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.

Karrie (Shirou) shao