Dev Presbury
Hey! I’m Dev, a LA-based writer and narrative designer.
I've written for ByteDance, Respawn, Nix Hydra, and am co-directing TOUCHSTARVED, a dark romantic visual novel that was fully funded on Kickstarter!I love writing about gremlins, outcasts, and the slightly unhinged.
Work
I have over 5 years of experience working in the game industry in a number of different fields.I'm a narrative designer at ByteDance, co-director of TOUCHSTARVED, and was a writer for Apex Legends Mobile.I was the lead writer and creator of Last Legacy for FictIf. In addition to coming up with the concept and characters, I wrote Felix's route, Sage Chapters 1-7, and the short story Nyacromancy. I’ve also written for other games such as Psychic.In a past life as a project coordinator at Skybound, I worked on several titles based off of comic properties such as Thief of Thieves.As a graduate of the mentorship program at Talespinners, I created Best Forgotten, a short Vine story about friendships and distance. You can find out more about Best Forgotten on Talespinners' blog or play it on itch.io!More information about my work can be found on LinkedIn.
About
My name's Dev (she/her), and I'm a Black writer and narrative designer. Like the best kinds of barbecue, I was born in the south and eventually made my way out west. I moved to LA to pursue a B.A. in Interactive Entertainment at USC. Apparently I couldn't get enough of academia, because I returned to USC for a M.F.A. in Writing for Screen & Television.My focus is currently on writing narrative games for mobile platforms, but I'm interested in storytelling across various media. I'm excited to see what medium draws my attention next!
Contact
Interested in seeing more of my work or just chatting about story and game design? You can find me on Twitter or LinkedIn.