Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer

@rebeccamwrites

🖊 Senior Game Writer / Narrative Designer @ ??? 🌟 Portfolio: 🌎 🌟 Previously: Dirty Bomb / Gears Tactics / Yooka-Replaylee

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Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Jul 11

Tried this thing. Not as good as the Strawberry Creme one. 3/5

A marks and spencers chocolate pistachio creme and strawberry sando on dead grass.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Jun 29

It was this. I had hot honey flavour and there was a straw.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Jun 29

Went to a gaming bar tonight. Had lots of fun and had this cocktail.

A gaming cocktail served in a mini bathtub style container.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Jun 19

My copy of Mystified! arrived. Been waiting for this a while. So I am happy to get my hands on the physical book.

A copy of the Flabbergasted ttrpg expansion Mystified and the GMs screen.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Jun 16

Kairosoft have done it again Demon Castle story is another fantastic game. In this one you build a dungeon and capture monsters.

Screenshot of Demon Castle Story a dungeon building themed management game for mobile.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Jun 6

Among other things this video covers the bizarre creator slide deck which I think could easily form the basis of a very funny one page RPG.

Screenshot from a UKGE creator slide deck which includes such gems as "Good hooks:

I'm going to UK Games Expo 2026."

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· May 23

Export from a deep space nine title generator with the caption "How many times have I rewatched this, who knows?"

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· May 16

One last treat at my favourite cafe in Burton before I go.

Photo of chocolate cake, fruit and an ice coffee at a cafe window counter.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· May 2

Happy free comic book day!

Photo of a forbidden planet bag, free comic Shanna and an ice coffee.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Apr 27

The Steam controller looks like it's a little shy.

Screenshot of the Steam controller a red squiggle has been added to the touchpads to highlight how the controller looks like a shy face.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Apr 26

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Apr 21

Red Rising - came third still one of the most delicious components in board games.

Photograph of the board game from Red Rising.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Apr 9

An ad for this popped up while I was watching youtube and for a moment I thought ol' DK had sold out.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Mar 30

This is the kind of job I am getting recommended atm. Can't believe I let my badger license expire.

Screenshot from a job site that says "Badger Surveys"

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Mar 24

These are from Fire Tower. Didn't even play this tonight but one of my friends brought them over. Irn Bru flavour?

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Mar 17

I went to the Wes Anderson exhibition at the Design Museum today and would like to draw your attention to Wes Anderson's funny little margin guys.

A masked person doodle on a Wes Anderson script with strong energy

Short haired man doodle with fed up expression.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Mar 8

Look at this Yugi

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Mar 5

Look what arrived. I opened it a random and landed on my article lol 🤩

Photo of the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Feb 24

Fun little commission I've been working on. Writing the description and Steam Page for Mumbo Shuffle. A neat Rogue-like deckbuilder with a Teletext aesthetic. I'm enjoying doing these smaller bits of creative copywriting alongside my other work. store.steampowered.com/app/3466340/...

Mumbo Shuffle Steam Store Page: Load up on snacks, ready your remote, and join the mischievous Mumbos as you play, build, and jumble your way to victory in this card-based roguelike deckbuilder set in the hidden universe at the edges of the TV signal.

Steam store page:
Mumbo Shuffle is a card-based roguelike deck builder where you explore a universe hidden at the edges of the TV signal. Along the way, you’ll be guided through this strange new reality by the Mumbos, digital creatures imbued with elemental power and their own unique decks. Pick your companion wisely as you navigate increasingly challenging goals.

Play, Build, Shuffle - Score combos, build your deck, level up hands, and score big to progress through the universe.
Meet your Mates the Mumbos! - Just look at ‘em! These cheeky digital critters each bring their own unique decks. Every Mumbo has its own elemental strengths and weaknesses for maximum replayability.
Tune up your Strategy - Tune into ninety unique channels that alter your game experience, power up your multipliers, and win big.
Master the Elements - Here at the edge of the universe, the creative elements matter. Exploit elemental powers to blaze a pixelated path to glory. The powerful fire card will give you a toasty +20 power. It’s so good it’ll burn up the card!
Unique Teletex - Inspired Visuals - Classic visuals inspired by everyone’s favourite television-based information system.
Test Signal - Tune into the test signal to discover the sandbox where you can experiment with builds and hone your skills.
Raise the Stakes with (potato) Chips! - Their nutritional value is negligible; their ingredient list is suspicious. Gamble with these delicious snacks to raise the difficulty!
Channel Surfing - Use the remote to navigate the digital universe, discover secret broadcasts, and find the mysterious hidden mini-games.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Feb 23

*Extreme Chappel Ron Voice* Oh God what you have you done? You're a pink pony gun...

A horrific pink unicorn themed bubble gun

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Feb 20

I've been accused of ship posting before. But this time I'm serious. This is my shipsona. store.steampowered.com/app/4339280/...

A black ship 3d model in a bottle with torn sails.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Feb 20

As much as things suck atm, at least new weird dinosaurs are being discovered. Look at its skull!

A skull from a new dinosaur. It has a long thing head and a horn near the eye socket.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Feb 7

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Feb 3

Flamecraft Duel

Poker chip style tokens from flamecraft. They have candy like stripes.

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Jan 30

I'm playing a fun little golf physics puzzler called Puttler. Did not expect this prompt to hit so hard.

Text Prompt that says "Are you sure you would like to return to the world?"

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Jan 27

Opened up AGS for the first time in years, to try some ideas out. Main character currently looks like this, because I'm a writer and not a pixel artist. ( The BG is the default tutorial one)

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Jan 13

3. Lannister Pieces Game of Thrones

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Jan 13

2. Red Rising Red Tokens

A tray of red transparent tokens that looks like candy photo from https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2681342/red-rising-red-falling-roll-to-review

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Jan 13

Most Delicious Looking Board Game Components Current 2026 Standing. 1. Wingspan Eggs

Image of a bag of Wingspan egg tokens that look like Mini Eggs

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer@rebeccamwrites· Jan 11

Played the Game of Thrones board game yesterday. Got absolutely wiped. I'm not a huge strategy gamer but it was fun to funally play this.