ZACHARY FLYNN IS A NARRATIVE DESIGNER WITH A BACKGROUND IN TRADITIONAL FICTION WRITING AND A PASSION FOR CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, COMPELLING DIALOGUE, AND QUEST DESIGN. HIS EXPERIENCE FOCUSES ON BOLSTERING GAMEPLAY WITH CHARACTER DRIVEN STORY ARCS, WHILE BALANCING PLAYER CHOICE AND FEASIBLE IMPLEMENTATION STANDARDS. EXPERIENCE ALSO INCLUDES QUEST CONCEPTING, LEVEL DESIGN CONCEPTING, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, BRANCHING DIALOGUE, WORLD BUILDING, AND VOICE DIRECTION.  

EDUCATION

B.A. Creative Writing, Fiction
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

experience

Chashu Entertainment - January 2022 - Present      

Sands of Aura - Narrative Designer   

• Handled story and quest design throughout development

• Created compelling dialogue scripts, character concepts and dynamic world building

• Voice over casting and direction

• Implemented dialogue and in-game text (items and lore descriptions) in engine (Unreal)

• Revised concepts, scripts and worldbuilding based on feedback from team members and creative director

• Copywriting for promotional material

id Software - July 2019 - December 2021

Doom Eternal - QA Tester

• Run test requests and identify game issues (bugs)

• Provide detailed feedback on gameplay related issues in written and verbal form

• Collaborate with peers and assist senior team members to assess game issues and concerns

• Write and update test plans

University of Illinois - 2016 - July 2019

Preservation Services

• IA digital support and preservation services

• Woodward Archiving Project

awards

• Senior Quinn, Creative Writing

• Junior Quinn, Creative Writing