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    • Dead End Job (2019)
    • Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)
    • Plan Be (2016)
    • Notice Me Detective (2015)
    • Intangible (2015)
    • Before Dawn (2015)
    • Lost Constellation (2015)
    • NoOt Amused (2014)
    • Doorway (2013)
Writing is done for fun in my free time. This is only a small sample of my writings because most of them are in Greek and so I didn't post them.

2015

Intangible

Info: The story for Intangible is a challenging story to write as it is based on a difficult theory. But it is so amazing what you can do with such a subject so it's a fun project. After these past years of studying storytelling I feel like this is a great challenge to sharpen my skills. As the game is still in development the story will not be published yet. Here's a summary for it:


Sometime in the future, the Holographic Universe became less of a hypothesis, and more of a fact. The scale of this truth was to scientists a new unfathomable possibility, extended to the very edge of the universe itself. Its study became a priority to most cosmological scientists as well as space agencies. That’s when the program Project Entropy was created. In its core, the mission was to collaborate with OIVI, a new type of matter enclosed in an exo-suit, and send it to gather information, and explore the universe. Collaborate, Collect and Communicate (C3) became the Three Laws of OIVI’s existence as it set its course to the unknown.
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Plan Be 

Plan Be is a voice controlled game. It has a mystery driven story but also a character driven one.


Location: CDC Underground Facility. Sitting behind a computer desk, locked into the security room, you try to guide a scientist to safety as an accident caused most of the personnel to have unstable and violent conditions.


Twelve Tables (Working Title)


Info: This story has only been written until the first Act but right now is on hold because I am working on another one and it needs my attention. Here's a summary of it to explain the main concept:

Amelia is getting ready to relax after a whole day's work, when she hears a knock on the door. When she opens it, she finds nothing but an old, empty box waiting for her. Inside only a note: "For your birthday". Confused, thinking it's a prank she throws it in her trash, ignores it and goes to bed. The next morning as she is ready to throw the trash out, she picks up the empty box but she stops dead in her tracks. It's heavy, and with a look inside, its now full of what looks like ancient artifacts.

2014

Willy

Info: Story Summary:
Tommy didn’t find the garage sale interesting. So he sat at the front yard where it took place and created Willy. Willy is a stick. Couple of sticks combined here and there, to create a humanoid looking toy. Now Tommy - after his dad convinced him - is searching for a gift for his mum, and Willy lies alone on the ground. Until he gets up, stretching his new body parts in amazement and determined to unite with this little boy who brought him to life.

Comments: This is a script of 40 pages.
If you'd like to read it please contact me saying who you are. This script will not be publicly shown. For the better realization of the story I have created a simple level design, character profiles breakdown, and plot point development.

2013

The Last of Us II

Info: This is a fan fiction written by me. It's my ideas for a sequel for one of my favorite games - The Last of Us. You can read it online or download the PDF file (see links below).

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The Last of Us II

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Comments: All of my inspiration came in one day so I made a plan of the plot, the chapters, the characters and the next day I started working on it. It was written in a week (a hard working one) so it may be a good idea but perhaps not a perfectly written book. It's here to demonstrate that I'm passionate about stories and even bad creations are good for my learning curve. Now I can judge myself and move forward.
I'm really proud of the story and the development of the characters and it was so fun visiting that universe again!




2012

A Story of Choices

INFO A Story of Choices is a game made with PowerPoint. The game language is Greek though, so I made a video explaining some of it's aspects.

COMMENTS I love this game because it's made with Powerpoint and that is something I never thought was possible. The game is centered around choices, something like The Walking Dead from Telltale.
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Characters
The game includes four characters, each with a different personality. The characters are of course from games which I posed with XNALara for the purposes of this game.
At the end of the game the player, based on their choices, is revealed to be one of them
. The game also gives the player information about the personality of that character as well as their name.















Choices
There are different choices based on whether the player cares more about the environment, themselves or their fellow human.

As seen from the pictures on the left, at the top it's the situation's name, right under it there's a picture of the situation with a brief explanation of it and finally, below are the two choices along with thoughts about that particular choice.

Example (3rd picture - with the bird):

                                 The Bird
As you venture in the woods you find a hurt bird on the ground.

You decide to kill it
"I'll kill the bird and eat it, it looks half-dead anyway. If I leave it there some other animal will come along to finish it off even if I don't."
You decide not to kill it
"I won't kill it. I can't just eat a bird that looks half-dead with no visual cause of what might hurt it. Maybe it's sick or poisoned..."


Based on the choice the player makes, they will continue towards a different path. Of course the game is not really that simple! As seen from the 4th picture, what at first glance looked pretty much the same with the 3rd, really isn't.
You might find yourself in a similar situation but it's based on your previous choices and the character you're leaning towards too. Here are the differences:

Example (4th picture - with the bird)
                                 The Bird
You continue walking until it the sun starts to rise. As you walk, you find a hurt bird on the ground.

You decide to kill it
"I'll kill the bird and eat it, it looks half-dead anyway. If I leave it there some other animal will come along to finish it off even if I don't. I'm very hungry"

You decide not to kill it
"I won't kill it! I can't just kill a bird so I can eat! I can't do this..."



Death

There are many ways to die in the game but the player can always try again from where they died. Also there are different pictures for each death scene with a brief explanation of why the player died.
















For the purpose of this game I created a logic diagram showing all the choices the player can make. It doesn't show how they're written though, only what choices they have, to what character they lead to and how they correlate. Some choices can throw you off a character's path entirely and give you a chance to be a different character. The player doesn't know that of course.
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Download the Powerpoint from here.

POEMS AND SONGS

I have been writing poems, songs, puns, stories since forever. This has no beginning date nor an ending one. These are only some of my collection.
2013
INFO This poem is the story of The Last of Us turned into a poem.

COMMENTS This is my favorite poem. I wrote it in one hour with a lot of passion! It conveys the feelings of the game with a few words and I've heard a lot of good comments about it.

What if ‘The Last of Us’ was a poem?
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday…

….

Through the blackness awaken
To a terrible sight
In a glimpse has been taken
His loved one’s young life

And the years passed
Through much pain and toil
But one day has arrived
With a hopeful seed in the soil

Armed with trust
And her powerful lead
They rose over the one
Who dishonored their deal

But a new deal arose
And it felt like a spark
As one woman has given them
A light in the dark

The girl’s heart still soft
But her life was stone hard
A balance it seemed
Of light in the dark

Far away in the danger
Beyond the doors of haven
A way has been laid
Of either dove or raven

But in vain were the travels
And in vain they always end
For the powerful leader
Had through hell to descent

Although hope has been lost
And the world became dark
In her footsteps he followed
As she warmed up his heart

And the days passed
And the storms were only stronger
But with friendly faces met
Alone they had to tread no longer

There was fear in the sunlight
And horrors in the darkness
But in the end, as it always ends
There’s only vanity and endless sadness

Cold are the nights
The days, the unknown are bringing
But the birds high in the trees
Are still happily singing

All metal turned towards them
A day just like every other
But a smile behind the metal
Revealed dear old brother

“I shall help you, opened armed
Whatever you will need
The heavy burden from your hands
Although, I will not lift”

A surge of anger from his words
A shot from far away
It seems like days in havens are
Just like any other day

Betrayal flowed beneath her skin
Abandonment again
Her greatest fear, a lone soul
She will be now like then

But abandonment was not
An option to be chosen
As with her he had finally felt
His heart to be less frozen

The mirrors were awaiting
The lab of toil and sweat
But their reflections on the glass
Revealed a different threat

A blurry vision through his eyes
A pain from hell itself
A distant voice calling his name
He hoped it wasn’t Death

A lone soul seems to be
As strong as a lone wolf
What happens though when more arrive
With a terrible, hidden truth?

And just like any animal does
It either fights or hides
Our wolf became the hunted when
The hunters came to rise

Behind cold steel she lay where
For freedom there’s no path
But just like any animal does
This time she showed her wrath

And even though he fought through hell
And even though he arrived
She needn’t him to help her when
Alone she endured and survived

Time, they say is a healer
But some scars never fade
No doctor can ever sew
The deep cut of this blade

Even if the dark was dense
It always becomes bright
As the scent of soil and beast
Within them awoke the light

Behind the veil it was revealed
A terrible truth of death
It wasn’t an option, not for him
To take his child’s last breath

Armed with love and armed with hate
He swam against the flood
The flood soon became more red
As it was filled with blood

Countless hopes, in love were lost
In a life that offers pain
This time it ended differently
As none of it was in vain

In lies she stood, with bare feet
But she could hear their screams
For she has once screamed like them too
But only her voice lives

“When the blood has been shed
When the lake’s made of tears
Just remember to live
For the following years”

“Even though you mean well
Even though you are right
I just can’t shake the feeling
That the dark won the light”


2008
INFO A small tribute poem for the game 'Alone in the Dark' of 2008.

Edward Carnby
I wake up in a room
Not knowing who I am
From whose eyes do I see?
What’s this unknown land?

I hear the vague voice
A sound that now I own
As if from a deep slumber
I wake up in the unknown

Who does this face belong to?
Will I ever understand?
Can this uncharted fate
Turn into a map?

I have nothing on this world
Where’s the truth I’m seeking?
I’m running from myself
My feet sinking…

2011
INFO This is a tribute song for one of my favorite games - Dead Space.
Dead Space 2
They come close to you
So close you can feel them inside you
Stealing the air from around you
Sucking it making you suffocate
You try
To take a breath in to snap out
The nightmare you’re in but without
Luck you’re now fading away…

What are
The noises that come through the walls
The whispering that your mind now haunts
The visions of your past that calls you to face it
All
Is happening like then again
The memories you tried to forget
Death is so close you can almost taste it

Cut
The message said cut off their limbs
Those words disturbing you since
But the only way to survive is killing
Come
Convergence’s a moment away
The Marker is calling their names
You know what to do Step 4 is waiting

What are
The noises that come through the walls
The whispering that your mind now haunts
The visions of your past that calls you to face it
All
Is happening like then again
The memories you tried to forget
Death is so close you can almost taste it

2009
I
NFO  These lyrics are a rap song about the opening sequence of the game 'Silent Hill'.

COMMENTS  I wrote this thinking that not writing what happens next in the story would be a nice challenge for the imagination to either remember what happened, keep you wanting more or just to fill in the story however you like!

Silent Hill
Have you seen a little girl?
Just turned seven last month…
Short, black hair…
My daughter.

Crashed my car, I don’t even know what’s going on
I saw a girl, walking in the middle of the road
Now waking up, I turn to look back, my daughter’s gone
I set on foot for the town
Don’t panic now, don’t panic now...
I have to find her, I pass near a sign “Silent Hill”
But something’s wrong, it’s not like on the leaflet I’ve seen
The roads cut off, the mist is so dense, too hard to breath
This is not a resort town
More like the Devil’s Pit
It’s all abandoned, there isn’t a tiny sign of life
The air is dusty, and ashes are falling from the sky
Was there a fire, what else can it be, don’t matter now
I have to find my daughter
There’s something wrong with this town!
I get a glimpse of a girl in blue dress - she beacons me
I try follow her, but she disappears in the mist
That’s not Cheryl, that was the little girl on the road
The one that made me crash my car
What is she doing here alone?
I reached the path, the one I thought that she led me to
There was blood, what kind of nightmare did I land to?
It makes no sense, but no time to linger not for me
My only thought is of Cheryl
The only thing that’s holding me…
...sane...

2007
INFO This is a rap song dedicated to the game God of War 2. It describes the plot of the game in a musical way, from beginning  to end. The rhythm of the song is the same as 'Why we Thugs' song from Ice Cube.

COMMENTS  I have changed the above music a bit adding some vocals just to make it more "god-like"! No recording uploaded though.

The Dark Gods of Olympus
 This is a story about the darkest times,
About the Gods of Olympus

Once upon a time there was a myth
A story full of tension, power and grief
A story that relies on the truth of today
A story that is fading day after day
It all started when
Kratos was thought as a traitor again
He has become a ruthless God of War
He treated everyone as his warrior pawn
That’s when the King of the Throne
Found a chance to rule them all
By destroying the only man who sees
No love, no mercy only victories
So Zeus, released Colossus
And gave Kratos the power of Olympus
The blade that kills with one attack
But he didn’t know it would stab him back

When Kratos died
Gaia helped him to survive
Found his way through the bloody hell
Rode Pegasus in the skies again
Bidden by her to find the Sisters of Fate
To change his fate, before he was late
Found lots of vengeful obstacles
First Atlas then Kraken and Icarus
All of the Gods were against him
Every Olympian wanted to test him
He found a hope, deeply lost
To avenge Zeus and take control
The Great War ended? Not when he
Decided the Titans would come to be
The greatest ally in history
He would bring them back and set them free

Powers strong enough
He acquired to show his wrath
Reached the unreachable, Loom of Fate
Fought Lakhesis, Clotho, Atropos’s taint
Defeated them after a fight and at last
He controls the Loom to change his past
Stopped Zeus from stabbing him
At the Great War made the Titans win
In exchange their help to do
What Zeus once tried and failed to
Bring him pain, break his heart
And use the Blade to stab him back
So his journey started
As he flew to the skies
To Olympus where his power
Would once again rise

2011
INFO This is a short poem with a cheesy theme although many people agreed with me - all the cheesiness is right.

COMMENTS This poem expresses my inner feelings about something I have felt a long time ago.

For those Who don’t know What is…
The warm feeling in your chest, like a hot summer day in July
The dreamy, avid look in your eyes, that unbelievable reality
The fast-beating heart, like quite drums echoing underneath
The giving smile, carrying silently a thousand words
The tender touch with a cowardly hand, indecisive of it’s movements
Every wink, every move, every breath, every sentence, carefully planned
To keep beautiful, great, perfect
So many details, suddenly so important.
It’s overwhelming, throwing aside all logic
Filling the black holes of your life with purpose
Killing the pain like an effective medicine
It’s the resistance to temptation and lust
The fight over selfish acts
It’s the first thought when waking up
And the last before falling asleep
It’s the innocent sensuality
The honesty and the trust
The care and the patience
The respect and understanding
It’s Love.

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  • ABOUT
  • CV
  • GAMES
    • Dead End Job (2019)
    • Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)
    • Plan Be (2016)
    • Notice Me Detective (2015)
    • Intangible (2015)
    • Before Dawn (2015)
    • Lost Constellation (2015)
    • NoOt Amused (2014)
    • Doorway (2013)