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

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Funsmith Fireside Chats - by Game Design Skills

Game Design Skills

13 episodes

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Every 2 weeks, we have a conversation with a current practitioner of the game development industry such as video game designers, producers, artists, and entrepreneurs to bring you the experience-based insights to help improve your game design and development craft and thrive in the game development industry.

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

Funsmith Fireside Chats - by Game Design Skills

1 hour 8 minutes 29 seconds

3 years ago

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

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.