Charli [AKA Charles] Battersby is a Game Designer, Journalist, and actress.

My latest game is Cheerleader’s Choice: New York Spirit a dark comedy about cheerleaders who fight crime and solve mysteries in dystopian New York (And it’s semi-autobiographical too). You can play a free demo of it right HERE.

I also wrote a swords & sorcery comedy for Choice of Games. In it you play as a damsel in distress who is kidnapped on your birthday! Take command of an inept but well-intended group of  rescuers–a brazen knight, a snarky amazon, a cursed enchantress, and a humble peasant. Work together to escape your captors, outwitting your foes to make it back to the castle and regain your power as royal Heir. You can play Kidnapped: A Royal Birthday HERE.

In the “Back When Times” I was the screenwriter and co-creator of the animated webseries The Storyteller: Fallout at Shoddycast. It ran for four seasons and has over a million subscribers.

And I was one of the narrative designers and quest designers for Shoddycast mods including Fallout: Brotherhood (ft. Mark Meer) and The Wasteland Codex Mod for Fallout 4,  and the Storyteller Companion Mod for Fallout: New Vegas.

 

I spent many years as a playwright and stage actor. I’m known for my plays The Astonishing Adventures of All-American Girl & The Scarlet Skunk, and That Cute Radioactive Couple, and sTopless Go-Go Girls at the Troll Hole.

I have also written for sites including Chelsea Community News, and their sister site LGBTQ Community News. As well as Geek.com, Complex, and Joystiq.

I’m also an actress and a former cheerleader. I created a blog about being a Background Actress, or “Extra” in movies and TV shows. Have a look at Woman Number 2 on Substack.

Here are some sample chapters of my book about How game design helped me become a cheerleader. And how cheerleading helped me become a video game designer. Pompoms & Powerups.