Diablo IV – Vessel of Hatred Expansion

NARRATIVE DESIGNER
Diablo IV - Vessel of Hated

Diablo IV is a 3D ARPG MMO set in a brutally unforgiving dark fantasy world. Vessel of Hatred is its first expansion.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Some of my responsibilities on X1 overlapped with those on the base game; I’ve excluded that overlap below. You can check out what I did on D4’s base game for a more complete picture of all I did on X1.
 

These are the new responsibilities I undertook during my time on X1:

 
  • Pitch and develop new lore for Nahantu, the Spirit Realm, and Spiritborn–all new content included in X1–as well as some other yet unannounced things. Collaborate with lore historians to ensure my work adheres to established lore.
  • Act as one of X1’s narrative points of contact. Provide context, info, and story guidance to other team members who had questions about X1’s lore and story.
  • Collaborate with partners in Products to provide feedback on out-of-game content, including short stories, comic pitches, cookbooks, animatics, and scripts for developer live streams.
  • Write and iterate on dialogue with a focus on emotion, motivation, pacing, tone, and clarity:
    • Half of the main campaign
    • 5 cinematic cutscenes in main campaign
    • 2 strongholds
    • NPC barks in 3 open world areas
  • Diagnose and fix narrative bugs across the campaign.
DETAILS

Ship Date: October 8, 2024
Platform
: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S