"GRIM" || G.C. BACCARIS

I'm Grim, and I'm an accursed artifact of unknown origin with a perilously low drop rate. I'm also an interactive fiction developer, Mediterranean classicist, narrative designer, and freelance writer.

I hold a degree in English Literature and Classical & Near Eastern Civilizations. When I'm not writing or trying to find trenches to dig pot sherds out of, I might be huffing poisonous liqueurs, consumed with existential dread, or unconscious. My work is influenced by an interest in the uncanny and grotesque, as well as ritual, masks, autonomy, and the macabre. Themes of body horror, autonomy, and dignity are recurring elements in the narratives I create.

I'm available for paid freelance, contract, and consulting work in interactive narrative writing and design. I am also available to create custom CSS/HTML tutorials for Twine® users in beginner-to-intermediate classroom settings (i.e. as supplemental material for high school classes, college courses, or similar).

Additionally, I am available to work on custom CSS & UI for individual Twine® projects! If your project needs a stylesheet, I would be happy to help. To view examples of my work, refer to the UI Design page, the Featured Work page, or my itch.io page.

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✎ FELICITATIONS

If you'd be interested in working together, please contact me via email (grimoirtua@gmail) with details about your project for more information. I can provide full resume and portfolio documents to clients upon request.

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✎ CONDENSED CV

Scholarships

Game Writing: Early Career Scholarship (2019)

• Mentored by Greg Buchanan
  

Awards

XYZZY Awards (2019)

• Winner: Best Setting (Heretic's Hope)
• Winner (Tie): Best Use of Multimedia (Heretic's Hope)
• Nominee: Best Story, Best Setting, Best NPCs, Best Individual NPC (Pontiff Apocrita), Best Use of Innovation, Best Use of Multimedia (all: Heretic's Hope)

XYZZY Awards (2018)

• Nominee: Best Use of Multimedia (Devotionalia)

25th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2019)

• 5th place of 82 entries (Heretic's Hope)

24th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2018)

• 20th place of 77 entries (Devotionalia)

Sub-Q Magazine's Love Jam (2018)

• Editor's Choice (Unmaking, Unmade)

Sub-Q Magazine Jam (2019)

• Second Place (Habeas Corpus)
  

Events & Exhibitions

PAX Online (2020)

• Panelist: The Narrative Design of Midsommar
  

Babycastles: Pixels x Paper (2018)

• Sôphrosunê
  

Hand Eye Society: WordPlay (2019)

• Unmaking, Unmade
  

Publications

Sub-Q Magazine, February 2019 (Unmaking, Unmade)
L'Éphémère Review, Beyond the Shallows: The Fear (2018) - (Two poems)
L'Éphémère Review, Beyond the Shallows: The Reclamation (2018) - ("Hospitality")

Experience

• More than 25 games made since January 2016
  
• Versed in narrative and game development tools such as Twine, Bitsy, Ink, RPG Maker, Construct 2, and Ren’py
• Advanced CSS & HTML proficiency
• UI designer for We Are Free Mice
• Created an interactive project demo in Twine® for a Disney+/National Geographic program pitch by Revelations Productions
• Provided Twine®-related CSS/HTML tutorials for Boston University course WR152, "Gender and Electronic Literature"
• Programmer and artist for Paper Brexit by Greg Buchanan
• Organizer of MytholoJam, with 4 jams, ~400 entrants, and 60+ games since Fall 2017
• Organizer of Cryptid Jam, which drew over 450 entrants and more than 60 games in October 2019