Dunaevskiy Yaroslav
Writer/Game scriptwriter/Narrative gamedesigner
Don't play, live it.



Experience: 23 years
Team management experience: 15 years
Experience in game industry: 2 years
Game experience: 35 years

Work experience


Scriptwriter &
Narrative Designer
Surreal Overflow
Lead Scriptwriters &
Narrative Designers
Doomers Entertainment
Lead Scriptwriters &
Narrative Designers
Game Wheel Studio
Scriptwriter &
Narrative Designer
Human Planet Studio
Scriptwriter &
Narrative Designer
Lone Starr

Game projects


The Golden Horde: Turan

Non-linear first person medieval RPG in central Asian setting

Lead scriptwriter/narrative designer

Development of:
  • Documentation;
  • Lore;
  • Plot;
  • Quest system;
  • Narrative elements;
  • Dialogues;
  • Cut-scenes;
  • Characters;
  • Level-design;
  • Tasks for artists/animators;
  • Tasks for sound designers;
  • Tasks for programmers;
  • Quests implementation;

Also:
  • Team management;
  • Landing page development;
  • Identifying USP;
  • Marketing texts.
  1. Short list in Skolkovo Accelerator;
  2. President Tech Award (3 place in games category).
Steam

Sigil of Chaos

2,5D RPG-slasher

Scriptwriter/narrative designer

Development of:
  • Documentation;
  • Lore;
  • Plot;
  • Quest system;
  • Narrative elements;
  • Dialogues;
  • Cinematic;
  • Characters.
Marketing manager
  • Presentation design;
  • Landing page development;
  • Identifying USP;
  • Marketing texts.

Land of Towns

Society survival RTS

Scriptwriter/narrative designer

Development of:
  • Documentation;
  • Lore;
  • Plot;
  • Quest system;
  • Narrative elements;
  • Dialogues;
  • Cinematic;
  • Characters;
  • Tasks for artists;
  • Tasks for sound designers;
  • Tasks for programmers.
Also:
  • Landing page development;
  • Identifying USP;
  • Marketing texts.

Stellar Ocean

3D Open-world survival deep-story strategy

Narrative designer

Development of:
  • Documentation;
  • Lore;
  • Plot;
  • Narrative elements;
  • Dialogues;
  • Characters.

The Golden Horde Forgotten Stories

Visual Novel

Project manager

Development of:
  • Documentation;
  • GDD;
  • Game mechanics;
  • Lore;
  • Plot;
  • Narrative elements;
  • Dialogues;
  • Characters;
  • Tasks for artists;
  • Tasks for sound designers;
  • Tasks for programmers.
Also:
  • Develop in engine.

Coming soon...

Guardian of Altai

3D box-shooter with roguelite elements

Project manager/Narrative designer

Development of:
  • Documentation;
  • Lore;
  • Plot;
  • Narrative elements;
  • Dialogues;
  • Characters.
  • Music tasks, illustration tasks/cut-scenes.
Also:
  • Marketing activities

Steam - Coming soon...

VK Play

Wellhold spirit

3D Top-down Arcade

Narrative/Game design

Development of:
  • Narrative documentation;
  • Game mechanics;
  • Lore;
  • Plot;
  • Replicas;
  • Narrative elements;
  • Character;
  • Visual elements.
  • Tasks for artists;
  • Tasks for sound designers;
  • Tasks for programmers.
Also:
  • Replicas implementation;
  • Menu creation.
Google play

Yandex games - publishing...

Atomic raid

3D Retro-style Arcade

Project manager/
Narrative designer

Development of:
  • Narrative documentation;
  • Game mechanics;
  • Lore;
  • Plot;
  • Trailer;
  • Narrative elements;
  • Character;
  • Visual elements.
Also:
  • Presentation design;
  • Identifying USP;
  • Marketing texts;
  • Team management;
  • Pitch.

Row Hard

Resource management with narrative and sport rhythm

Project manager/
Narrative designer

Development of:
  • Documentation;
  • GDD;
  • Game mechanics;
  • Lore;
  • Plot;
  • Narrative elements;
  • Dialogues;
  • Characters;
  • Tasks for artists;
  • Tasks for sound designers;
  • Tasks for programmers.
Also:
  • Team management.

Also participated in:

+ 3 NDA


Pet-projeсts



Game Jams



Education


Project Manager:
1. Project Planning & Initiation
2. Agile & Scrum
3. Task & Team Management
Google Project Management
2025
UI/UX:
1. Aesthetics and functionality
2. Compositional interaction
3. Interface elements
California Institute of Arts
2025
Game design:
1. Base of game design
2. Narrative
3. GDD
California Institute of Arts
2025
Marketing manager:
1. Marketing strategy
2. Game promotion
3. Analysys
VK Education
2025
Product management:
1. Product vision
2. Evaluation methods
3. User-Centricity
VK Education
2025
Game design:
1. Gaming history
2. Gameplay mechanics
3. Unity
XAMK University
2025
Game design:
1. MDA Framework
2. Gameplay mechanics
3. User experience
HP Gaming Garage
2024
Accelerator:
1. Game development
2. Business development
3. Investment management
WePlay HUB
2024
Game producer:
1. Team management
2. Marketing
3. Documentation
Skillbox
2024
Narrative Designer:
1. Game scriptwriting
2. Narrative Design
3. Game Design
Skillbox
2024
Accelerator:
1. Game development
2. Narrative
3. Investment management
Start the game
2023
Narrative Gamedesigner:
1. Game scriptwriting
2. Documentaition management
XYZ School
2023
Scriptwriting and gamedesign:
1. Game scriptwriting
2. Dialog and quest system
3. Narrative design
Narratorika
2023
Digital marketing:
1. Target audience
2. Organic marketing
3. Paid marketing
Skillbox
2023
Creative Writing:
1. Description
2. Storytelling
3. Dialogues
Creative Writing School
2021
Copywriter:
1. Info style
2. Copywriting
3. Pictures and text
Sdelaem agency
2021
Visual media:
1. Composition
2. Visual perception
3. Сontemporary art
Photographer
2018
English:
1. Grammar
2. Dialogues
3. Descriptions
BHSD
2017
Psychologist:
1. Сognitive psychology
2. Personal psychology
3. Behavioral psychology
Moscow academy of Education
2008

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