Stephen Gamescom

Stephen Gamescom

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Chief Executive Officer & Narrative Director
Los Angeles, California, United States

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  • Gardens Interactive
    Chief Executive Officer & Narrative Director
    Gardens Interactive
    Feb 2025 - Current (1 year 9 months)
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    Screenwriter-Director
    Spectrevision
    Aug 2009 - Current (17 years 3 months)
    Writer-Director specializing in feature film, television and video games represented by Antonio D’Intino
  • Gardens Interactive
    Chief Commercial Officer & Narrative Director
    Gardens Interactive
    May 2021 - Feb 2025 (3 years 10 months)
    Gardens is a game development studio growing the future of social roleplay. We aim to connect the world through play, to be the global leader in prestige, deeply social interactive entertainment, and are named after the worlds we grow together — lush, living online spaces that bring players together to form lasting relationships and vibrant social player communities.

    “Forever games” that can be continually tended, remixed, and transformed, growing and evolving alongside the community, offering new adventures, experiences and social events far into the future.

    We’re also named Gardens after the way we make our games. We believe in sustainable, collective growth. That means sharing a responsibility to care for one anothe
  • Messhof llc
    Writer and Narrative Designer
    Messhof llc
    Dec 2020 - May 2021 (6 months)
    Provided writing and narrative design for the upcoming Ghostbike, from the creators of Nidhogg and Nidhogg 2.
  • The Game Band
    Blaseball Writer and Narrative Gameplay Designer
    The Game Band
    Apr 2020 - Jun 2023 (3 years 3 months)
    co-created, wrote, and served as narrative gameplay designer of the hit browser-based game Blaseball
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    Copywriter
    DarkNet
    Apr 2020 - Jun 2020 (3 months)
  • QUANTIC DREAM
    Co-Writer
    QUANTIC DREAM
    Jan 2020 - Feb 2020 (2 months)
    Served as a co-writer and narrative consultant on the upcoming Sea of Solitude Director’s Cut
  • The Game Band
    Narrative Designer
    The Game Band
    Dec 2018 - Sep 2019 (10 months)
    Served as Narrative Designer on The Game Band's Where Cards Fall, a coming of age puzzle game premiering exclusively on Apple Arcade.
  • Samsung Mobile
    Samsung's The Night Before VR
    Samsung Mobile
    Oct 2017 - Dec 2017 (3 months)
    Conceived, wrote and served as creative executive on Samsung's The Night Before VR holiday ride
  • thatgamecompany
    Narrative & Design Consultant
    thatgamecompany
    Apr 2017 - Jul 2017 (4 months)
    Narrative & Design Consultant on Sky: Children of the Light
  • Giant Sparrow
    Writer & Story Consultant
    Giant Sparrow
    Apr 2016 - Jan 2017 (10 months)
    Writer and Story Consultant on What Remains of Edith Finch
  • Otherly Entertainment
    Development Executive
    Otherly Entertainment
    Jul 2015 - Oct 2018 (3 years 4 months)
    • Served as a Screenwriter, Producer and Creative Executive for Otherly Entertainment, a New York, LA and London-based production company specializing in VR/AR, TV and comics
    • Conceived, Developed, Wrote and Directed original properties for television, VR, comics, and video games.
    • Conceived and developed original branded content for clients such as GE, SpaceX, Samsung, Tom's, Here be Dragons and more
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  • University of Connecticut
    Bachelor of Arts (BA, Film Theory
    University of Connecticut
  • St Johns Prep
    High School Diploma
    St Johns Prep
  • Florida State University
    Master of Fine Arts (MFA, Film Production
    Florida State University
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    Sky
    May 2017 - Current (9 years 6 months)
    Hold hands with your loved ones as you fly together through a desolate sky kingdom, where generosity and compassion is key to lighting your path.
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    THEA
    May 2016 - Current (10 years 6 months)
    An original scifi comic book, debuting winter 2017. Thea is a world ruled by light and dark, half of the planet draped in perpetual day, half in endless night.
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    Quartering Act
    Aug 2009 - Current (17 years 3 months)
    credit: written and directed by
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    Picture Day
    Aug 2009 - Current (17 years 3 months)
    credit: produced by
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    Where Cards Fall
    A coming-of-age puzzle game
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    Blaseball
    Jul 2020 - Jun 2023 (3 years)
    baseball at your mercy
    blaseball.com
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    Samsung Presents The Night Before
    Nov 2016 - Dec 2016 (2 months)
    A 360 video experience. Ride with Santa in his magic sleigh on the biggest night of his year. Make sure to also check out the full VR experience at The Grove in LA or Herald Square Park in New York City.
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    What Remains of Edith Finch
    Apr 2016 - Jan 2017 (10 months)
    What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state.

    As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive. Each story you find lets you experience the life of a new family member on the day of their death, with stories ranging from the distant past to the present day.

    The gameplay and tone of the stories are as varied as the Finches themselves. The only constants are that each is played from a first-person perspective and that each story ends with that family member's death.

    Ultimately, it's a game about what it feels like to be humbled
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  • Clio
    Gold Winner - 2019 Clio Awards
    Clio
    The reveal trailer for Luis Antonio and Annapurna Interactive’s 12 Minutes won Gold in the 2019 Clio Awards in the video game category. Bell, VanderMale and Antonio conceived, developed and wrote the trailer.
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    Picture Day -- College Television Award (Student Emmy)
    Academy of Televsion Arts and Sciences
    Picture Day was awarded a Student Emmy for Comedy in 2010
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    2022 American Zoetrope Screenplay Semifinalist
    American Zoetrope
    Raw Materials selected as a semifinalist in the 2023 AZ screenplay competition.
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    The Young and Hungry List 2015
    trackingboardcom
    From tracking-board.com: "Each year, The Young & Hungry List is created from the combined wisdom and nominations of Hollywood’s most influential tastemakers to showcase the most in-demand, buzzed about, and on-the-rise new writers. Whether it be a newcomer making their first big splash, a sophomore writer coming into their prime, or a veteran returning to their roots, every writer on this list has one thing in common: an unrelenting drive to make their mark...
    Meticulously assembled from the collected votes of producers, directors, executives, agents and managers, this list is a product of the combined know-how of the industry’s most expe
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    Quarterfinalist, Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting Competition
    Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting
    Bell and VanderMale’s screenplay Raw Materials was selected from over 7000 entries as a quarterfinalist in the annual screenplay competition. Semifinalist judging currently underway.
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    Quartering Act -- Semifinalist, Student Academy Awards
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    The Quartering Act awarded semifinalist recognition for Region 2 of the 2010 Student Academy Awards
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    Quartering Act -- Outstanding Short Subject -- Visionfest X
    Visionfest
    The Quartering Act won Outstanding Short Subject (Best Short) at Visionfest X
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    Picture Day -- Best Student Short -- Independents' Film Festival
    Independents Film Festival
    Picture Day -- Best Student Short
  • Apple
    Game of the Year
    Apple
    Sky: Children of the Light was named Apple’s 2019 iPhone Game of the Year
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    2017 BAFTA Game of the Year - What Remains of Edith Finch
    Apr
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    Nuovo Award
    Independent Games Festival
    The 2021 IGF Nuovo Award celebrates innovation and experimentation in game.
    Additional IGF Honorable Mentions: Seumas McNally Grand Prize, Excellence in Narrative
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    Award of Merit -- Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
    Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
    Quartering Act -- Award of Merit
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    Top 15% Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting Competition
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts
    Red Flag Warning placed in the top 15% of the 2014 Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting Competition
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    2018 American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest - Semifinalist
    American Zoetrope
    Screenplay "Ridgeback" placed in the top 25 of over 1600 entries in Francis Ford Coppola's annual screenplay contest.
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    2021 American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest Finalist
    American Zoetrope
    Named 1 of 10 finalists by Francis Ford Coppola and a panel of fellow judges for the annual competition.
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    Hugo Award Nominee
    The th World Science Fiction Convention
    Nominated for the first ever Hugo Award for Best Video Game
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    Nebula Award Finalist
    The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
    Named a Nebula Award Finalist in the Games Writing Category for Blaseball
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    Quartering Act -- 2nd Place -- Palm Beach Internation Film Festival Student Showcase
    Palm Beach International Film Festival
    Quartering Act -- 2nd Place
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    Most Creative People in Business 2021
    Fast Company Magazine
    "Now in its 13th year, Most Creative People in Business highlights a diverse group of individuals across every sector, from tech to finance to fashion, who’ve accomplished something brand new and meaningful within their industries over the past year, something that’s already having a measurable impact. Plus, they’re all brand new to this list. We never repeat. In fact, no one on this list has ever been featured in the pages of Fast Company before. Together, they represent the future of business."
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    Shoestring Award - Rochester International Film Festival
    Rochester International Film Festival
    Quartering Act -- Shoestring Award
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    BOOK REVIEW: Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America, 1865–1900, by Jack Beatty
    May
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