Matt Gibbs is a WGGB award nominated writer, narrative designer, and editor.

He has worked on BAFTA award winning and nominated games, such as Agatha Christie — Hercule Poirot: The First Cases, for Blazing Griffin, and The Forgotten City, for The Modern Storyteller, and is a Partner at Talespinners, a cooperative providing writing, narrative design, and consultancy for games.

Alongside his games work, he is part of Improper Books, a studio focused on creator-owned stories that have a touch of the fairy tale or otherworldly about them. He has written and collaborated on comics such as MULP: Sceptre of the Sun, with Sara Dunkerton, and Knight & Dragon, with Bevis Musson. In addition, he freelances as an editor and proofreader for clients such as Delcourt and Soleil.

Based in Bristol, he is a resident of Puppet Place, the United Kingdom’s hub for puppetry and animation — a home for brilliant artists and creatives working in puppetry, animation, film, theatre, visual and interactive arts, and creative technologies. He has collaborated with other residents, puppeteers, and animators on projects such as the Lost Librarian commissioned by Libraries Unlimited, as part of their Evolve programme with funding from Arts Council England, and Beltane with the support of Film Hub South West as part of BFI NETWORK, awarding funds from The National Lottery.

Before going freelance, he worked in creative services and marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Esdevium Games. Originally a field archaeologist, he has worked on sites covering the Mesolithic to the Medieval throughout the United Kingdom.

Games Writing & Narrative Design

Winter Hall (TBC) Lost Forest Games
Destiny 2 (2019-present) Bungie
Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss (2024) Sarepta Studio
The Lost Librarian Tour (2021-2023) Evolve / Libraries Unlimited
Agatha Christie — Hercule Poirot: The London Case (2023) Blazing Griffin
Tentacular (2022) Firepunchd Games
Alchemic Cutie (2021) Vakio
Gearshifters (2021) Red Phantom Games
Agatha Christie — Hercule Poirot: The First Cases (2021) Blazing Griffin
The Forgotten City (2021) The Modern Storyteller
Destruction AllStars (2021) Lucid Games
Maid of Sker (2020) Wales Interactive
Inertial Drift (2020) Northern Softworks
The Almost Gone (2020) Happy Volcano
Ageless (2020) One More Dream Studios
Nancy Drew®: Midnight in Salem (2019) HeR Interactive
The Lost Librarian (2019) Evolve / Libraries Unlimited
Battlefield 1 (2016) EA DICE
Think Like Churchill (2014) Touchpress
Total War: ROME II - Caesar in Gaul (2013) Creative Assembly
Total War: ROME II (2013) Creative Assembly
Forza Horizon (2012) Playground Games
Adidas® miCoach (2012) Lightning Fish Games
Binary Domain (2012) Sega Japan
Driver San Francisco (2011) Ubisoft Reflections

Graphic Novels & Comics

MULP: Sceptre of the Sun (2014-2019) with Sara Dunkerton (Illustrator) / Improper Books
In The Cold Dark (2019) with VV Glass (Illustrator) / Tammy & Jinty Special 2019, Rebellion
Knight & Dragon (2013) with Bevis Musson (Illustrator) / Improper Books
Otherworld Sailor (2012) with James Reekie (Illustrator) / Overload anthology, The Copydesk
Promises (2012) with Sara Dunkerton (Illustrator) / Bayou Arcana anthology, Markosia
Samhain (2012) with Alice Duke (Illustrator) / Into The Woods anthology, AyeSaw Comics
Yesterday Today (2011) with James Reekie (Illustrator) / FutureQuake #19, FutureQuake Press
Wave Man (2011) with James Reekie (Illustrator) / Spirit of Hope anthology, Comic Book Alliance

Screenplays & Shorts

Blood Apples (Optioned Feature) with Writer/Director Jennalee Rhodes / Quietus Makes Productions
Everything Ends (Optioned Feature) with Director Tito Sacchi / Quadruple Jump
Beltane (2023) with Director Helena Houghton / Mycelium Productions
From the Cellar (2010 Short) with Director Tito Sacchi / Quadruple Jump
Not Yet (2009 Short) with Director Tito Sacchi / Quadruple Jump & Screencult

Tabletop & Roleplaying Games

Quaranteen! (in development) with Cat Rock / Eight of Swords
Graveyard Cats (in development) Eight of Swords
7th Voyage: Myths & Monsters (2013) for Crooked Dice
7th Voyage (2013) for Crooked Dice
7TV Rouges’ Gallery (2012) for Crooked Dice
Tales of Promethea: DH:LoF Anthology (2012) for Iain Lowson / Cubicle 7
Dark Harvest: Resistance (2012) for Iain Lowson / Cubicle 7
Dark Harvest: Legacy of Frankenstein (2011) for Iain Lowson / Cubicle 7