Kevin Luk

A short collection of monologue to be triggered at different point of the gameplay for the game Cultist Exorcist. For a game made during a ten-day jam, we kept the scope small, and limit the lines to assist the environmental storytelling, so that it will not impact gameplay if some of these lines won't be implemented in time.

Click here for the full script.

Click here for itch.io.

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Hero's Origin - The Backstory of a Character

On Cultist Exorcist, the game mechanic was developed before the story, therefore a backstory for the origin of our hero's superpower was written to explain the world setting and provide flavour.

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Ink Snippet: PixelHeart

A screenshot of a work-in-progress ink script written for a visual novel PixelHeart which features multiple NPC and dialogue choices, as well as dynamic character names and storylines about online chatrooms in the age of AI and bots.

Advanced flow and logic with functions and variables were employed in this example.

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Full Ink Project: Halloween

A short technical test that was written during Halloween for the purpose of testing a Unity-Ink integration plugin, which employs a syntax to control camera movement in Unity.

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Ink Snippet: Monster Factory

A screenshot of a work-in-progress ink script written for a coding puzzle game Monster Factory, where Layman engineer his way into laziness.

Apart from advanced flow and variables, re-using thread with dynamic changes according to story progress, I have also design flow for dialogue skipping.

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Ink Snippet: Night Rail

A screenshot of a work-in-progress ink script written for a simulation game NightRail, where the player play as a train driver, who happens to come across a decision that will determine the fate of the entire human population.

Aside from implementing basic logic with train movement speed and door opening, this project also features radio show and newspaper that reflects the story at different point.

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Production, Narrative

Jan

Some Flavour Texts for a Comedy Cooking Game

I Eat Therefore I Am is a comedy cooking game inspired by Dungeon Delicious that features questionable ingredients and absurd dishes. As the game features visual comedy, I worked closely with the artist to come up with dishes and ingredients, then I wrote the spells that transform people into creatures suitable for the dish.

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Aug

Cinematic

Script Writing for a Taiwanese Mobile Game Facebook Ad

For a Facebook video campaign, the studio provided four topics: Tutorial, Giveaway, Gameplay, and Power-Up. I wrote scripts for each topic.

I also sourced and worked with the voice talents to deliver the voice acting.

You can find the Taiwanese script here.

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Sep

Narrative, Design

Dialogue, Puzzle and Lore Writing for a Science Fiction Jam Game

The concept for Planet B started from a brain storm session with a team collaborating for the first time. I have taken the core idea of blending past and present to craft the world, story, characters, as well as the levels in writing. It was my first time using the narrative system Narrative 3 in Unreal Engine, but I have set up the dialogue flow and logic in the game, as well as basic camera controls for each line. This workflow differed significantly from my previous experience with Ink in Unity, requiring me to manually compile the narrative system for Mac compatibility.

You can find the Windows build on itch.io at the link here.

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Aug

Production, Narrative, Design

Teaser Video Script Writing

For a absurdist mobile arcade game Sneak Attack, I have written a script inspired by Rick & Morty: Two Brothers that describe the mechanic, the world settings, and the whimsical nature of the game.

You can find the finished video and more detail about the game here.

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Production, Narrative, Design

Teaser Video Script Writing

A Noir Addam Wednesday-esque mystery game Gossip Buster is a perfect opportunity to dish out some classic monologue writing.

There are also a few extra lines written to be triggered during gameplay.

You can find the finished video and more detail about the game here.

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War Never Changes: Co-writing for a Fan-made Fall Out Opening Cinematic

War Never Changes is a fan made cinematic from stock footage in response to the recent disturbance over the world.

I led the project and completed the first draft, taking in collaborator's adjustments and finalised the script.

You can find the finished video here.

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July

Narrative

Writer for a GMTK Game Jam Game

Dirty Dungeon was set on a fantastical world where the goblin that were slayed in dungeons are actually actors pretending. I wrote create this world where dungeons are ran like a holiday destination, and came up with the name AirDnD.

It was a lot of fun to write a press release as the Goblin King, as well as writing the backstory of the player character Jason, an aspiring goblin actor that works in the dungeon as a cleaner.

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May

Production, Narrative

Producer for a GameDev.TV Game Jam Game

Frozen Whispers is a short horror walking simulator written for a game jam. It was inspired by the opening scene of Dead Space: Extraction, where the fear lies in guilt and loss of control.

You can find the story synopsis here.

And some flavour text here.

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2024