Our Story
Smile More Productions was founded in 2024 by Claire Lily Squire, with the goal of bringing AAA-quality narrative support to studios of every size.
Claire cut her narrative teeth at Ubisoft in Shanghai and learned from some of the best narrative designers in the world while working on world-famous IPs, before going on to work as an in-house narrative designer across two continents and at multiple different studios.
Her experience taught her two things:
- AAA studios benefit hugely from a writer’s room full of narrative specialists.
- Having even one full-time narrative designer just isn’t an option for most other studios.
But that doesn’t have to mean AAA-quality narrative design isn’t possible.
Smile More Productions is a plug-and-play writer’s room for all your game’s narrative needs. Our model allows studios of every size to access the benefits of a full narrative department, without the expense or hassle.
- $3.5m Raised across 7 projects
- 2 yrs Since founding
- Dozens of studios helped
And we’re only just getting started.
Why Smile More?
Many people have asked about our interesting choice of studio name.
Claire once had a pretty toxic boss who suggested she ‘Smile More’ in meetings. She then decided that if ever she was going to start her own company she would call it ‘Smile More’.
It’s petty. She likes it.