games writer • poet • storyteller

ISA MARI DE LEON is a games writer, poet, and storyteller,
currently working at Riot Games in Los Angeles.

Selected Work

Champions

Breathing life into new mains and old faves.

Skins

Reimagining champs across worlds.

Metagames & Modes

Telling stories in- and around-game.

Personal Games

You & Me

Old photos, tarot, you, and me. Visual novel.

Sun & Sea

Sing, o Muse, the myth of Icarus. Visual novel.

Writing Samples

“Dazzlin’ Dina spent her Sunday dawn—her final Sunday and her final dawn—rehearsing.”

The Gone-Song

Dazzlin’ Dina goes down swingin’. Short story.

“I don’t walk how I used to and I piss on almost everything…”

Old Dog Secrets

A send-off to the laundry pile in the sky. Poem.

“On the day Lolo died, he remembered the important thing: the flowers needed to be watered…”

Lolo Died in the Garden

A kinder death. Poem.

Community Work

MAGICAL in Gaming

Connecting alumni of collegiate mar-gen gaming.

Cal Marginalized Genders in Gaming

Supporting aspiring game devs at UC Berkeley.