StarCraft II - War Chest Narrative

I had a ton of fun writing the in-game item descriptions for several StarCraft II War Chests. It was a fascinating challenge to tell compelling stories and expand the StarCraft universe via these short, subtle, gameplay-focused strings.

Examples below. All strings are live in StarCraft II and can be viewed from the Collection tab.

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Creating these strings required coordination with game designers, artists, and the in-house Blizzard lore team. I particularly enjoyed concocting an original storyline and working with Lore to integrate it into existing canon for the BlizzCon 2019 War Chest:

I had the pleasure of writing the in-game descriptions for War Chest: BlizzCon 2019! Really proud of these; it's the first time the skins from all three races have shared a single unifying narrative, which I'll get into below... https://t.co/3zICb54QKK

— Justin Groot (@JustinGroot3) September 16, 2019

The terran skins hail from Tyrador, a tourist system that seems to have terrible luck, at least as far as zerg invasions are concerned... pic.twitter.com/nUtF0KkAje

— Justin Groot (@JustinGroot3) September 16, 2019

The zerg are a remote-controlled army-for-hire concocted by a group of technologically advanced mercenaries... pic.twitter.com/E550jsJ1Ov

— Justin Groot (@JustinGroot3) September 16, 2019

And the protoss are an ancient group who call themselves the Ihan-rii, awoken from deep-space slumber by a mysterious distress call... pic.twitter.com/tT4s181Z7w

— Justin Groot (@JustinGroot3) September 16, 2019