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Meghna Jayanth
Jayanth at the 2019 Independent Games Festival
Born	(1987-02-06) 6 February 1987 (age 38)
Occupation	Writer
Known for	80 Days
Notable work	Sunless Sea Horizon Zero Dawn

Meghna Jayanth (born 6 February 1987) is a video game writer and narrative designer.^[1] She is known for her writing on 80 Days and Sunless Sea. Jayanth worked at the BBC before becoming a freelance writer,^[2] and has also written for The Guardian on women and video games.^[3]^[4]\n

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Early life

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Meghna Jayanth was born on 6 February 1987.^[5] While growing up, Jayanth lived in Bangalore, London, and Saudi Arabia, attending a total of 12 different schools.^[6] Her first gaming experiences included Disney's Aladdin, SimTower, and Civilization II.^[7] Jayanth studied English literature at the University of Oxford, where she directed The Oxford Revue, following which she worked at the BBC in the department responsible for commissioning video games.^[7]\n

Jayanth first became interested in writing for video games via online text-based roleplaying games in which she built worlds and characters.^[8] The first playable game she wrote was Samsara, a choice-based narrative game set in Bengal in 1757, which she has yet to finish.^[6]^[7] Jayanth is particularly interested in writing stories which explore \"unexpected perspectives and unheard voices\", including under-represented people and cultures.^[8]\n

Career

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Jayanth was the writer of 80 Days, for which she wrote a total of more than 750,000 words, contributed to the writing for Horizon Zero Dawn, and was a writer for Sunless Sea. In addition to other accolades, 80 Days was nominated for a BAFTA Game Award for Story in 2014, and Meg won the UK Writers' Guild Award for Best Writing in a Video Game.^[6]\n

In 2019 Jayanth hosted the Independent Games Festival awards, where she used her opening speech to encourage the video game industry to reject hatred and create a welcoming and safe environment.^[9] In May of that year, she announced the formation of a \"boutique narrative label\" called Red Queens alongside Leigh Alexander.^[10] \n

As of August 2019^[update] Jayanth was working on Boyfriend Dungeon and Sable.^[11]^[12]\n

Works

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References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Meg Jayanth.

^ \"Here's where to watch the IGF & Game Developers Choice Awards next week!\". Gamasutra. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.\n
^ \"Interview with Meg Jayanth, Writer of 80 Days\". Nerdy But Flirty. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2019.\n
^ Jayanth, Meg (18 September 2014). \"52% of gamers are women \u2013 but the industry doesn't know it | Meg Jayanth\". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.\n
^ De Nucci, Ennio (2018). Practical Game Design. Packt Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 978-1787122161.\n
^ Jayanth, Meghna [@betterthemask] (6 February 2023). \"36 today and entering my young morticia addams phase\" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 December 2023 – via Twitter.\n
^ ^a ^b ^c Sawant, Nikita (13 June 2018). \"In conversation with video game writer Meg Jayanth\". Femina. Retrieved 30 August 2019.\n
^ ^a ^b ^c Horti, Samuel (28 February 2020). \"The Coronation of Meghna Jayanth\". EGM. Retrieved 1 March 2020.\n
^ ^a ^b Parkin, Simon (10 January 2016). \"Meg Jayanth: the 80 Days writer on the interactive power of game-play\". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 August 2019.\n
^ Sinclair, Brendan (21 March 2019). \"\"If we make room for them, then there is no room for anyone else\"\". gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved 30 August 2019.\n
^ \"Leigh Alexander, Meg Jayanth forming Red Queens\". gamesindustry.biz. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.\n
^ Smith, Adam (19 October 2017). \"Date your sword in Boyfriend Dungeon\". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 30 August 2019.\n
^ Meer, Alec (12 June 2018). \"Sable makes a strong case for being the prettiest game of E3\". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 30 August 2019.\n

External links

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Meg Jayanth on Twitter $\"Edit$ \n

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