Harald Hagen 🏳️🌈
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✍️ Game Writer + Narrative Designer, to the great disapproval of my cats. Based in Yorkshire. He/him.
🎮 BG&E2 ▪︎ Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows ▪︎ The Stillness of the Wind ▪︎ NEO Scavenger ▪︎ etc.
💼 haraldthehagen.com
✍️ Game Writer + Narrative Designer, to the great disapproval of my cats. Based in Yorkshire. He/him.
🎮 BG&E2 ▪︎ Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows ▪︎ The Stillness of the Wind ▪︎ NEO Scavenger ▪︎ etc.
💼 haraldthehagen.com
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Welcome!
I'm a game writer and narrative designer from 🇮🇩🇧🇻, now UK-based. Over the past decade, I've worked freelance on a bunch of cool games, including the ones below.
Indie/AAA, sole writer/team co-writing, joined early/recruited late. All sorts of shenanigans.
Feel free to connect and say hey!
I'm a game writer and narrative designer from 🇮🇩🇧🇻, now UK-based. Over the past decade, I've worked freelance on a bunch of cool games, including the ones below.
Indie/AAA, sole writer/team co-writing, joined early/recruited late. All sorts of shenanigans.
Feel free to connect and say hey!
TNG "Lessons" was so sweet in hitting those gold notes of early love when you're just innocently sharing all the wonderful words and knowledge and passion that you inhaled from your crush, never being the first person to notice your feelings, bearing your soul to them (fab "Inner Light" follow-up).
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
TNG "Lessons" was so sweet in hitting those gold notes of early love when you're just innocently sharing all the wonderful words and knowledge and passion that you inhaled from your crush, never being the first person to notice your feelings, bearing your soul to them (fab "Inner Light" follow-up).
Finally reached this TNG episode. I am well chuffed.
a close up of a man 's face in front of a door
ALT: a close up of a man 's face in front of a door
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December 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Finally reached this TNG episode. I am well chuffed.
EXT. Night. Raining. A city of neon, broken dreams. In the distance, sirens.
A man slips into an alley.
"Stop," a voice calls.
"I have the money," begs the man.
From shadows, a figure. In hand, radiant discs.
"W-Who are you?" asks the man.
A smile—
"Just a ghost smuggling stories into games."
A man slips into an alley.
"Stop," a voice calls.
"I have the money," begs the man.
From shadows, a figure. In hand, radiant discs.
"W-Who are you?" asks the man.
A smile—
"Just a ghost smuggling stories into games."
December 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
EXT. Night. Raining. A city of neon, broken dreams. In the distance, sirens.
A man slips into an alley.
"Stop," a voice calls.
"I have the money," begs the man.
From shadows, a figure. In hand, radiant discs.
"W-Who are you?" asks the man.
A smile—
"Just a ghost smuggling stories into games."
A man slips into an alley.
"Stop," a voice calls.
"I have the money," begs the man.
From shadows, a figure. In hand, radiant discs.
"W-Who are you?" asks the man.
A smile—
"Just a ghost smuggling stories into games."
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OPPORTUNITY Arc Raiders - Narrative Designer
Not affiliated. Shares welcome!
careers.embark-studios.com/jobs/6883281...
Not affiliated. Shares welcome!
careers.embark-studios.com/jobs/6883281...
Narrative Designer - ARC Raiders - Embark Studios
As a Narrative Designer, you will be the key link between the story and the gameplay. You will design, implement, and maintain the gameplay systems and interactions that help deliver narrative to t...
careers.embark-studios.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
OPPORTUNITY Arc Raiders - Narrative Designer
Not affiliated. Shares welcome!
careers.embark-studios.com/jobs/6883281...
Not affiliated. Shares welcome!
careers.embark-studios.com/jobs/6883281...
Marks & Spencer
Batman & Robin
Spelling & Punctuation
Batman & Robin
Spelling & Punctuation
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Marks & Spencer
Batman & Robin
Spelling & Punctuation
Batman & Robin
Spelling & Punctuation
When withers the rose
Pour not the river
But two hands holding
Two clear breaths of hope.
Pour not the river
But two hands holding
Two clear breaths of hope.
December 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
When withers the rose
Pour not the river
But two hands holding
Two clear breaths of hope.
Pour not the river
But two hands holding
Two clear breaths of hope.
I Have No Discourse But I Must Skeet
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I Have No Discourse But I Must Skeet
Imagine if our brains came with a manual
December 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Imagine if our brains came with a manual
Sunday is a day
November 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Sunday is a day
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
I was recently just thinking about this, imagining if just for the next 12 months UBI took care of bills.
▪︎ 3 small games (Twine, Ren'py, Arcweave, Godot, not sure which yet)
▪︎ 1 book (likely a short story collection, but maybe a novel)
▪︎ 3 small games (Twine, Ren'py, Arcweave, Godot, not sure which yet)
▪︎ 1 book (likely a short story collection, but maybe a novel)
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I was recently just thinking about this, imagining if just for the next 12 months UBI took care of bills.
▪︎ 3 small games (Twine, Ren'py, Arcweave, Godot, not sure which yet)
▪︎ 1 book (likely a short story collection, but maybe a novel)
▪︎ 3 small games (Twine, Ren'py, Arcweave, Godot, not sure which yet)
▪︎ 1 book (likely a short story collection, but maybe a novel)
Realised I've fallen behind on my TNG log, but there have been some ace episodes!
Tonight's was "Rascals" - very fun. A good reminder that Picard is - diplomacy and integrity aside - still a man possessed of vanity. Great moment when he reverts to his age, touching his head with a bashful smile.
Tonight's was "Rascals" - very fun. A good reminder that Picard is - diplomacy and integrity aside - still a man possessed of vanity. Great moment when he reverts to his age, touching his head with a bashful smile.
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Realised I've fallen behind on my TNG log, but there have been some ace episodes!
Tonight's was "Rascals" - very fun. A good reminder that Picard is - diplomacy and integrity aside - still a man possessed of vanity. Great moment when he reverts to his age, touching his head with a bashful smile.
Tonight's was "Rascals" - very fun. A good reminder that Picard is - diplomacy and integrity aside - still a man possessed of vanity. Great moment when he reverts to his age, touching his head with a bashful smile.
Reposted by Harald Hagen 🏳️🌈
To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
November 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
Please put on your helmets and GameFAQs is 30 years old.
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Please put on your helmets and GameFAQs is 30 years old.
Holy hell, what ungodly right does Demonschool have in being this damn stylish to behold and this damn satisfying to play?? IT'S SO GOOD.
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Holy hell, what ungodly right does Demonschool have in being this damn stylish to behold and this damn satisfying to play?? IT'S SO GOOD.
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narrative design is giving Storm's omega-level weather powers a clip size so that after 12 attacks she has to 'reload her wind'
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
narrative design is giving Storm's omega-level weather powers a clip size so that after 12 attacks she has to 'reload her wind'
narrative design is giving Storm's omega-level weather powers a clip size so that after 12 attacks she has to 'reload her wind'
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
narrative design is giving Storm's omega-level weather powers a clip size so that after 12 attacks she has to 'reload her wind'
Why do the portion sizes of hot chocolate not scale up as you age? This is absurd.
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Why do the portion sizes of hot chocolate not scale up as you age? This is absurd.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
Fundamentally there is no difference between someone who outruns wisdom and someone whom wisdom outruns.
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Fundamentally there is no difference between someone who outruns wisdom and someone whom wisdom outruns.
Fork me, I really should have gone to AdventureX!
Instead I'm trying to pull off a last day miracle for ArcJam. Weeeeee
Instead I'm trying to pull off a last day miracle for ArcJam. Weeeeee
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Fork me, I really should have gone to AdventureX!
Instead I'm trying to pull off a last day miracle for ArcJam. Weeeeee
Instead I'm trying to pull off a last day miracle for ArcJam. Weeeeee
Leave it to Life to pick a moment when you want to just hide as a blob on the wall and yank you toward human connection instead.
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Leave it to Life to pick a moment when you want to just hide as a blob on the wall and yank you toward human connection instead.
Marj the Grandstanding is still just doing what she always does.
Moving on from that, have a lovely weekend, gang!
Moving on from that, have a lovely weekend, gang!
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Marj the Grandstanding is still just doing what she always does.
Moving on from that, have a lovely weekend, gang!
Moving on from that, have a lovely weekend, gang!
R E S I L I E N C E
What a cool damn theme for the ArcWeave gamejam this weekend. Stoked. Pumped. Hyped.
GOOD LUCK, FELLOW JAMMERS!
What a cool damn theme for the ArcWeave gamejam this weekend. Stoked. Pumped. Hyped.
GOOD LUCK, FELLOW JAMMERS!
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
R E S I L I E N C E
What a cool damn theme for the ArcWeave gamejam this weekend. Stoked. Pumped. Hyped.
GOOD LUCK, FELLOW JAMMERS!
What a cool damn theme for the ArcWeave gamejam this weekend. Stoked. Pumped. Hyped.
GOOD LUCK, FELLOW JAMMERS!
The beginning is nigh! Gonna be a weekend of jamming for me. Hell yeah.
We partnered with @game-writing.com to organize the Most Spectacular Arcjam Ever!
🔥One theme.
🔥72 hours.
🔥Endless storytelling possibilities.
Read all about it and join the jam now:
blog.arcweave.com/igda-game-wr...
#gamejam #narrative #interactive #writing #gamedesign #gamewriting
🔥One theme.
🔥72 hours.
🔥Endless storytelling possibilities.
Read all about it and join the jam now:
blog.arcweave.com/igda-game-wr...
#gamejam #narrative #interactive #writing #gamedesign #gamewriting
IGDA Game Writing SIG partners with Arcweave for a 72h narrative game jam
Join the Game Writing SIG Arcjam. Create your interactive story and build your game narrative portfolio. Free participation, tools, and prizes included.
blog.arcweave.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The beginning is nigh! Gonna be a weekend of jamming for me. Hell yeah.