Baacadia

Narrative Lead

June 2025 - Present

Team size: 50+

Baacadia is a 3D exploration and shepherding game where you guide a herd of mysterious creatures on a stirring and breathtaking journey across an alien world.

Using sound-based mechanics and careful observation, you build trust, solve environmental puzzles, and uncover the hidden lore of the land.

Main Responsibilities:

Delivered content and developed in-depth worldbuilding
Brainstormed themes, story concepts, and tone, creating the game’s full narrative sequence and setting the direction for both the narrative and visual design of the game
Created documentation including narrative design documents, character sheets, a beat sheet, lore documents, and a worldbuilding deck
Wrote diegetic notes and audio records to be implemented through a variety of level props, in addition to collectible sound descriptions to be implemented in the player’s compendium
Collaborated closely with a cross-functional team to combine narrative and gameplay in a cohesive experience, led the design of cinematic gameplay moments, and participated in design meetings
Incorporated feedback and worked in a fast-moving environment, including helping facilitate a large pivot during the game’s development
Managed time efficiently, multitasked design and narrative tasks, and made prioritization decisions

Below are some examples of my work for the game:

This is the narrative design document I created for Baacadia. It goes over the lore and history of the world, which is told through various readables and other interactable throughout the game. It also goes over the major themes

Baacadia Narrative Design Document

The script for Baacadia's narrative interactables. There are three kinds of them, each told through a different format: text, audio, and visual/audio. These interactables are found scattered across the world, with each type serving a different purpose.

The Descendant Recordings are left behind by travelers who passed through recently, and will always describe the current day setting. These are used mostly to assist in tutorialization, and as a way to guide the player.

The Caretaker Logs are text only, and provide optional content that gives information on what happened hundreds of years ago in the past.

Dead Robot Memories are tied the most closely to story beats, and tell the narrative of why Scout was created, what the Harsh Noise is, and how it led to their destruction, and the state of the world today.

Baacadia Narrative Interactables

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