About the Company
Nekki is a game development studio that creates games for mobile, PC, and consoles, with a focus on product quality and player experience. Its titles include the Shadow Fight series, Vector, SPINE, and Fight Me.
Responsibilities
•Turn mission outlines into detailed narrative experiences by arranging story beats, choosing narrative delivery tools, and finding budget-conscious solutions to technical and creative problems
•Write dialogue, barks, lore notes, and other texts
•Script and implement narrative content in Unreal Engine 5, work on dialogue timing and delivery, and align story beats with gameplay
•Ensure consistency in characters' speech, motivations, and behavior
•Collaborate with narrative designers, level designers, level artists, game designers, and sound designers
•Prepare and review voice-recording documentation
Requirements
•English proficiency at C1 level or above
•Proven gamedev experience at middle level or above
•In-depth understanding of game writing, focused on cinematic, movie-like dialogue
•Scripting skills focused on dialogue integration and narrative content implementation, ideally in Unreal Engine 5 or similar engines
•Ability to work in a team, process feedback, and pitch and defend ideas and concepts
•Portfolio showcasing English writing and scripting skills, including multiple texts written in English and an implemented playable dialogue in UE5, Unity, Articy, Inky, Twine, or similar tools
•Fluent Russian communication
Nice to Have
•Prior experience with Unreal Engine 5, especially the level sequencer
Conditions
•6-month contract
•The game development studio has over 20 years of experience
•Its Shadow Fight series and Vector have been downloaded over 1 billion times
•No response within 7–10 days means the application was not selected for further consideration
