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Nightland Studios

Writer, Creative Director, Solo Developer
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Pilot Logline

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Seven years after a devastating pandemic, a guarded drifter reluctantly agrees to help an aging scholar track a lost woman along the Northern Line -- a migratory road said to lead to a settlement in the far north.

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Overview

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The Journeyman is a post-apocalyptic survival drama told across two mediums: a 62-page TV pilot and an interactive game prototype.​ Set seven years after a global pandemic, the story follows three unlikely companions as they travel north along the desolate “Northern Line,” a migrant road rumored to lead to sanctuary. An exodus tale, the project blends grounded character drama with ambient survival design, emphasizing mood, environment, and slow-burn emotional storytelling.​​ Currently, I'm building a second prototype in Unreal Engine, adapted from the 62-page teleplay pilot I completed in the spring (2025). ​​ The Shelter, built in Ren'Py, is a working prototype for the first chapter of The Journeyman, one of five chapters planned.

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​​Experience

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​As a solo developer and writer, I’ve had the pleasure of building The Journeyman from the ground up. 

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• Screenwriting: Wrote the pilot episode, developed core character arcs, thematic direction, and the serialized structure.

• Game Writing & Narrative Design: Adapted Chapter One into an interactive narrative; created branching dialogue, exploration flow, and choice-driven moments that reflect character and world.

• Solo Development: Built a full Ren’Py demo with custom UI, scene logic, and progression systems. Currently developing a second prototype in Unreal Engine, with environment blockout, lighting, ambience, and Metahuman integration.

• Art Direction: Defined the project’s visual and tonal identity, bleak landscapes, minimal UI, and grounded realism. Produced early character and environmental assets to support prototyping.​

 

Play the The Shelter Demo

 

 A lone drifter encounters another survivor while seeking shelter from a storm... The chapter one Ren'Py demo is available to play in-browser here: The Shelter Demo 1.3 at Itch.io. 

 

Key Features

• The Shelter offers a first look at Chapter One, featuring exploration, dialogue, and choice-driven storytelling in a bleak but immersive world.

• Set on the Pacific Northwest, you are a "Journeyman" navigating a dangerous northern route, a land rife with plague, scarcity, and death.  

• Told in chapters, you will team up with other survivors as you make your way north along the dangerous Northern Line.​​​