Funsmith Fireside Chats - by Game Design Skills

#3 - Candace Thomas: QA to Principal Game Designer in AAA Studio


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Candace Thomas is the former Lead Game Designer on World of Warcraft and Diablo 3 at Blizzard Entertainment and the current Principal Game Designer at Riot Games. In addition to mentoring many game designers, she has a range of design experiences through 15+ years of experience in the video game industry such as

  • Single and multiplayer combat,
  • Enemy design and AI
  • Game modes and narrative
  • In this episode, we will explore insights from Candace on how to get into the game development industry, her experience starting from a play testing position all the way to becoming a Lead Game Designer for one of the biggest games in the world and sharing collaboration stories with Alex at Blizzard.

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