About
Bryan Donovan Sng
Hello! I'm a narrative game designer based in Los Angeles with an MS in Game Design from USC and a BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch. I build game worlds that make players feel something: through card games, location-based ARGs, and licensed IP.
My work sits at the intersection of story and systems. I believe the best narrative design is invisible: felt through mechanics and player choice rather than announced through cutscenes. I've led narrative pipelines on shipped award-winning titles, written for licensed IP at scale, and built interactive fiction from scratch in a week.
Before USC, I designed and wrote educational games for government clients in Singapore, work that taught me how to make learning disappear inside play, a principle I carry into every project.
If you are curious about any of my work, feel free to reach out!
Things I have enjoyed and influenced me:
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Games: Baldur's Gate 3, Gloomhaven, Hades, Inscryption, Kingdom Hearts 2, Magic: The Gathering, Persona 4, World of Warcraft
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Film and Television: Andor, Birdman, Breaking Bad, I May Destroy You, Parasite, Seinfeld, Succession, The Leftovers, Veep, Whiplash
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Books and Authors: Flowers for Algernon, House of Leaves, The Art of Game Design, David Foster Wallace, Junji Ito, Shakespeare
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Composers and Musicians: A Tribe Called Quest, Bob Dylan, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Elton John, Nobuo Uematsu, Yoko Shimomura
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Hobbies: Acoustic Guitar, Caring for Cats, Cooking, Fashion, Learning new languages, Tennis, Theater, Playwriting, Rockclimbing