Doug Van Horne
Welcome to my writing protfolio! I'm a writer based near Seattle, Washington, and have been crafting stories and managing writers professionally for 14+ years for companies including:
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As a big fan of Cyberpunk 2077, I created two writing samples set in that universe to showcase the unique types of conflict this world provides - both focusing on themes of love and loss.
The Crossfire universe player base topped 6 million concurrent users in 2020, mainly in Asian markets. My writing contract with Remedy Entertainment Plc spanned the first two years of developing single-player campaigns for a Western market expansion into the universe.
After helping to revamp the main story for The Grand Mafia, Phantix's wildly successful mafia-themed simulated life game, I designed and wrote 40+ side quests to breathe life into a wide range of secondary characters impacting the underworld of Oakvale.
While at Your Story Interactive, I worked on two interactive novels: The One and Touch of a Goddess. The following samples are from the latter - a story where a woman mysteriously wakes up in Athens and must solve a mystery interwoven between her and the Greek Gods.
Fearless is a 10-page vertical slice exploring core elements of a narrative-driven game concept in which story branches are based on how much the player can overcome their fear.
