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Ben Gonshaw: Digital Media Theorist & Game Design Consultant |  |
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SOFTOGRAPHY |
· Responsible for the all High Concept documentation except the schedule. · Responsible for the design of the product. · Tasked with helping and encouraging junior designers · Accountable for design documentation being accurate, readable and delivered on time. · Worked with programmers, artists and the producer to overcome dependencies and schedule down-time with thorough design pre-production. |
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· Produced technical documentation for code and art asset generation. · Authored 50 000 words of content and coordinated with localisation teams to gold master in 5 languages on one disc. · Liaised with Prima for simultaneous strategy guide release at launch. · BAFTA Award Nominated |
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· Accountable for the master design document and any art or coding issues that related to the design · Level mapping undertaken · Level creation using custom editor
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Zicats/Just Play (US/Europe) 2001 |
· Responsible for coding the AI script component of the Sea-Monkeys themselves. · Contributed to the overall design of the product.
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Encore/Havas (US/Europe) 2000
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- Agent Engineer - Sound Effects
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· Designed linking devices between several areas of the product · Concerned directly with functionality and interface issues · Scripted approximately half of the game content · BAFTA Award Nominated |
| Creatures 3
Mindscape 1999
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· Responsible for the absence of bugs in the gold-mastered product. |
| Creatures Adventures
Mindscape 1999 | - QA Tester |
· As above · EMMA Award Winner |
Details of unpublished work can be made available providing they do not contravene NDA’s
Such work includes:
- New gen narrative driven games aimed at the casual market
- Sims style complex social gaming
- Groundbreaking AI driven MMO concepts
- Rapid simultaneous development of several Live Marketplace sized products