KARRIE SHAO
(shirou)
Narrative Designer & Writer
Producer
Marketing Director
I'm a Narrative Designer, Producer, and Marketing Director in the video game industry.Currently the Lead Narrative Designer and Lead Writer for Pacific Drive, which launched as a Top 10 Best Selling & Top 30 Most Wishlisted Upcoming on Steam. I'm also writing a Young Adult Fantasy novel for publication.I'm open to new projects specifically for freelance writing and narrative design, and giving talks. Get in touch!
NARRATIVE & WRITING
⭐ League of Legends (Riot Games)
...........Most Played PC Game of All Time
...........2010 Golden Joystick Winner for Online Game of the Year
⭐ Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios)
...........Top 10 Best Selling On Steam
...........Top 30 Most Wishlisted Upcoming Game On Steam
...........2023 Golden Joysticks Nominee for Most Wanted Game
...........PC Gamer's #6 Most Wanted Game 2023
⭐ Totemic (Collage Games / Humble Games)
⭐ Per Aspera (Tlon Industries / Raw Fury)
...........2020 D.I.C.E. Nominee for Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
...........2021 BIG Festival Winner for Best Game: Latin America
⭐ Not Tonight 2 (Panic Barn / No More Robots)
⭐ The Exit Game - The School of Sorcery, The Lab, Villains Lair
...........Most Reviewed Escape Room in Los Angeles
PRODUCTION
🎈 League of Legends (Riot Games)
Tutorial, Co-op vs AI, Dominion🎈 tinyBuild
Hello Neighbor, Graveyard Keeper,
Party Hard, Streets of Rogue🎈 Arc System Works
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, The MISSING
MARKETING, PR, COMMUNICATIONS
🌠 Annapurna Interactive - Event Production
🌠 Double Fine Productions - Event Production
🌠 Nicalis Inc - The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth - PR
🌠 Grounding Inc - Space Channel 5: Kinda Funky News Flash! - PR
🌠 Funimation - Super Saiyan Showdown, Social Media, Event Production
🌠 MUSTERBRAND - Marketing, PR, Social Media
🌠 Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc - Event Production
🌠 Mistwalker - Terra Battle & Terra Battle 2 - Marketing, PR, Launch
TALKS
📣 How To Go From "Aspiring" to "Narrative Designer"*
LudoNarraCon 2021 - Online📣 Drive Like Hell:
Navigating the Narrative of Pacific Drive
BIG Festival - São Paulo, Brazil📣 Basics of Marketing & PR for Indie Devs
Playcrafting - NYC
BIO
Karrie Shirou Shao is the lead narrative designer and lead writer on Pacific Drive, which launched as a Top 10 Best Selling & Top 30 Most Wishlisted Upcoming on Steam. I'm also writing a Young Adult Fantasy novel for publication.. She's launched over 50 titles as a narrative designer, producer, and marketing & communications director, and has previously written on League of Legends, Per Aspera, and Totemic. She's also produced on League of Legends, Hello Neighbor, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, and many more titles.