Keyan Mohsenin
writing & game design
Hello! I'm a writer and game designer with over seven years of industry experience. Click on the games below to learn more about my work history!
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Narrative Designer | Jam City | 2019–2020
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is a simulation game for iOS/Android featuring an ensemble cast of original characters and familiar favorites from the world of Harry Potter.
Choices: Stories You Play
Senior Writer | Pixelberry Studios | 2015–2018
Choices: Stories You Play is an interactive storytelling platform for iOS/Android with an extensive library of choice-driven visual novels across a range of genres.
Hollywood U: Rising Stars
Writer | Pixelberry Studios | 2014–2015
Hollywood U: Rising Stars is a simulation game for iOS/Android set at a glamorous university for aspiring Hollywood starlets.
High School Story
Junior Writer | Pixelberry Studios | 2013–2014
High School Story is a simulation game for iOS/Android that puts players in charge of their very own high school.
About
I'm Keyan Mohsenin, a writer and game designer from the San Francisco Bay Area. I currently live in San Francisco with my partner and our mischievous harlequin kitten, Merlin.My favorite game is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Other obsessions include horror movies, reality TV, literary fantasy, and old-school Dungeons & Dragons.If you'd like to get in touch, you can email me at [email protected] or find me on LinkedIn.
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Narrative Designer | Jam City | 2019–2020
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is a simulation game for iOS/Android featuring an ensemble cast of original characters and familiar favorites from the world of Harry Potter.I joined the team a year and a half into the game's lifespan and worked on the main quest, time-limited side quests, and repeatable lesson content. My responsibilities included outlining and writing story content, incorporating feedback from game designers, assembling art requests, and pitching original characters for IP holder approval..
Choices: Stories You Play
Senior Writer | Pixelberry Studios | 2015–2018
Choices: Stories You Play is an interactive storytelling platform for iOS/Android with an extensive library of choice-driven visual novels across a range of genres.I was the creative lead on Books 1 & 2 of The Freshman, the most successful of the game's three launch titles. My teammates and I were responsible for creating the game's world and characters, outlining a full season-length storyline, and writing and editing chapters at a biweekly cadence. As creative lead, I was also responsible for requesting character portraits, backgrounds, and music.You can read more about The Freshman in 50 Years of Text Games, a chronological look at the history of interactive fiction by author and researcher Aaron A. Reed.After The Freshman, I was creative lead and sole writer on The Haunting of Braidwood Manor, a Gothic romance with a ghostly love interest, and Hero, Volume 1, a superhero origin story with a distinct comic-inspired art style.
Hollywood U: Rising Stars
Writer | Pixelberry Studios | 2014–2015
Hollywood U: Rising Stars is a simulation game for iOS/Android set at a glamorous university for aspiring Hollywood starlets.I moved to the Hollywood U team from High School Story about six months into the game's lifespan and worked on the main storyline, premium quests, item descriptions, and more, ultimately writing somewhere in the neighborhood of forty-five quests.I'm particularly proud of my work on the game's premium characters. I was responsible for pitching ideas for premium characters, assembling their art requests, and writing exciting introductory quests to upsell the premium characters and reward players who purchased them.
High School Story
Junior Writer | Pixelberry Studios | 2013–2014
High School Story is a simulation game for iOS/Android that puts players in charge of their very own high school.I joined the team a few months after the game's launch and worked on the main storyline, side quests, item descriptions, and more. I also ran AskPayton, a Twitter account in the voice of one of the game's standout characters, and launched an in-game polling feature where players could answer daily multiple-choice questions on a range of fun and timely topics.