Editor, Project Manager, Game Dev
I’m an editor, project manager, and narrative designer with 8+ years of games and editorial experience. My strengths are in creative writing, editorial and journalism, and narrative design, while my passions lie in video games, meticulous project management, and playing the role of a versatile support, both in games and in life.Born and raised in the Bay Area, I’m a huge fan of the Warriors, Niners, and Giants; an eager eater of Asian fusion cuisine; and a fun-loving enjoyer of queer everything. I’ve explored a variety of storytelling formats, such as journalism, interactive visual novels, live news broadcasts, localization editing, and, of course, (fan)fiction.
As someone fascinated with words and conversations, I design stories, characters, and worlds based on how I think, speak, and interact. My work focuses on the good, the bad, and especially the ugly of interpersonal communication.Drawing inspiration from my experiences as a queer Filipino-American, I intend to create painful, funny, and heartfelt games that feel real and relatable but are undoubtedly something only I can make. I aim to build fantastic video game narratives that grab players by the heart, crush them with feels, and subsequently place a bandage over the wound with a perfectly timed joke—just as my favorite games have done to me.
With my experience in journalism and editorial, I aim to bring my wordsmith skills and project management abilities to any publishing company I have the opportunity to work with. I love connecting with people and establishing real relationships, no matter how rough the waters get.Thanks for stopping by!
Good Lord! Everyone at the Reunion For My Religious All-Girls School Is a Trans Man… And They’re Hot?! (2024)
oh nooo what ever shall you do?
A visual novel about a cis(?) girl going to her high school reunion and falling in love!Skills: project management, character development, narrative design, line editing, Dialogic implementation (Godot)Made for Otome Jam 2024 and Trans Representation Jam 24.
Featured in Queer Games Festival 2024.
HEART BREAK IMPACT (2023)
BREAK THROUGH WITH A MIGHTY FIST!A bizarre beat-em-up action game about a little flame fren who prefers to punch through their problems.Skills: project management, game design, narrative design, writing, dialogue, silent protagonist restraint, script implementation (Godot)Made for Anti-Romance Jam 2023.
Splash! Tournament of Love (2020)
A story of rivalry, romance, and paint dodgeball!A visual novel illustrating the passionate rivalry between collegiate athletes—and a little something else blossoming too.Skills: character development, narrative design, writing, dialogue, script implementation (Godot)Made for Yaoi Game Jam 2020. Included in Gender Constellation Bundle.
Chapters: Interactive Stories (2020–2021)
Synopsis from My Backup Boyfriend:
Dominic Sorenson is charming, ruggedly handsome, and totally out of your league. But when you blurt out that he's your new boyfriend to one-up the woman who stole your ex, you end up getting a lot more of Dominic than you bargained for! He's all too happy to play the part of boyfriend, but will he take this fake relationship further?As a Narrative Designer for the live-service mobile game Chapters: Interactive Stories, I adapted traditionally published romance stories and redesigned them into interactive visual novels.Skills: character, background, and art design, writing, dialogue, script implementation and QA (Unity)Sample Works: The Ice King, My Backup Boyfriend, The Playboy's Proposal, Co-Ed, Coral and Bone, The Resurrected Prince
Tails from the Galaxy: Stowaway (2019)
“I made crates FLOAT!”2D stealth platformer about an infamous bandit who finds herself hitching a ride on the spaceship of wanted criminals.Skills: programming (Unity), level design, pixel art (Pixilart), narrative design, indirect/implied storytelling, worldbuilding
Confession (2019)
Oh no, you’re doing the overthinking thing again.A short Twine game about having social anxiety, word vomiting, and also confessing (maybe) over text.Skills: character development, narrative design, writing, branching dialogue, script implementation (Twine)
I can’t find my glasses. (2019)
“I’ve checked the nightstand, the kitchen, the bathroom, the bag of cat food, the half-finished milk tea, the hallway of a thousand doors, outer space, and the weed garden, but I still can’t find them anywhere!”A short Bitsy game about trying to find your glasses inspired by my inability to ever find mine.Skills: game design, writing, dialogue, pixel art, Bitsy
VIZ Media (2021–present)
Editor and Project ManagerSkills: project management, localization editing, proofreading and QA, copywriting, cross-department communication and collaborationSample Works: Blue Box; Gokurakugai; Love’s in Sight!; Maid to Skate; My Hero Academia: School Briefs; My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions; Pink Candy Kiss; Rainbows After Storms; RuriDragon
Freelance Editor & Narrative Designer (2017–present)
Developmental Editing and Narrative DesignSkills: developmental editing, such as highlighting structural issues, adjustments to plot/character developments, and other high-level narrative design concernsSample Works: A Cinderella Crime Story; two unpublished novels; indie game projects
Art by rainyfurz
Anime Trending (2018–present)
Consulting Editor, formerly Lead EditorSkills: mentoring of junior writers and editors, copyediting and proofreading, style guide and SOP documentation, intercultural communicationSample Works: Let’s Make a Mug Too: Second Kiln review; BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I: Promise review; Best of Fantasy Anime podcast episode
Fandom (2018–2019)
Editorial InternSkills: op-ed articles and listicles, article review and feedback, freelancer hiring and management, copyediting and proofreadingSample Works: How Romance Sims Helped Me Realize I’m a Trans Guy; 5 Indie Games With Amazing Female Leads; 6 ‘Overwatch’ Characters Who Need More Story Development
The California Aggie (2017–2019)
Journalist / Copy EditorSkills: technical writing, conducting in-person and video interviews, in-the-field research, distilling scientific articles, copyediting and proofreadingSample Works: Synestia: more than a “hot space donut”; Improv-ing your communication skills; Creating the perfect peck of peppers
Ji-hye / Seven (character bio & barks)
“When you have nothing to lose, you’ll accept every fistfight life throws your way.”Mix of drama and comedy. For a single-player sci-fan RPG. 1.3k words.
A character biography, captain’s report, playstyle notes, and barks for Seven (Ji-hye), the primary brawler/off-tank protagonist in the player's party. Check out my other Tails from the Galaxy samples for a better sense of this sci-fan world.
Art by mendoutaya
FUN TONIGHT (script)
“Admit it. Your life would be boring if I weren't around to spice things up.”Mix of drama and comedy. For a single-player sci-fan RPG. 4 pages.
In Tails from the Galaxy, a space mercenary crash-lands on an unfamiliar planet surrounded by unfamiliar foes. In FUN TONIGHT, the player experiences Ji-hye’s unlikely team-up with an incompetent space captain and her most beloathed rival to find a way off that damn rock.
Art by mendoutaya
The Howlin' Truth / That Little Something-Something (mission text & objectives)
You might have hallucinated this whole thing, really.Comedy. For a multiplayer sci-fi looter shooter. 2 mission outlines.
A mock-up of missions, loglines, and objectives that would appear in an action-adventure and/or open-world RPG, complete with optional objectives and reward details.
Art by shea-parfait
Spell (prose)
“It takes all of a single second for grey eyes to meet amber ones across the bar, and another for their heads to turn away.”Romance. Dark, mysterious, sultry first meeting. 618 words.
Two women meet at a bar. Prompt comes from an old Inktober list. This short story features Erika (Vex), one of my oldest and most beloved characters, and Amélie, her major love interest across different game ideas and timelines.
Art by dd3odraws
Editor and Project Manager at VIZ Media (2022–Present)
Consulting Editor at Anime Trending (2022–Present)
Freelance Editor & Narrative Designer (2017–Present)
Narrative Designer & Story Editor at Crazy Maple Studio (2020–2021)
Lead Editor at Anime Trending (2018–2021)
Editorial Intern at Fandom (2018–2019)
Copy Editor at The California Aggie (2018–2019)
Science and Technology Journalist at The California Aggie (2017–2018)
Freelance Scriptwriter at ProGuides (2017)
Broadcast Intern at ABS-CBN Corporation (2015)
Interested in more comprehensive lists of what I’ve done so far? Check out my work below!
Credits are listed in reverse chronological order.
Guest Podcaster,
Anime Trending’s Girltaku Podcast (2018-Present)
Lead Editor,
Anime Trending (2018-2021)
AniBitez Fall 2021: Anime First Impressions (Part 1) (Let’s Make a Mug Too: Second Kiln)
14 Christmas AnimeEpisodes/Movies To Watch (K-On! — “Christmas!”)
Editorial Intern,
Fandom (2018-2019)
Science and Technology Journalist,
The California Aggie (2017-2018)
Geodynamo research breaks through the surface of supercomputer analysis
Can you Foldit? Unique answers to scientific questions in crowdsourced game
Butterfly gardening relieves stress, provides homes for declining species
New high frequency electrical chip surpasses current technologies' speeds
Magma reservoirs more similar to snow cone than vat of boiling lava
Credits are listed in reverse chronological order.
Indie & Freelance Narrative Design (2019–Present)
Narrative Designer & Story Editor, Crazy Maple Studio (2020–2021)
Tomboy
My Backup Boyfriend
The Playboy's Proposal
Co-Ed
Coral and Bone
The Resurrected Prince
Inject Me Sweetly
First Bite
Second Chances
Freelance Overwatch Scriptwriter, ProGuides (2019)
Credits are listed in alphabetical order.
Developmental Editing, freelance (2021–Present)
A Cinderella Crime Story by Gracie Qu
two unpublished novels
Localization Editing (Manga), VIZ Media (2022–Present)
The Apothecary Diaries: Maomao’s Notes on the Inner Palace by Hyuganatsu, Minoji Kurata, and Touko Shino
Blue Box by Kouji Miura
Candy Flurry by Ippon Takegushi and Santa Mitarashi
Daisy Jealousy by Ogeretsu Tanaka
Do Retry by Jin Kirarazaka
#Gal x Gal Yuri by Inoue
Gokurakugai by Yuto Sano
Helck by Nanaki Nanao
i tell c by Kazusa Inaoka
I Want to End This Love Game by Yuki Domoto
Ichigoki’s Under Control!! by Seiji Hayashi
Love’s in Sight! by Uoyama
Magu-chan: God of Destruction by Kei Kamiki (vol. 4+)
Maid to Skate by Suzushiro
My Hero Academia: School Briefs by Anri Yoshi (vol. 6)
My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions by Yoko Akiyama (vol. 4+)
Pink Candy Kiss by Ami Uozumi
Rainbows After Storms by Luka Kobachi
RuriDragon by Masaoki Shindo
Super Smartphone by Hiroki Tomisawa and Kentaro Hidano
World Trigger by Daisuke Ashihara (vol. 24)
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon by Takashi Shiina (vol. 3+)
😎 It’s more important than just a fun fact, but I didn’t know where to put it. My pronouns are he/him. :D
📝 I enjoy taking design notes on games I play. Check some out here or on my Backloggd!
🖥️ I love building PCs. It’s an expensive hobby that requires time, patience, and money... sigh.
📘 I’m an avid reader of fantasy novels, gay romance manga, and communications textbooks (sorry not sorry).
🌧️ Blue and white is my favorite color combo — and why Cloud9 is my favorite esports team.
🎵 I played alto sax for 10 years, love rock music, and adore playing rhythm games.
🎀 Bow down to Mizuki from Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage. Here’s my tier list. Fight me. :D
👻 Spookybot (or, sigh, Yay Newfriend) is my favorite character from Questionable Content.
✨ I moderate Game Dev Galaxy, an awesome Discord server for gender-/sex-marginalized game devs.
🕹️ Here’s an incomplete list of my favorite games!
Transistor, Borderlands 2, Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations, VA-11 Hall-A, Pokémon Black/White, Final Fantasy VII, Fire Emblem Awakening, Okami, the Mass Effect trilogy, XCOM 2, Tales of Berseria, Butterfly Soup, MapleStory
📖 And an incomplete list of my favorite books!
Bloom Into You, Fullmetal Alchemist, Delicious in Dungeon, Lumberjanes, Matchmaker (Cam Marshall), Battle Royale, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Deltora Quest, The Phantom Tollbooth, A Closed and Common Orbit, The Raven Tower, The Gifts of Imperfection, The Artful Edit, Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, A Theory of Fun for Game Design