Date: 5 February 2023
Written For: Job Application (Games Writer, Infinity Plus Two)
Format: Script, Short Story
Genre: Fantasy
Word Count: 512
Author’s Note: This short story was written as part of an application for a games writing job at Infinity Plus Two, where I was working at the time as a software engineer. This story is loosely related to the events of Gems of War‘s tutorial, and was required to be split into 3 parts: a script for the player character being introduced to Luther, an NPC from Gems; a descriptive paragraph about a dragon, which is keeping Luther captive in a tower; and a novel-esque passage wrapping up how that encounter concludes. I didn’t get the job, but I gave it my best shot, and I’m happy with the snippets of writing I produced.
Sam Huffer 