Out of Play Area is the video game developers podcast by video game developers for video game developers, from veteran to aspiring. We sit down with the people behind the games for your information & entertainment.
New episodes drop every other Monday, where we interview Video Game Designers, Animators, Artists, Producers, Engineers, Testers, Directors, Writers, and everything in between.
Hosted by veteran video game designer John R. Diaz @ElKingpin who started from very humble beginnings as 1st generation Dominican-American that went onto work for some of the most critically acclaimed games of our time in Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2.
He now works at Electronic Arts while seeking to join the entire games industry through his podcast.
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Out of Play Area is the video game developers podcast by video game developers for video game developers, from veteran to aspiring. We sit down with the people behind the games for your information & entertainment.
New episodes drop every other Monday, where we interview Video Game Designers, Animators, Artists, Producers, Engineers, Testers, Directors, Writers, and everything in between.
Hosted by veteran video game designer John R. Diaz @ElKingpin who started from very humble beginnings as 1st generation Dominican-American that went onto work for some of the most critically acclaimed games of our time in Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2.
He now works at Electronic Arts while seeking to join the entire games industry through his podcast.
Chris Bourassa | Design Director @ Polyarc | Ep 30
Out of Play Area
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3 years ago
Chris Bourassa | Design Director @ Polyarc | Ep 30
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:
(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
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/
Out of Play Area
Out of Play Area is the video game developers podcast by video game developers for video game developers, from veteran to aspiring. We sit down with the people behind the games for your information & entertainment.
New episodes drop every other Monday, where we interview Video Game Designers, Animators, Artists, Producers, Engineers, Testers, Directors, Writers, and everything in between.
Hosted by veteran video game designer John R. Diaz @ElKingpin who started from very humble beginnings as 1st generation Dominican-American that went onto work for some of the most critically acclaimed games of our time in Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2.
He now works at Electronic Arts while seeking to join the entire games industry through his podcast.
