{"id":13,"date":"2022-05-23T19:21:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T19:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-04-24T08:34:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T08:34:54","slug":"mainpage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2021-11-18-191706.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2021-11-18-191706.png 538w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2021-11-18-191706-273x300.png 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Hi, I&#8217;m Bertine van H\u00f6vell, freelance game designer and writer from the Netherlands. I have a decade of experience making games professionally. I&#8217;ve worked with AAA property, designed educational software and written for various studios both indie and AAA. Below you can find a selection of some of the titles I&#8217;ve worked on.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Bertine-van-Hovell-cv.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Bertine-van-Hovell-cv.pdf\">Resume Bertine van H\u00f6vell<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Currently Working on<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>My company is 15 years old! <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helping out studios with concepting, ideation and preparing pitches. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pitching<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frayedfreedom.com\"> Frayed Freedom<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 49%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Stellaris: Cosmic Storms (2024)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In collaboration with Behaviour Rotterdam and Paradox I designed and wrote a new precursor (adAkkaria), Origin (Storm Chasers) and a plethora of events, I also implemented and tested events, did narrative planning and provided game design support to Behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1096090\/Among_Ripples_Shallow_Waters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy it on Steam<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/steam_cosmicstorms.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/steam_cosmicstorms.jpg 460w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/steam_cosmicstorms-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:49% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/capsule_616x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/capsule_616x353.jpg 616w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/capsule_616x353-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Old Skies (2025)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Worked with Dave Gilbert to design the penultimate mission of the game. My focus was on connecting the themes from earlier missions and having it lead up to the quality of climax Wadjet Eye games are famous for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1346360\/Old_Skies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wishlist it on Steam<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 49%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Among Ripples: Shallow Waters (Cancelled)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve aided the team at Eat Create Sleep with designing the narrative through-line for Shallow Waters&#8217; missions, written character dialogue and did extensive ecological and society research to represent the themes in a thorough but accessible manner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1096090\/Among_Ripples_Shallow_Waters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wishlist it on Steam<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/headerar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/headerar.jpg 460w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/headerar-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:49% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/header.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/header.jpg 460w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/header-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Hauma (2023)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Helped out SenAm Games with writing and designing the first two chapters of Hauma. My role was to incorporate team ideas and early drafts into a cohesive narrative, as well as design narrative-push puzzles and the Inkl implementation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1443470\/Hauma__A_Detective_Noir_Story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wishlist it on Steam<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">At Eve&#8217;s Wake (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For At Eve&#8217;s Wake I designed a complex interactive narrative based on Lovecraftian mythos. I was in charge of story, co-wrote dialogues and design. I also helped out with hiring additional members to the team and wrote design documents and art instructions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1395120\/At_Eves_Wake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">At Eve&#8217;s Wake on Steam<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/FCozVDDXoAgjE7G-e1653338236755-1024x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/FCozVDDXoAgjE7G-e1653338236755-1024x593.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/FCozVDDXoAgjE7G-e1653338236755-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/FCozVDDXoAgjE7G-e1653338236755-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/FCozVDDXoAgjE7G-e1653338236755.jpg 1083w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/capsule_616x353oc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/capsule_616x353oc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/capsule_616x353oc.jpg 616w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/capsule_616x353oc-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Only Cans (2021)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I worked with the Only Cans team to provide tangible feedback to ideas and assist with writing. I also helped out maintaining team cohesion and motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/417360\/OnlyCans_Thirst_Date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Play it on Steam<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 48%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Tom Clancy&#8217;s Elite Squad (2020)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I worked with Ubisoft Reflections to write biographies for characters from the Tom Clancy universe. These biographies pertained a mix of established and original characters.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Elite_Squad_Cover_2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Elite_Squad_Cover_2.webp 1024w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Elite_Squad_Cover_2-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Elite_Squad_Cover_2-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ohhoneyblokje-e1653338312883.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ohhoneyblokje-e1653338312883.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ohhoneyblokje-e1653338312883-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Oh Honey, There Is Something I Need To Tell You (2019)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh Honey was an experiment in designing a short game where the character cannot always say what they truly think. It is also a tiny mystery inspired by True Crime fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lostagain.itch.io\/hey-honey-ive-got-to-tell-you-something\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Play it on Itch.io<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Meryll Wants a Cookie (2018)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For Meryll Wants A Cookie I worked with Thomas Wrobel again. I designed most of the puzzles, much of the dialogue and scripted all of the interactions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lostagain.itch.io\/meryll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Play it on Itch.io<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/meryllwantsacookie-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/meryllwantsacookie-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/meryllwantsacookie-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/meryllwantsacookie-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/meryllwantsacookie-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/meryllwantsacookie.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/promo-stimfonds.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/promo-stimfonds.png 720w, https:\/\/bertine.lostagain.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/promo-stimfonds-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">The Fanficmaker (2015)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Fanficmaker was written by me and Thomas Wrobel. I also took care of some of the design and system design of the generator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fanficmaker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try out the Fanficmaker<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I&#8217;m Bertine van H\u00f6vell, freelance game designer and writer from the Netherlands. I have a decade of experience making games professionally. I&#8217;ve worked with AAA property, designed educational software and written for various studios both indie and AAA. Below you can find a selection of some of the titles I&#8217;ve worked on. 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