Nichole “Mizerable” Hall –
Game Design and Writing
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Item Descriptions
I rewrote the following Unity Store assets’ descriptions and names under a strict 200 characters or less limitation. The prompt description was: Name and describe…three weapons for an unidentified/in-development fantasy RPG (think Elder Scrolls or Dragon Age.) This was an exercise from The Narrative Department’s Game Writing Masterclass. Image references are sourced from the UE…
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Love Like Ice
Love Like Ice [DEMO] by Tea for Two Game Studios, Celeste, Mizerable You may be an experienced monster hunter, but dangerous weather can stop even the most powerful in their tracks. Beside you is Liev – a fellow hunter, and your lover. You’ve been tasked by the sleepy town of Rimewich to find and eliminate…
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The Phantom of the Black Rose Revue: Act 1
The Phantom of the Black Rose Revue: Act 1 by Yamino, Feniks, Mizerable, Leaf Let Lose yourself in this tale of haunted love, inspired by shoujo manga and The Phantom of the Opera! This free yuri visual novel was made in a month for Spooktober 5th Annual Visual Novel Jam, where it received 7th overall…
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Alien Incrementum
Alien Incrementum by Mizerable, cincachai, Celeste, CheriBeanArt One starry summer night, on the shores of a quiet beachside town, best friends Adrianne Vinh and Margot Mackay witness an alien ship crash into the ocean. Aboard the craft was an alien, confused and now with no way home. Welcoming him into their life, the young women are…
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FLY AWAY
FLY AWAY by Mizerable This is a CHIP-8 game my dad and I made together! It was a lot of blood, sweat, and tears! The Story: One spring day, hundreds of years ago, an old farmer’s daughter named Judith spied a strange egg in the chicken coop. It was much larger than what any normal broody…
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TETRAD’S EXPLORATION
Tetrad’s Exploration by Team AVATAR, Mizerable, ayzellz, ChaosAgent202 Ardor. Wisdom. Independence. These were the three gifts that the Wind gave to Her subjects. The bats, butterflies, and moths, graced with these treasures, became transformed into highly intelligent fairies. Generations of conflict between the three races followed, the total destruction of all three imminent. But the…
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Lone Roses Deflowered: The Impact of the Patriarchy on the Girls of Revolutionary Girl Utena
On March 28th, 2023, I was a panelist at the “Gender and Media” panel of Rider University’s 41st annual Gender and Sexuality Studies Colloquium. I presented my academic paper: Lone Roses Deflowered: The Impact of the Patriarchy on the Girls of Revolutionary Girl Utena, an essay that delved into analyzing the famous 1997 shoujo anime.…
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Robits
Robits by 249Studios, Celeste, Mizerable In the future of a distant past, a robot lab assistant with “too much soul” is sent to a fully-automated factory to be reset. Mrk. IxI.G-Y, otherwise known by the nickname “Little Guy,” was found to be disruptive in his place of work; rather than focusing on the tasks at hand, Little…
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Birds of Paradise
Birds of Paradise by Mizerable Birds of Paradise is an interactive fiction horror game in which the player controls a human girl named Nara on her journey to become the illustrious Bird of Paradise and marry the King of Paradise. In order to do so, she must find the three Primaries, a trio of bird-women who must be defeated…
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