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Game Writing Portfolio

Cinematics  •  Audio Logs  •  Branching Dialogue  •  Items  •  Barks  •  Quests  •  Prose  •  Comics  •  Worldbuilding  •  Education

Cinematics

"Retreating" • Drama / War

What's left of a crippled US Army unit attempts to make a retreat deep in enemy territory after WWII's famous Battle of the Bulge.

"The Drop" • Drama / Crime

Parker, a teenager from a poor family, is working for a local con man on the side so he can make enough money to get out of his rural hometown and finally go to college. When he’s unable to locate a dead drop pick-up, he goes to confront the criminal who didn't fulfill his end of the deal.

"Nice Hat" • Comedy / Existing IP

John Marston (RDR2), Jackie Welles (Cyberpunk 2077), and Yuffie (FF7 Rebirth) walk into an elevator. Tell me if you've heard this one before...

"These Be the Goods" • Comedy / Adventure

Captain Rupert McNutt, a foppish, wannabe pirate, and a member of his misfit pirate crew, Kelly “Redlegs” O’Shea, are attempting to sell some booty they recently found floating in the bay.

"Movie Night" • Comedy / Romance

Lottie, a popular video game streamer, is dating Brad, but they're still early on in their relationship.  Brad comes over to her place to cheer her up after a rough day of online drama.

"Iggles the Goblin" • Comedy / Fantasy

Iggles, an unhoused, panhandling goblin who isn't the sharpest blade in the barracks, is arrested in the streets and taken straight to jail.

Audio Logs

"The Cereal Killer" • Horror / Thriller

In this first-person horror adventure game, you play as Sean Weaver, a teenage boy searching for his younger brother, who went missing after you witnessed a strange encounter with a man dressed like a cartoonish cereal mascot.

Branching Dialogue

"Luella" • Slice of Life • Twine

You’re at a busy bar with your buddy Dave and a group of other people you both know. As a joke, you've revealed that Dave once soiled himself at his work desk, embarrassing him in front of everyone there–especially his crush, Luella.

"Red Pill" • Sci-Fi / Existing IP • Twine

An interactive version of the famous red pill scene from The Matrix. Player choices feel personal, but the scene still ends the way it needs to without disrupting the story.

Item Descriptions

Weapon Descriptions • Fantasy, Cyberpunk/Sci-Fi

A collection of unique weapons with descriptions and flavor text.

Everyday Item Descriptions • Fantasy, Cyberpunk/Sci-Fi

A collection of typical items and ingredients with multiple types of description.

Barks

Pedestrian Barks • Modern, Fantasy, Cyberpunk, Western

A variety of barks from typical pedestrians you'd find in a busy NPC area within a modern, fantasy, cyberpunk, or historical western setting.

Quest Designs

"Dippin' Out" • Western / Historical

Thornton Dipp, a former banker turned gold chaser who’s lost everything in his foolish endeavors, asks you to steal back a fancy pocket watch he used as collateral with a local loan shark.

Prose

"A Wonderful Time for a Bath" • Horror, Short Story

A woman takes a bath in a haunted hotel and encounters something she can't explain.

"A Place for Dreaming" • Sci-Fi, Short Story

Gianna, a hard-working citizen with multiple jobs, seeks out a secretive clinic in hopes of experiencing a dream for the first time in her life.

Comics

"The Rats In the Attic" • Horror

A woman is haunted by rats who live in her home's attic. Art by Victoria Ying.

"Apocalypse Radio" • Comedy

Chad, Marm, and Grace may run the only radio station in the wasteland, but they're not very good at it. Art by Victoria Ying.

Worldbuilding

Bantam Strife • Worldbuilding Brief

This worldbuilding document lays out the world of Bantam Strife, a game about the tiny people and creatures fighting over the control of a dead human's house. It includes information on the setting, factions, and the game's timeline.

Points of Interest

Coming soon...

Education

Game Writing Masterclass Two, Winter 2025 • The Narrative Department

The "grad school" of game narrative writing. Learned directly from Susan O'Connor (Gears of War, Bioshock, Dishonored 2), Christie Golden (WoW, Overwatch 2, Diablo IV), Nessa Cannon (Star Trucker, Endoparasitic), Will Shen (Skyrim, Fallout 4, Fallout 76), Anna Megill (Control, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Project Orion), and Ben Books Schwartz (Lifeline, Ubisoft, Santa Monica Studio).

Game Writing Masterclass, Fall 2024 • The Narrative Department

The essentials of game narrative writing and design. Learned directly from Susan O'Connor who has shipped over 25 projects, including groundbreaking, award-winning titles in the BioShock, Far Cry and Tomb Raider franchises, with titles in her portfolio selling over 30 million copies and generating over $500 million in sales. O'Connor also founded the Game Narrative Summit at GDC and has been an adjunct professor at UT Austin, where she taught writing for games.

Introduction to C# Programming and Unity • University of Colorado

Learned the basics of developing video games using the C# programming language and the Unity game engine on Windows / Mac.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Theatre • University of Nevada, Reno

Studied theatre performance, direction, and playwriting. Member of Alpha Psi Omega, the national theatre honor society.

© 2025 by Patrick Laffoon

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