Writing That
Doesn't Suck.

Sci-fi Author

Technical Writer

AI Whisperer

Docs as Code

Chaos Goblin

Vorbesc și română

Thriller Author

Writing Coach

Founder

Translator

日本語もできる

Documentation Manager

Fantasy Author

J'parle français aussi

Gamer

I build docs that work and worlds you want to live in.
J'peux le faire en français, 日本語で și în română.

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Chris Butta

Games industry veteran with over 10 years of experience as a technical writer, documentation manager, Romanian translator and narrative designer ~~if you squint~~.

I've worked on three of the world's leading game engines and one of the most popular MOBAs ever made. I also survived the Great Games Industry Purge of 2023-202?... so far.

If you live and breathe The Elements Of Style, we can't be friends.

Worked For: Electronic Arts (EA), Epic Games, Unity, Riot Games
Worked On: League of Legends, Fortnite, Greater Powers
Published: Gifted, To Bloom Again, The Rivers Will Run Red
Game Engines: Unreal Engine, Unity, Frostbite
Programming: Blueprint, C++, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, PHP
Languages: English, French, Romanian, Japanese

What I Do

Technical
Writing

Clarity is king. I build clean, maintainable docs that center user needs rather than pretzel every sentence to appease inflexible style guidelines. (Seriously, no one should have to do that. Ever.)

Documentation
Strategy

From scalable content systems to information architecture, team management and cross-team alignment, I design docs and processes that work for the people using them.

Author
Coaching

Got a finished draft? I’ll show you how to turn it into a publishable book. My 1:1 coaching covers deep edits, story development, smart querying and, yes, sensitivity reading. No one wants to run afoul of The Internet^tm, right?

Localization &
Post-MTL Editing

I'll translate your stuff from scratch and help your AI translations sound human again. My language pairs are English ↔ Romanian, Japanese → English/Romanian and French → English/Romanian.

Line & Developmental
Editing

I'll make your words sing in your voice, whether it's line edits or deeper story/character work. I'll even let you keep some of your em-dashes. Pinky swear.

Narrative
Design

With over 30 years of gaming under my belt (yes, really), I have the passion and practical experience to turn your ideas into game-ready quests, VO scripts, narrative bibles and anyting else you need.

What I Did

Present

EA Games
Sr Documentation Manager

Work specifics are under NDA.

What I can say is that I've been brought on board to oversee the Frostbite documentation renaissance. This comprises tooling, content standards, quality processes and surviving four rounds of layoffs and counting.

2023-2025

Epic Games
Sr Technical Writing Manager

Lead a team of some of the industry's best and brightest to document Unreal Engine, MetaHuman and Twinmotion. Ran the publishing pipeline for all three. This was a mighty involved role that also required careful negotiation, tactical resource allocation and all the other bits and bobs of mid-level corporate politics.

2021-2023

Epic Games
Lead Technical Writer

Wrote and delivered documentation for Unreal Engine features, products and demos, including MetaHuman (character tech) and and Habitat 66 (archviz). Led a team of six international contractors through a year-long initiative to address tech debt. Went from no engine knowledge to mid-level generalist in record time. Was fun.

2019-2021

Unity Technologies
Sr Technical Writer

Owned the documentation for several flagship products and NDA platforms. Seamlessly transitioned from in-office to fully remote work at the start of Britain's first lockdown (of three), and stayed productive despite significant team attrition. Learned Python, TeamCity, GitHub CLI and, regrettably, MadCap Flare.

2016-2019

Workday
Sr Technical Writer

Authored release notes and user guides in a fast-paced environment, covering weekly patches and quarterly releases for Workday’s Human Capital Management suite. Helped grow the Dublin technical writing team from 4 to 13 writers. Learned not to be bothered by the term "human capital".

2014-2016

Riot Games
Romanian Linguist

Did my utmost to make League of Legends suck less in Romanian. Took a significant amount of personal time to address years-long quality debt by re-translating legacy content from scratch in addition to my day-to-day work. Contract role.

What I Made

The legal bit:
The game writing samples below are neither approved nor endorsed by Larian Studios, Quantic Dream et al. All third-party content remains the sole property of its rightful owners. If you steal my work, I will find you.

Alternate version of the Partners mission in DBH. Keeps the original character voices while offering distinct, meaningful choices and endings.

Branching Narrative

Partners (rewrite)

Novel sample: sci-fi/adventure, first-person narration. Published in 2022 as Keira North.

Book

Gifted

Mesh to MetaHuman workflow guides. Authored the initial vesion and maintained these pages through Unreal Engine 5.4.

Technical Writing

Mesh to MetaHuman

Sample quest with a branching narrative in the style of Baldur's Gate III, balancing a light-hearted tone with potentially gruesome consequences.

Branching Narrative

Lyora's Folly

Internal team docs on how to set up JIRA filters and dashboards. All NDA information has been scrubbed, of course.

Technical Writing

JIRA Filters and Dashboards

Translation

Novel sample: supernatural mystery, third-person narration. Published in 2025 as Keira North.

Book

The Rivers Will Run Red

Translation

Hit Me Up

Your message has been sent. (Dont @ me about the passive voice 💀)

FAQ

Do you work pro bono?
Usually, no. If it's a project that gives back, maybe. Let's talk.

What's your stance on AI?
The only thing it should replace is CEOs. (Yes, I use it. Yes, I know about the lawsuits.)

I found a typo!
In today's rapidly evolving landscape of modern content generation, the presence of typographical errors serves as a compelling indicator of organic, human-originated authorship.

Writing That Doesn't Suck.

Writing That
Doesn't Suck.