This resume is kept up-to-date always and comprises a list of all of my officially commissioned/published creative fiction work in English and Dutch for games, theatre, film, tv and other.
GAMES
Mrs Benz: Voyage of Discovery – VR puzzle – story and script – Singer Studios (UK)
A Plague Tale: Requiem – action adventure – in-game chatter – Asobo Studio (FR)
Next Space Rebels – narrative simulation game – chat dialogues/narrative design – Studio Floris Kaayk (NL)
Lost at Sea – narrative puzzle game – story adjustments/script – Studio Fizbin (DE)
The Fermi Paradox – choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy – prose story events – Anomaly Games (DE)
Solitaire Mystery – solitaire mobile police procedural – cases/narrative design/script – Merry Realm (CN)
Travel Town – 2D merge game with chat dialogues – consultancy/narrative design/dialogues – Magmatic (DE)
Alt-Frequencies – audio-only puzzle game – story/script/narrative design and audio direction – Accidental Queens (FR)
Alt-Frequencies, the News One Stories – pc/smart speakers branching minigame- story/script/nd – Accidental Queens (FR)
Kr8cht! – serious action-adventure game for schools – story development/quest connection – Curious Cats (BE)
My Original Stories: New Blood – choices-based mobile game – script – GameHouse (ES)
Hearts Medicine: Doctor’s Oath – storybased time-management f2p – story/script – Blue Giraffe Games (NL)
Delicious World – storybased time-management f2p – story/script Season 4 ep 1/2, script S ep 4/5, S7 ep 1/2/3/4 – GameHouse (ES)
Fabulous: New York to L.A. – storybased time-management – story/script – GameHouse (NL)
Criminal Minds, the mobile game – storybased time-management – story/script/minor narrative design – Blue Giraffe (NL/US)
Mary le Chef – storybased time-management – scene rewrites – GameHouse (NL)
Parker & Lane: Criminal Justice storybased time-management– story development – GameHouse (NL)
Angela’s Wedding Disaster – storybased time-management– story development and storybeats – GameHouse (NL)
Sally’s Salon: Beauty Secrets – storybased time-management– script/narrative event design – GameHouse (NL)
Save the World! – interactive fiction – story/script/game design – different editions commissioned by Playful Arts festival (NL), WooT festival (Denmark), Architecture day Utrecht (NL), city of Lelystad (NL), Game Happens festival (IT) and AdventureX (UK).
Chef’s Secrets – puzzle route – story/script – Chayamuni (GB)
Movie Stars – interactive fiction – story/script – Chapter for interactive game ‘Zombies’. (US)
TV
Afval – tv series – 6×25/NL – Developed for TV Rijnmond with 2 co-writers
Taal van het Hart – 2-part series – 2×50/NL – Commissioned by Dutch broadcaster OHM
Per Ongeluk – tv series – 1×30/NL – Episode for Dutch broadcaster EO
FILM
Grounding – feature drama – 120 min/NL – Supported by the Dutch Filmfund, co-written with the director
Love is in the Air – feature comedy – 120 min/NL – Producer: IDTV, co-written with the director
Balsamico – feature comedy – 120 min/NL – Supported by the Dutch Filmfund
Bach was Deaf – short crime – 20 min/EN – Selection Dutch Filmfestival and French Filmfestival
Verdi – short drama – 20 min/NL – Dutch Filmfestival, London Filmfestival, Raindance festival, tv: NPS
THEATRE
Liefdesgedoe – youth theatre – 60 min/NL – Shakespeare adaptation
Vlucht – one act play – 45 min/NL – Theatre on location (woodlands)
Zuiderzeemeermin – monologue – 15 min/NL – Commissioned for the 100-year anniversary of Amsterdam’s oldest swimming pool
Radio Occupy Kerstfeest op het Plein – one act play – 60 min/NL – Short run in Werkteater Amsterdam
Ik ben hier – monologue – 45 min/NL – Small tour along several venues in Amsterdam
Volgens het boekje – one act play – 60 min/NL – Commission for theatergroup De Valse Pop
Festival – one act play – 60 min/NL – Small tour along Dutch festivals
Holy Night – one act play – 60 min/EN – Written for Arvon Foundation writers program
Mrs Koma is Coming – one act play – 45 min/EN – Shortlisted for Drip Action Trail
Slow Motion Lopen – one act play – 45 min/NL – Commissioned by Cosmic Theater for Festival Hollandse Nieuwe
MUSICAL THEATRE
Vertraagd – musical theatre – 120 min/NL – Commissioned by Musesi, book and lyrics
Gezelschap – chamber opera – 45 min/NL – Short run at Ostadetheater Amsterdam
Beurs – musical theatre – 120 min/NL – Written for theatre M-Lab in collaboration with 4 other writers
Enkel maar liefde – musical theatre – 100 min/NL – Commissioned by theatre M-Lab, Shakespeare adaptation
NU – songcycle – 100 min/NL – Writers project in theatre M-Lab, contributions by 10 writers
MUSICAL THEATRE TRANSLATIONS
Our House – musical theatre – 120 min/NL – Officially sanctioned Dutch translation of the Tim Firth/Madness musical
Lost in Translation – songcycle – 100 min/NL – Sondheim translation project in theatre M-Lab, contributions by 8 writers
MULTIDISCIPLINARY THEATRE
Wijk – one act play – 60 min/NL – Commissioned by Westwaarts Festival; dialogue, live music and modern dance on location in a park
Red, Orange, Green – youth theatre – 100 min/NL – Commissioned by Shine Houten; dialogue plus modern dance
OTHER MEDIA
Kies je Verhaal – poetic city walk with choice-based elements – NL
Short corporate scripts for Rocket Videos – creative animated explainer videos for a multitude of products – NL/EN
Virtueleregisseur.nl – scenes for youth – 6×5 min/NL – Short scenes for a virtual teaching method about acting and directing for age 12-18
Platenzaak – audio play – 30 min/NL – Downloadable through iTunes for Record Store Day
Fietspad – song lyrics – 5 min/NL – Winner AKF songwriter contest
Draaideur – radio play – 30 Min/NL – Winner National Radio Play Day, broadcast by Radio West
Articles and blogposts on games and new media for Official Playstation Magazine, Viva.nl and many more magazines and sites.
RELEVANT EDUCATION
Writing for Performance, HKU Theatreschool, Utrecht, the Netherlands
University minors in English Literature, Film-& Tv studies, Theatre studies
Translation studies, Dutch-English and English-Dutch
Writing workshops at Binger Institute Amsterdam, Script Factory London, Platform Theaterauteurs
Photo: Playformance @Indiecade2019. Photo credits: filledacote.com