Resume

Joel Burgess

joel-at-joelburgess.com

Experience

Senior Designer, Bethesda Softworks
6/2005 - current


The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

• Systems and Combat Design Contributions
• Dialogue, Book, and Quest Writing
• Level design and gameplay scripting
• Gameplay Design: Dragon, Spriggan, Wispmother
• Tools and Workflow Design
• Organized Documentation and Release of Creation Kit modding tool
• Collaborated w/Valve on Steam Workshop Integration

Fallout 3: A Post-Apocalyptic Role-Playing Game

• Established & guided creative vision for level design
• Collaborated on world & quest design/implementation
• Hired & managed team of five level designers w/producers
• Shared systems & tools design duties w/design leads
• Co-Editor of Strategy Guide for base game & expansions
• Hands-on level design layout, scripting, writing

Fallout 3 DLC -Point Lookout

• Project co-lead from concept to ship
  
• Managed team of ~20 artists & designers on tight schedule
  
• Hands-on w/project. Implemented free-form quests, world design/building, scripting, directed/performed voice acting, etc.

Fallout 3 DLC - Operation: Anchorage

• Collaborated on High-level design of military scenario
• Design of general space/gameplay flow and mechanics
• Flavor text and holotape writing

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

• Responsible for many of the game's 200+ dungeons
• Contributed to story hooks and points of interest for random gameplay

Oblivion DLC: Mehrunes Razor - (Knights of the Nine compilation)

• Handled Design, writing, and scripting
• Shared level design duties with one other Level Designer

Oblivion DLC: The Vile Lair

• Established lair layout and theme
• Shared in Level design and writing duties.

Oblivion: The Shivering Isles (expansion)

• Collaborated with designers on Quest Dungeons
• Design, writing, and implementation of freeform gameplay areas

Level Designer, Terminal Reality
4/2004 - 5/2005

Aeon Flux

• Contributed to overall Game Design during pre-production
• Wrote and began production on two "episodes", or levels

Bloodrayne 2

• Designed and produced two levels of final game
• Handled dialogue and cinematic scripting

Demonik (unreleased)

• Contributed Art Assets

Art Director & Designer, Dezign Corp.
2/2003 - 11/2003
Rob Williams - Project Lead
PlanetQuest (unreleased - cancelled)

• Managed tasks and budget for freelance artists
• Wrote extensive design documentation for original RPG concept
• Early systems prototyping w/proprietary tools

3D Artist, UCF GAMES Lab
2001 - 2004
Dr. John Weishampel - Project Supervisor
The VR Forest (location-based educational exhibit)

• Created and imported content into Torque Game Engine
• Collaborated on overall experience design
• Project was unveiled at Orlando Science Center in 2005

Education:
B.A. Digital Media: Interactive Media
University of Central Florida
Dr. Robert Kenny - advisor
Graduated 2004

A.A. Music Theory & Performance
Indian River Community College
Casey Lunceford, Department Head
Graduated 2001

Miscellaneous:
Speaker: GDC 2010, 2011, 2012: Level Design in a Day Tutorial
QuakeCon 2012 Panelist: Modding (video)
QuakeCon 2010 Panelist: World Design (video)
On-Campus presentations, FIEA (Orlando) and SMU (Dallas)
UCF Virtual Rainforest Team was:
Featured at ESA conference, Savannah, GA 2003
Featured at Institute for Simulation and Training, Orlando
Featured at IAAPA convention 2002
Co-Organizer "Rock vs. Cancer" ACS benefit concert

References:
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