Narrative Design for Games, Film, and Beyond.

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Hi, I'm Dora, an experienced Narrative Designer based in Amsterdam with over 6 years of experience in storytelling for immersive media.

My career spans AAA game development, VR, independent film, and storytelling across multiple creative fields. 

I’ve worked with industry-leading studios including the award-winning VR company Vertigo Studios Amsterdam and PUBG Studios, where I contributed to a AAA VR experience and a new title within the multi-billion-dollar PUBG franchise.

I’m open to collaborating on projects where story is central to the experience. If that aligns with what you’re making, I’d love to connect.

• Building frameworks that guide cinematic and narrative content development from concept through execution.
• Directing mocap / P-cap to ensure emotional authenticity in the performance.
• Leading VO direction across casting and recording sessions.
• Maintaining narrative consistency across disciplines and production teams.

• Diagnosing issues with existing narrative and content pipelines.
• Establishing narrative and production priorities.
• Improving cross-disciplinary communication between narrative, art, design, and tech.

• Writing dialogue, lore, character sheets, item descriptions, and related narrative content.
• Performing developmental and line editing.

"I had the pleasure of working with Dora at both Stitch Heads and Vertigo Games, where she consistently stood out as proactive, reliable, and highly collaborative. She has a great understanding of where narrative design intersects with other disciplines and is particularly strong at translating creative intent into clear requirements that others can work with."

- Job Lauwen, Studio Production Lead at Vertigo Studios Amsterdam

"Dora is one of the most meticulous and masterful Narrative Designer's I've worked with. One of the things that stands out about her is her ability to integrate gameplay, narrative, and art holistically."

- Rafael Alejandro Avendaño, Game Designer at Vertigo Studios Amsterdam

Big brain, big heart.

- Arne Bongers,  Programmer at Vertigo Studios Rotterdam

"Dora is one of the best, kindest, and most helpful people I have met in game dev. She served as a key mentor who went above and beyond to not only help align my documents and information, but also grow my network. In fact, just mentioning Dora's name automatically brought out a sense of joy from our mutual connections, and it helped bridge the gap between two strangers."

- Mario Mergola, Independent Game Designer & Mentee

"Her ability to write interesting narrative that ties the whole game together is fascinating to see."

- Amber Holtrop, UX/UI Designer at Virtuos Studios

"I'm glad I was able to take my first steps into the industry with Dora as one of my supervisors. She has a natural charisma and personality that can easily motivate anyone and she always supports and pushes you to do the best you can."

- Amilius Sylar, Head of Technical Design and Production at Persona3D

Feel free to reach out using the contact form below. I’d love to hear from you!