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Current Work

• Lead Narrative Designer, Ten Red Studios

• Editor & Writer, Freelance (assorted projects)

• Grantee, IGDA Next Gen Leadership Program

• Mentor, IGDA Global Mentorship Program

• Mentor, Wellesley College Hive Mentorship Program

• Member, Friends of Wellesley College Athletics

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Highlighted Previous Work

• Narrative Designer, Stoic

• Member, Writers Guild of America-West Video Games Caucus

• Co-Founder, SoYouWantToMake.Games, a game industry career consultancy

• Co-Chair, IGDA Serious Games Special Interest Group

• Narrative Designer, Crazy Maple Studio

• Lead Narrative Designer, Day7 Interactive

• Content Writer, Microsoft Cortana CCC Team

• Mentee, ArenaNet Game Narrative Mentorship Program

• Game Writer (MMORPG), Immersed Games

• Game Writer & Narrative Designer (interactive novels), Live Stories

• Game Writer (mobile RTS), Plarium Global

• Host & Writer, Cheat Codes Podcast

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Awards

• Game Development

  • 2023 IGDA Next Gen Leader Virtual Exchange grantee​

  • Platinum Award, GDC Game Narrative Review Competition

    • ​2016 - Mental Health in Heavy Rain

    • 2015 - Romance & Sexuality in Dragon Age: Origins

• Short Fiction

  • 2022 Dark Sire Awards

    • "In The Deep," Psychological Realism, winner

    • "The Lighthouse Remains," Gothic Horror, nominee

  • "Wool Coat," Editors' Pick, Fiction 101 Microfiction Contest (Cascadia Weekly, March 18, 2020)

• Poetry

  • "Leftover," Merit Award, Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest (April 2020)

Publications

• Short Fiction & Poetry

  • "Mineral," The Power of Hope (Wingless Dreamer, July 2023)

  • "Soldiers Like Us," HamLit Summer Solstice Issue: Life Expectancy (HamLit.org, June 2023)

  • “Sleeping Beauty,” 2022 Village Books Writers' Corner Anthology (Chuckanut Editions, Jan. 2023)

  • “A Very Old Friend,” Whatcom WRITES: Interconnectedness (Borderline Press, March 2022)

  • "Harmony," HamLit Fall Issue: Golden Age (HamLit.org, November 2021)

  • "In The Deep," HamLit Spring Issue: Alter Ego (HamLit.org, April 2021)

  • "Cherry," Whatcom WRITES: Reconciliation (Borderline Press, Feb 2021)

  • "The Aerialist's Feast," 2020 Village Books Writers' Corner Anthology 2020 (Chuckanut Editions, Dec. 2020)

  • "Tampa Lights," Fairhaven Winterfest's Tales of the Season (Readings & Display, Nov-Dec 2020)

  • "The Lighthouse Remains," Coffin Bell: Mythopoeia, Vol. 3, Issue 4 (CoffinBell.com, November 2020)

  • "With You," HamLit Summer Issue: Second Place (HamLit.org, August 2020)

  • ​"Manna Is Where You Make It," Whatcom WRITES: Discovery (Borderline Press, March 2020)

  • "The Other Side," HamLit Winter Issue: No Man's Land (HamLit.org, January 2020)

  • "Tannenbaum," Fairhaven Winterfest's Tales of the Season (Readings & Display, Nov-Dec 2019)

• Chapter Contributions 

  • "Innovative Origins, Playersexuality, & Complex Inquisition: The Evolution of Relationship Mechanics in Dragon Age" for Love & Electronic Affection: A Design Primer (CRC Press, May 2020)

  • "Greed and Goomahs: Toxic Masculinity in TV’s New Golden Age" for Pop Culture Matters: Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, April 2019)

  • "The Hunger," "Fried Green Tomatoes," and "Watchmen" for Encyclopedia of Sexism in American Films (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, November 2019)

  • "From Smoldering Justicar to Blue-Skinned Space Babe: Asari Sexuality in Mass Effect" for Digital Love: Romance & Sexuality in Games (Taylor & Francis, 2017)​

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Speaking Engagements​

• Two Girls, One Ship Podcast, November 2022

  • Episode 55: Advocate & Educate: Narrative Designer Alexandra Lucas​

• Dark Sire Radio, March 2022

  • Interview & reading from award-winning short story, "In the Deep"​

• Marist College via Discord, November 2020

  • Workshop, "Hard Work & Hustle: Alternative Paths in Game Dev"​

• Indie Game Business Podcast, April 2020

  • Panelist, "Presenting at Conferences: It’s Networking, Too!"

• Game Developers Conference

  • 2019

    • Panelist, "Building an Inclusive Game Studio Culture," Advocacy, Main Conference

    • Panelist & Moderator, "Have Laptop, Will Telecommute: Working Globally in Games," Career Seminar​

  • 2018​

    • Speaker, "Beyond the Blue-Skinned Space Babe: Deconstructing the Empowered Asari in Mass Effect," Game Narrative Summit

    • Panelist, "It's Not in the Writer's Manual: A Q&A for New Writers," Game Narrative Summit

    • Speaker, "End the Friendzone," Advocacy Microtalk, Main Conference

    • Co-Moderator, IGDA Serious Games SIG Roundtable

    • Mentor, IGDA Mentor Café

    • Organizer, IGDA Serious Games SIG Networking Reception

  • 2017

    • Speaker, "Get Noticed & Get Hired: Upgrading the Game Industry Resume," Career Seminar

    • Mentee, Diversity in Games Alliance, Amplifying New Voices GDC Bootcamp

    • Co-Moderator, IGDA Serious Games SIG Roundtable

    • Organizer, IGDA Serious Games SIG Networking Reception

  • 2016

    • Co-Moderator, IGDA Serious Games SIG Roundtable

    • Poster Session Presenter, GDC Game Narrative Review Platinum Winner

  • 2015​

    • Poster Session Presenter, GDC Game Narrative Review Platinum Winner​

• PAX Online

  • Speaker, DigiPen Discord, "AMA: Diversity & Inclusion in ​Games & Game Education," 2020

• PAX Dev​

  • Panelist, "Represent & Retain: Cultivating Inclusive Studio Culture," 2019

  • Speaker, "How Disney Emoji Blitz Helped Me Combat Anxiety," 2018

  • Speaker, "Blue-Skinned Space Babes & the Triple Goddess in Mass Effect," 2017

  • Speaker, "Oh, the Humanities!: A Career Workshop," 2016

• GeekGirlCon

  • Co-Coordinator, Meet & Geek: A Networking Event for Mavens-in-the-Making, 2017-present

  • Speaker, ​"Lilith's Legacy: Bringing Sexuality & Gender Identity from SF Literature to the Forefront of Game Development," 2017

  • Career Specialist​, 2016

• National Student Leadership Conference-Seattle, 2019

  • Panelist, "Breaking Into the Game Industry"​

• Wellesley College, October 2017

  • Special Guest Speaker, ​"Beyond the Blue-Skinned Space Babe"

• Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference, October 2017

  • Speaker, ​"Greed & Goomahs: Toxic Masculinity in TV's New Golden Age"

• WorkSource Redmond, May 2017

  • ​Work & Work Empowerment Forum Workshop Leader

• American Association of University Women WA, March 2017

  • STEM Excellence Awards Keynote Speaker

• Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival, 2015​

  • Panelist, VR & Narrative Design Panel

• DigiPen Institute of Technology (2015 - 2018)​

  • Multiple presentations on narrative design, freelance writing, and game career development​

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Featured Games & Tech Projects

PROFESSIONAL

• Narrative Designer for Towerborne, Stoic, May 2022-present
   

• Narrative Designer, Crazy Maple Studio, Sept 2020-April 2022

  • Shipped in the Chapters app:

    • The Dark Ones

    • Tempting the Bodyguard

    • Tempting Fate

    • Unfixable

    • Trial By Fire​
       

• Lead narrative designer for Tarte Tales, a Match-3 Facebook instant game, Day7 Interactive, March 2020-Sept 2020
   

• Freelance game writing & narrative design for assorted clients, Sept. 2018-present
   

• Game writing; shipped in late 2016 with Immersed Games (2016-2019)

  • Tyto Online
     

• Narrative design and game writing in 2018 for Live Stories (interactive novels)

  • Shipped Chapter 1 of Live Stories: Remember Me in May 2018

  • Wrote Chapter 1 of Live Stories: Sunflower

  • Wrote Chapter 1 of Live Stories: Decadence​
     

• Content Writer for Microsoft Cortana, 2016-2018

  • Developed content for Beatles Emoji Game

  • Developed content for Movie Emoji Game

  • Wrote responses to sexual harassment queries and reviewed new content to ensure inclusion and positive representation
     

• Quest design, dialogue, editing, and QA in 2016 for Plarium Global

  • Stormfall: Age of War

  • Stormfall: Rise of Balur

  • Nords: Heroes of the North

  • Vikings: War of Clans (browser & mobile)

  • Sparta: War of Empires

  • Soldiers Inc.

  • Soldiers Inc.: Mobile Warfare 

  • Total Domination

  • Total Domination: Reborn

  • Pirates: Tides of Fortune

• Narrative design and dialogue in 2016 with Exato Games

  • Elo Hell (narrative-driven esports sim prototype​)

• Voice acting with V1 Interactive - FPS Prototype, 2015
   

STUDENT

• PAX West 2015 - Relic, Lightmare, Miraculous

• Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival 2015 - Relic, Lightmare, Miraculous

• Best Dialogue & Best Characters for Relic, DigiPen Student Game Awards 2015

• PAX West 2014 - OcuBlocks

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Please feel free to connect with Alexandra on LinkedIn.

 

Be sure to view her resume and writing samples.