
Sam Palin


Operating in Black Ops 3 Mod Tools, with over twenty members and an invested community, Studio 935 banded together to create 'Project Scorch'. As Story Lead, I produced lore, copy, and dialogue for this grand-scale map set in the foot of Mount Mayon.

Facet is a stressful multi-modal roguelike, and highest community score in the Bigmode 2023 Game Jam. Developed with a team of four, I produced the writing, puzzle design, backgrounds & assets for this challenging and unique horror.
Read the schematics of Lostwick, a point-and-click mystery written with the mentorship of Talespinners. Someone was murdered in Lostwick estate. With 54 'Clues' to discover, manifesting as playing cards, test your luck interrogating the residents of Lostwick - under the eye of a watchful copper.
Line of Fire, a winning entrant in Devs That Jam, is a bullet-hell where you play as the crosshair. Graphics were made by myself.

A Story-Driven RPG Citybuilder. Test your morals against the will of the waves. Made for the GMTK 2024 Jam. Art and writing by myself.

Oathbane: a fantasy metroidvania with an otherworldly twist...
As artist and writer, my job is to tie the inexplicable inhabitants of the world into the wider - more extraterrestrial - lore. While this team of developers works weekly, I would love to share more as the scope and polish grows.
The Lightkeeper is Gone. As an editor, it was amazing to be able to see behind the scenes of a game I would have otherwise picked up and played myself. While the full game is to be released in late 2025, the demo is just as esoteric.
