Oleh Silin

Elf Islands

• Crafted storylines and quest sequences for time-limited events.
• Collaborated with the Art and Level Designers teams: made briefs about locations, their objects, and key characters with their backstories and visuals.
• Supported the Game Designers team with a narrative background for new features; enhanced the quest sequences after playtests.
• Kept the lore consistency that based on the mix of linear and non-linear story structure.
• Managed the work with the knowledge database.
• Conducted narrative reviews and provided constructive feedback to junior writers.
• Mentored junior narrative designers in best practices for character development and plot structuring.

Elf Islands, Undersea Solitaire Tripeaks

• Designed quest structures and progression systems that aligned with overall game mechanics.
• Developed dialogues that fit the lore, tone, and enhanced player engagement and emotional connection.
• Configured quests, dialogues, and narrative-based features
• Collaborated with the Level Designers and QA teams to enhance the player's gameplay experience.
• Worked with the localization team and was responsible for the translation process.

Corepunk

• Developed the history of the game world, including key conflicts, races, factions, their backstory, and relationships.
• Worked on story campaigns: created the plot of the story that the player will go through and split the story into quests.
• Created the plot of the separate quest that aligned with the general story and quests of the teammates.
• Configured quests in the editor using linear and non-linear tools, including hidden options that are based on the player's choice.
• Crafted dialogues using different tones of voice.
• Developed the characters: backstories, key visuals.
• Created the internal texts: advertisements, notes, signs, etc.

• Wrote novels and short stories. Two novels and over 30 short stories have been published in various magazines and short story collections in Ukraine, Slovenia, and the United States.
• Awarded the National Prize of Ukraine for Science Fiction (2013) and the International Prize of the European Science Fiction Society Eurocon.
• Participated in workshops and conventions to share expertise and network with fellow writers and industry professionals.
• Created the course «Worldbuilding» for emerging writers.

• Read manuscripts and provided detailed feedback and constructive criticism to enhance narrative structure, character background, and dialogue for improved audience engagement.
• Conducted in-depth analysis of script elements to identify inconsistencies and recommend changes.
• More than 10 titles were published after the author's enhancements.
• This work is anonymous to avoid personal likes or dislikes.

• Specialized in reporting on science fiction festivals, interviews with science fiction writers and figures, and analysis of the Ukrainian science fiction market.
• Member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.

• Created special SFF programs at Ukrainian literary festivals (Kyiv Arsenal, Bookforum Lviv, LiTerraCon, Book Toloka, etc.).
• Organized and led workshops for emerging writers to foster their development.
• Coordinated literary events and readings to promote authors and their works.
• Cultivated partnerships with literary agents and publishers to expand opportunities.