G.C "GRIM" BACCARIS

ABOUT
I'm a professional interactive fiction developer, narrative designer, and writer. Before getting into game development, I was a classicist in search of archaeological field work, and I enjoy exploring the spaces where archaeology and games overlap.

I have a BA in Classics and English Literature, and continue to engage with my concentrations in Mediterranean antiquity and the Gothic horror tradition. Influenced by an interest in the uncanny, abject, and macabre, my work often features recurring themes of autonomy, body horror, ritual, and the undead.
✎ LOOKING FOR PART-TIME OR FULLTIME EMPLOYMENT 

I'm looking for part time or fulltime remote work in game writing and design. I am based in EST/GMT-5 and can provide a full resume and CV upon request; a condensed CV is available below. I'm a highly-flexible, multidisciplinary developer with a specific focus on narrative design, and I'm also open to editing, UI design, and quality assurance roles.
✎ STYLESHEETS & TWINE WORK


I'm 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, workshops).

Additionally, I'm 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 Portfolio page or my itch.io page. Clients include Cat Manning, Anna C Webster, Greg Buchanan, Zero Summer Storytelling, Revelations Entertainment, and others.

✎ FELICITATIONS

If you'd be interested in working together, please contact me via email (gcbaccaris@gmail). If you have another question or comment, you're welcome to use the contact form below.

English/Español/Italiano
✎ CONDENSED CV (more information available upon request)

Scholarships

Game Writing: Early Career Scholarship (2019)

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)
Twine Survival Guide Jam (2021)
  • Third Place (HARBINGER.HTML)

Publications

A Compendium of Lesser-Known Cryptids (Lanier et al.) (Forthcoming 2022)
Kaleidotrope, Autumn 2022 ("Vows Writ in Scrimshaw")
Voidspace Zine Issue #2, April 2022 (HARBINGER.html)
Indiepocalypse Issue #17, June 2021 (Habeas Corpus)
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")

Freelance Experience & Clients

  • Coolmath Games / Game Writer & Programmer (Work-For-Hire): writer, programmer, art director, and narrative designer for an interactive virtual pet game commissioned by CMG
  • National Democratic Institute / Game Programmer and Designer: lead programmer and co-designer on a game for an international NGO focused on educating students about cybersecurity in the context of political campaigns
  • More than 25 games released 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 and Twine Programmer for We Are Free Mice; created front-end UI for a hypertext-based demo; currently consulting on forthcoming Unity build
  • Created an interactive project demo in Twine® for a Disney+/National Geographic program pitch by Revelations Entertainment
  • Provided Twine®-related CSS/HTML tutorials for Boston University course WR152, "Gender and Electronic Literature"
  • Programmer and artist for Paper Brexit  by Greg Buchanan
  • Additional programming for Cat Manning's We Are Not All Alone Unhappy
  • Developed a "playable teaser" in Twine for bestselling novel Sixteen Horses (2021) by Greg Buchanan (Eurogamer) (Rock Paper Shotgun)
  • 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

Events & Exhibitions

AdventureX (2022)
  • Exhibitor: DEVOTIONALIA
SuperFESTival (2022)
  • Speaker: "If and Only If": Exploring Variables and Conditional Logic in Interactive Fiction
NarraScope (2022)
  • Speaker: "If and Only If": Exploring Variables and Conditional Logic in Interactive Fiction
PAX Online (2020)
  • Panelist: "The Narrative Design of MIDSOMMAR"
Hand Eye Society: WordPlay (2019)
  • Exhibitor: Unmaking, Unmade
Babycastles: Pixels x Paper (2018)
  • Exhibitor: Sôphrosunê
I'm looking for part time or fulltime remote work in game writing and design. I am based in EST/GMT-5 and can provide a full resume and CV upon request; a condensed CV is available below. I'm a highly-flexible, multidisciplinary developer with a specific focus on narrative design, and I'm also open to editing, UI design, and quality assurance roles.