Richard Knight

Work History

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  Lead Game Designer

  Eidos Montreal

  February 2014 - Present

  Montreal, QC, Canada

  Deus Ex Universe

• Senior Game Designer

  Square-Enix Montreal

  February 2013 - February 2014

  Senior Designer - Hitman Go (iOS/Android)
  Focus on level design/building.
  
  Senior Designer - Incubation (Prototyping) Team
  Prototyping games in short dev cycles for Tablet devices.
  
  Senior Designer - Hitman Project (Next-Gen Consoles/Current Gen/PC) - Cancelled
  Focused on Gameplay systems (game actions), Campaign systems (progression), and mission-narrative structure.
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  Senior Game Designer

  THQ Montreal

  December 2012 - February 2013

  Montreal, QC, Canada

  Senior Designer - Project Underdog (Tablet) - Cancelled
  Focused on Campaign systems and prototyping the UI.
  (Company acquired by Ubisoft January 2013)
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  Senior Game Designer

  Funcom

  May 2011 - August 2012

  Senior Designer - Age of Conan: Unchained (PC - MMO)
  Consulted on the F2P conversion and led the redesign of the Tradeskills (Crafting and Gathering) system. Led the implementation of in-game Facebook support.

• Lead Senior Game Designer

  Ubisoft Vancouver

  May 2008 - January 2011

  Lead Designer: Office & Co (Facebook)
  Responsible for the core game design including progression and monetization systems, the entire UI and long-tail planning of content.
  
  Senior Designer: Academy of Champions (Wii)
  Campaign Lead; responsible for all aspects of the RPG mode including characters, stats, skills, the story and dialogue. Devised a custom scripting language to implement the dialogue in-game across multiple languages. Led the design of the game's UI.
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  Lead Designer

  Backbone Entertainment

  July 2006 - May 2008

  Lead Designer: Nectaris: Military Madness (WiiWare/XBLA/PSN)
  Responsible for revising the 20 year old game to modern controls and accessibility, along with helping develop a new multiplayer mode.
  
  Designer: Monster Lab (Wii / DS)
  Mini-Games Lead; responsible for both mini-game design and coordinating the teams to complete more than a dozen minigames on two platforms.
  
  Designer: Sonic Rivals (PSP)
  Assisted with Boss Design, testing and balancing, as well as building documentation for the team and SEGA.

  

  
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  Game Designer

  High Voltage Software

  October 2004 - July 2006

  Designer: 50 Cent: Bulletproof: G-Unit Mobile Edition (PSP)
  Responsible for level design and scripting using custom tools to build a game that was seperate and yet could use all PS2 story/audio assets.
  Designer: Family Guy: Video Game! (PS2)
  Part of the prototype team; we developed a design and prototype to pitch to the licensors.

• Lead Game Designer

  Orbital Media

  July 2000 - July 2004

  Lead Designer: Pirate Battle (GBA) (Cancelled)
  Responsible for all systems design, writing, and prototype tuning. Created the game UI.
  Lead Designer: Jukka's Treasure (GBA) (Cancelled)
  Responsible for all game design, writing, and level design.

• 3D Modeller / Writer / Designer

  Pixelplay

  January 2000 - July 2000

  Modeller/Writer/Designer: Blades of Passage (N64-DD) (Cancelled)
  Contributed to scenario design and monster modelling.
  (Company acquired by Orbital Media.)