Out of Play Area

Chris Bourassa | Design Director @ Polyarc | Ep 30


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Episode 30 features Chris Bourassa, a Design Director at Polyarc working out of Seattle. Chris is a fellow Full Sail University of Alumni with over 15 years of game design and engineering experience having worked on Midnight Club LA & Red Dead Redemption at Rockstar San Diego and Carnage Racing at Tiny Giant on Mobile, to his last game Moss 1 & 2.

Chapters:

  1. (00:00) Who is Chris Bourassa?
  • (13:05) Moss 1 Design Responsibilities
  • (22:16) Player Empathy & Game Balancing
  • (32:44) Design Director Moves
  • (40:41) Game Dev Origin & Full Sail University
  • (58:13) Working on Midnight Club LA
  • (01:07:56) Designing Stronghold For Red Dead Redemption
  • (01:20:19) Startup Life
  • (01:28:06) Final Round
  • (01:39:51) John's Final Thoughts & Teaser
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    Episode Resources:

    Chris Bourassa’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bourassa86

    Polyarc’s Careers :https://www.polyarcgames.com/work

    Connect with the host: http://elkingpin.com 

    Show: https://outofplayarea.com 

    Learn more about Full Sail University https://www.fullsail.edu/

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