Maurice Suckling

Background

About Maurice Suckling

26 years of video games industry experience predominantly as a writer, but also narrative director, designer, producer, audio producer, casting director, audio director, animation director, mo-cap director and interactive entertainment consultant.* Key titles include Fortnite, Lost Words: Beyond the Page, Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, The Claptastic Voyage DLC, Killing Floor 2, Mafia Civilization VI, Wii Fit Plus, BioShock 2, Wii Fit, Nintendo Presents: Crossword Collection, Planet 51, Pokemon Battle Revolution, Driver '76, Driver: Parallel Lines, Stuntman, and Driver.* Work on over 50 published titles across all genres on all major platforms, for most major games publishers including 2K, Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Epic, and Ubisoft.* 27 years of experience as a professional writer in other media including TV, radio, theatre and fiction.* 7 years of experience lecturing in higher education and academic research.* Professional board game designer. Freeman’s Farm: (2019), Chancellorsville: 1863 (2020), Hidden Strike: American Revolution (2021), 1565 Siege of Malta (2022).* Other writing work has included co-writing for CBeebies Alphablocks, and a collection of short stories published by Elastic Press.* Winner of New Writing North Northern Promise Award 2005.* BAFTA nominee as part of the writing team for Alphablocks 2010.* BAFTA nominee and for a Children's Interactive Award for co-writing How To Teach Your Monster to Read 2013.* Education Resource Award nominee for co-writing How To Teach Your Monster To Read 2013.* PhD in Creative Writing (thesis on plot structures).* MA in Global History (thesis on Anglo-Zanzibar War). Specialties: team leadership, writer mentoring, script writing, game design, devising and assisting in the creation of original concepts, developing new iterations of existing IP, game production, facilitating workshops, script doctoring, audio casting, voice over direction and production, mo-cap casting and direction, copy writing, lecturing, research, analog game design. Research areas: innovation in narrative-driven video games; narrative-driven analog games; historical simulations; wargames; history-themed board games.