Boost your employability
Land your first game industry job
Or bounce back after a layoff

The most complete mentorship program for mastering non-linear, interactive storytelling—based on my 25 years in the industry.

Discover if I am your mentor
Discover if I am your mentor

Whether You are a:

Recent graduate in narrative design or game writing

Experienced game designer seeking promotion or a comeback after layoffs

Indie developer building story-driven games

— I’ve Helped 100+ Writers in Your Situation

Learn Award-Winning Narrative Design Skills

I’m Ranko Trifkovic—and I’ve got your back

I’ve worked as a narrative designer on 50+ indie titles and mentored over 100 individuals, helping them go from “I have some skills” to “I got the job!” in the games industry.

I Help Folks Like You Excel in Storytelling

Specializing in just one thing isn’t enough anymore. Every day, I see experienced professionals—people with 10+ years in the industry—posting on LinkedIn about getting laid off and struggling to find work.

You need to bring more to the table—narrative design, game writing, level design—and a portfolio that proves you know how to use those skills in real projects.

Learn Award-Winning Narrative Design Skills
Best Narrative Award CEEGA 2024

And Create Award-Winning Narrative

Last year, my alumni won the CEEGA 2024 Best Narrative Game Award. This year, I want to keep that streak going—helping more teams craft award-worthy game narratives that get the recognition they deserve.
Mentorship and Coaching by Narrative Design Guru

Narrative Design &
Game Writing 8-Week Intensive

Let’s Build Your Path Into the Game Industry—Together.

Weekly Live Calls

Get personalized feedback on your writing and design projects.

Private Community

Stay motivated and network with peers who are on the same journey.

Industry Guest Sessions

Get critique and insight from top professionals across the industry.

Letter of Recommendation

Earn a personal endorsement to support your job applications.

Internship Opportunities

Gain real-world experience through my network of studios (if available).

Your Narrative Mentorship
Starts With a Strategy Call

Book a quick call to map out your plan.

Book a Free Call with Ranko
Book a Free Call with Ranko

Narrative Design &
Game Writing 8-Week Intensive

Let’s Build Your Path Into the Game Industry—Together.

"The workshop opened my eyes in the world building and character handling department. It is an easily understandable and practical blueprint for any type of narrative fiction. Makes you think, gives you tools - all you have to do is build."
Nenad Vukusic, Screenplayer and Copywriter
Nenad Vukusic
Screenplayer and Copywriter
"I loved the course! It taught me a lot about developing a story and has helped me with all my writing. It made me rethink a lot of what I’ve already written.

It’s so much easier to go through story planning now with what I’ve learned. It was a good challenge to go about planning a story in a new way, it furthered my understanding for what goes into an interactive fiction game."
Mentorship and Coaching by Narrative Design Guru
Bucky G.
“When I stumbled upon Ranko's LinkedIn profile, and later website, I was skeptical because I have been writing and publishing novels for years and had taken several in-depth fiction writing courses up until then. I thought there was little more he could teach me that I hadn't already learned. Still, I took a chance on Ranko's course because I was very interested in how he might have been able to help me get a job in the video game industry as a writer and/or narrative designer.

However, as I was taking his course on writing interactive fiction, I was actually very pleasantly surprised by how much I was learning from him. Ranko is not only a knowledgable writer, but an excellent teacher as well, and I truly have learned a lot from him despite having thought I was already writing on an expert level. To get what is essentially private coaching from an experienced and skilled professional such as him at the price that I did was truly criminal. Where many other well-known writers will only tell you what you did wrong and not make an effort to help you learn from your mistakes or advise you how you could fix them, Ranko is very understanding and takes the time to work with you to help you grow as not just a writer, but as a businessperson as well.

I can now say with confidence that I will henceforth be taking my business to Ranko whenever I find myself in need of a second opinion for my stories until I die."
Klara Raškaj, Game Writer
Klara Raškaj
Game Writer
"The course I did with Grandpa helped me to first and above all, focus on the most important and basic things from which my history would grow. To create a supportive world, characters, episodes and so on that it would end up embracing the narrative process making it all much more consistent and complete.

Also, together with the help of Grandpa , we ended up being able to develop what the history I wanted to tell was really about, and giving a fulfilling message about it to the reader.

Working with another passionate and experienced writer like him in the development of my project has always been constructive, positive and finally magic, as the result itself showed to be something greater than initially expected.

Thanks Grandpa!"
Mentorship and Coaching by Narrative Design Guru
Raul C.
“Biggest challenge for me was piecing together my story elements, while my inner compass was crashing. I finally understand why theme is so important. You can’t do anything without having a clear idea what the story is about. Once you know your theme, you can make gameplay mechanics, so that it can narrate to your player. Grandpa Tiger’s process is the holy truth and should be infused into muscle memory of every writer. I don’t think I’ve seen any other person come up with a similar, clear concept. As far as I know Grandpa’s the one pioneering it."
Mentorship and Coaching by Narrative Design Guru
Ricardo B.
"I got a lot of valuable information out of my course with Grandpa Tiger. He had great lectures and fitting homework to help ease anyone into the challenging world of writing adventure fiction.

He was an incredible asset in the few places where I was stuck. He has a knack for telling good stories, and will definitely help you bring out the best in yours."
Mentorship and Coaching by Narrative Design Guru
J. Fox
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