An Academic Game Maker

I earned my undergraduate degree in Modern Culture & Media (Production, Screenwriting) at Brown University. I also took various Illustration classes at the Rhode Island School of Design.

During my tenure at Brown, I drove academic and social game development initiatives, including:

• Revitalized the inactive Brown Game Dev Club into Brown-RISD Game Developers, a university recognized video game production club with active members from both Brown and RISD in 2015.

• Led Brown’s first university-accredited Group Independent Study Project (GISP) on Video Game Aesthetics & Design in 2014. Check out the approved syllabus my peers and I drafted here.

• Won the 2015 Creative Arts Council Grant to write a multi-media exhibit design document. Check out the Design Document here.

• Won the 2016 SPRINT LINK Award to collaborate with Dr. Alexandrina Agloro for a 1st person exploration game inspired by the radical poetry of Chicanafuturist writer and activist, Gloria Anzadula. Check out the final audio tracks below which showcase an empty/singular coherent experience versus an full/intersectional and dissonant player experience.

Professional Interests

I started my career as a Game Designer and leverage that background to align story and design with effective, scope-friendly solutions.

Having professionally worked on state-based narrative systems for over 5 years, I've developed a passion for dynamic and emergent narrative.

As a Senior Game Writer, I’ve used my screenwriting degree to deliver punchy, complex cinematics and develop a huge swath of fun, memorable NPCs promising one of Star Wars most diverse characters casts to date.

Career History

I have been professionally developing and shipping games as a designer since 2015, and shipped my first professionally recorded and voice-acted lines for the voice talents of the Batman Arkham rogue’s gallery in 2016. Throughout my career, I have had the great fortune of writing for some of the industry’s biggest IPs, including: STAR WARS, Batman, Lord of the Rings, and various other unique IPs.

For additional context, check out my resume or shoot me an email at cheyenne.morrin@gmail.com.

Misc. Awards

• National Collegatiate Taekwondo Women’s Flyweight Medalist 2014 - Silver in Sparring; Bronze in Poomsae

• National Collegiate Taekwondo Women’s Flyweight Medalist 2015 - Gold in Sparring; Silver in Poomsae

• Brown University Taekwondo Team Rookie of the Year 2014 & MVP 2015

• IHSA Walk/Trot Blue ribbon winner (Brown University Varsity Equestrian Team) - 2015

• SELEF Literary Creative Writing Awardee - 1st place for “Little Darling” in Creative Non-fiction 2015; 2nd place for “Little Wing” in Fiction 2018

• Athlete Scholar (co-captain of Women’s Varsity Water polo Team), Baldwin High School 2011

Favorite Games