Category Archives: Game Design

What Does a Game Designer Do?

“What does a Game Designer do?” This is a question I get asked a lot. I often jump into the technical details and my day-to-day responsibilities, but that all too often seems to go over the heads of my audience, leaving them just as clueless as to what it is I actually do as theyContinue reading “What Does a Game Designer Do?”

Open Ocean Postmortem

In case you didn’t know, I’m part of a podcast called 37% Unplayed.  37% Unplayed episodes talk about video games and game design in a similar format to book clubs.  Our latest episode was a postmortem on the indie game I made, Open Ocean.  Check it out! http://37percent-unplayed.blubrry.net/2019/07/01/open-ocean-postmortem/

Open Ocean

For the past six months, I’ve been working on an indie game in GameMaker Studio 2. In two weeks, on Tuesday, June 11, Open Ocean will release on Steam! This is my first indie game, so I decided to make a small game with a big message, and while it’s not the most fun gameContinue reading “Open Ocean”

37% Unplayed Podcast

Some fellow game developer friends and I created a podcast called 37% Unplayed!  We’re a bunch of nerds that talk about video games and game design – If you’re interested in either of those topics, you should give us a listen! Blubrry iTunes Stitcher Twitter Facebook YouTube

Middle-earth: Shadow of War

That AWESOME moment when the game you’ve poured your heart into for the past few years finally gets announced! I’m responsible for designing several of the main and side missions, among other things.

Quest Complete: Work my way up to an FTE game developer position

That’s right, I am now an FTE video game designer at Monolith/WB Games! My dream of becoming a full-time video game designer is now complete. Don’t think I’m just going to stop there though! Next step: Work my way up the game designer chain!