision of the game.
  • A detailed review of your current worldbuilding document.
  • Useful and practical feedback for you to improve your worldbuilding document.

 

Delivery time: within 3 working days.

 

 

Worldbuilding Completion

You have a partial worldbuilding document. I offer:

  • A 30-minute video call to discuss the current state and your vision.
  • A detailed review of the current state of the worldbuilding.
  • Full completion of the worldbuilding document, including visual references.
  • A 30-minute video call upon first delivery.
  • 1 round of iteration.

First delivery time: within 5 working days.

Iteration delivery time: within 2 working days.

Worldbuilding Full On

I offer:

  • A 30-minute video call before I start working, and before each iteration.
  • A full worldbuilding document, based on your game idea, including visual references.
  • Up to 3 rounds of iteration.

 

First delivery time: within 5 working days.

Iteration delivery time: within 3 working days.

Character Design Packages

Single Character

I offer Character design for 1 character:

  • Personality & Voice
  • Appearance: face, hair, body, clothing
  • Weapons or Accessories
  • Extra: 1-page Character DNA as a summary of the above.
  • Material that your team can really work with.

Delivery time: within 2 working days.

 

Full Character Cast

I offer character designs for a full cast:

  • 2-5 Characters
  • Personality & Voice
  • Appearance: face, hair, body, clothing
  • Weapons or Accessories
  • Extra: 1-page Character DNA per character as a summary of the above.
  • Material that your team can really work with.

Delivery time: within 8 working days.

Character Consult

Per character, I offer:

  • 1-3 pages of thorough feedback.
  • Feedback on the character's personality, appearance, and voice.
  • Suggestions and tips for improvement.
  • Material that your team can really work with.

Delivery time: within 2 working days.

Storytelling & Writing Packages

Story Outline

I offer:

  • A complete story outline that game designers and writers can work with.
  • Catered to your game's genre and player audience
  • Length: 3 pages in Word

Delivery: within 3 working days.

Dialogue Writing

You already have a story outline and character cast, but need someone to write the dialogues. I offer:

  • Full dialogue.
  • Catered to mobile or video game.
  • Matching your game's genre and tone.
  • High quality, colloquial English.

Delivery: 1 working day per 30 beats.

Scene & Script Writing

I offer:

  • Full dialogue, plus cutscenes, scene annotation and notes for designers, artists, and programmers
  • Catered to mobile or video game.
  • Matching your game's genre, tone and scope.
  • High quality, colloquial English.

Delivery: within 14 working days, or depending on the scope.

 

Game Localization Packages (Video Game or Mobile Game)

Human Translation

Situation:

  • You have no text in the target language yet, or
  • You have a text in the target language but the quality is so poor that it has to be completely redone.

This is a game localization of the source text, done by a human, with no traces of AI usage.

Available language pairs:

  • English to Dutch
  • Chinese to English
  • Chinese to Dutch
  • German/French/Spanish to Dutch

Delivery: Depending on the scope.

Light Post Editing

Situation:

  • You have a text in the target language, but you want to check and verify the quality and polish out small issues.

Light post editing means I'll take care of typos, grammar mistakes, small issues, but not rewrite whole sentences.

Available language pairs:

  • English to Dutch
  • Chinese to English
  • Chinese to Dutch
  • German/French/Spanish to Dutch

Delivery: Depending on the scope.

Full Post Editing

Situation:

  • You have a text in the target language, but the quality is poor, but not so poor that it has to be completely redone.

Full post editing means I'll take care of typos, grammar, and include rewriting where it's needed.

Available language pairs:

  • English to Dutch
  • Chinese to English
  • Chinese to Dutch
  • German/French/Spanish to Dutch

Delivery: Depending on the scope.

Let's come to a deal

Great narrative design grows from fruitful cooperation. I want to come to a win-win deal with you that benefits us both. Here's what makes a good deal for me: If you...

  • offer fair compensation, and/or
  • have a project that awakens passion in me, and/or
  • are a great, trustworthy, and reliable partner to work with, and/or
  • have anything else that's of added value to me

...then I really want to make a deal with you - hit me up for a talk.

What Others Say:

"Martijn can handle any task with efficiency and professional-level quality, and I highly recommend him for any Narrative Designer or Game Writer role." ~ Kelly Bender