John Dale Beety
Freelance Game Writing
and Writing About Games
What can I do for you?
Whether you need short texts, dialogue and barks, or longer-form writing and worldbuilding, I can help you tell your story or create one. Past clients include:
- Wizards of the Coast
- JOYCITY
- Guildhouse Games
Short Texts
As a creative text writer for Wizards of the Coast, I contributed card names and flavor text to Magic: The Gathering, also earning a credit in the same role for the video game Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers.
Card Name
Flavor Text
Card Name + Flavor Text
Dialogue and Barks
As an English-version game writer for Korean studio JOYCITY, I assisted with localization of the mobile game Gunship Battle: Total Warfare and wrote original dialogue and barks for the game’s AI enemies, the Armada.
Dialogue Screenshot
Sample Pre-Battle Barks
| Assault the Armada? *laughter* If you must… |
| This won’t even be a line in my memoirs! |
| Think of those under you, and turn back now. |
Fiction and Worldbuilding
As a freelance game writer for Guildhouse Games, I have contributed to a range of media for its debut card game Varia, including short fiction, comic scriptwriting, and card creative texts.
John Dale Beety: Freelance Game Writing 