Josh Black
Lead Game Designer at Space Ape Games- Claim this Profile
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Ryan Hart
Josh Black is the design talent you're looking for. I worked with him on 2 games over 4 years - Nightmare Guardians and Alliance: Heroes of the Spire. In both games, he brought to the table a sharp and disciplined talent for designing great systems and game play. He also has a deep understanding of the challenges of other disciplines, and the ability to seamlessly navigate the design of a product through a complex maze of constraints and business needs. It's hard to underscore enough the impact he has on the games and people he works with. Working with him I was lucky enough to see what it takes to be a great designer, and he sets the bar for all future designers I will work with in the industry.
Brian Schneider
Josh is one of my favorite designers at Rumble. He's an incredible listener and a centerpiece for games learning on his team. He's also incredibly talented at making gameplay (which is becoming rarer and rarer in this new F2P world), and also more than capable of making complex concepts understandable, exploring systems design in new and creative ways, doing the dirty work, and learning from existing designs to help bolster his own design sense. A pleasure to work with.
Ryan Hart
Josh Black is the design talent you're looking for. I worked with him on 2 games over 4 years - Nightmare Guardians and Alliance: Heroes of the Spire. In both games, he brought to the table a sharp and disciplined talent for designing great systems and game play. He also has a deep understanding of the challenges of other disciplines, and the ability to seamlessly navigate the design of a product through a complex maze of constraints and business needs. It's hard to underscore enough the impact he has on the games and people he works with. Working with him I was lucky enough to see what it takes to be a great designer, and he sets the bar for all future designers I will work with in the industry.
Brian Schneider
Josh is one of my favorite designers at Rumble. He's an incredible listener and a centerpiece for games learning on his team. He's also incredibly talented at making gameplay (which is becoming rarer and rarer in this new F2P world), and also more than capable of making complex concepts understandable, exploring systems design in new and creative ways, doing the dirty work, and learning from existing designs to help bolster his own design sense. A pleasure to work with.
Ryan Hart
Josh Black is the design talent you're looking for. I worked with him on 2 games over 4 years - Nightmare Guardians and Alliance: Heroes of the Spire. In both games, he brought to the table a sharp and disciplined talent for designing great systems and game play. He also has a deep understanding of the challenges of other disciplines, and the ability to seamlessly navigate the design of a product through a complex maze of constraints and business needs. It's hard to underscore enough the impact he has on the games and people he works with. Working with him I was lucky enough to see what it takes to be a great designer, and he sets the bar for all future designers I will work with in the industry.
Brian Schneider
Josh is one of my favorite designers at Rumble. He's an incredible listener and a centerpiece for games learning on his team. He's also incredibly talented at making gameplay (which is becoming rarer and rarer in this new F2P world), and also more than capable of making complex concepts understandable, exploring systems design in new and creative ways, doing the dirty work, and learning from existing designs to help bolster his own design sense. A pleasure to work with.
Ryan Hart
Josh Black is the design talent you're looking for. I worked with him on 2 games over 4 years - Nightmare Guardians and Alliance: Heroes of the Spire. In both games, he brought to the table a sharp and disciplined talent for designing great systems and game play. He also has a deep understanding of the challenges of other disciplines, and the ability to seamlessly navigate the design of a product through a complex maze of constraints and business needs. It's hard to underscore enough the impact he has on the games and people he works with. Working with him I was lucky enough to see what it takes to be a great designer, and he sets the bar for all future designers I will work with in the industry.
Brian Schneider
Josh is one of my favorite designers at Rumble. He's an incredible listener and a centerpiece for games learning on his team. He's also incredibly talented at making gameplay (which is becoming rarer and rarer in this new F2P world), and also more than capable of making complex concepts understandable, exploring systems design in new and creative ways, doing the dirty work, and learning from existing designs to help bolster his own design sense. A pleasure to work with.
Experience
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Space Ape Games
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United Kingdom
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Computer Games
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100 - 200 Employee
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Lead Game Designer
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Oct 2017 - Present
- Lead Designer on unannounced projects - Lead Designer on Transformers: Earth Wars (mobile Build & Battle, in live ops at the time) - Lead Designer on unannounced projects - Lead Designer on Transformers: Earth Wars (mobile Build & Battle, in live ops at the time)
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Rumble
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United States
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Game Designer
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Nov 2011 - Oct 2017
- Lead Designer for Alliance: Heroes of the Spire (mobile hero collection RPG, from concept to global launch and still running :) - Lead Designer for Nightmare Guardians (mobile ARPG, from concept to soft launch) - Designer on KingsRoad (Facebook & mobile ARPG, from concept to global launch) - Lead Designer for Alliance: Heroes of the Spire (mobile hero collection RPG, from concept to global launch and still running :) - Lead Designer for Nightmare Guardians (mobile ARPG, from concept to soft launch) - Designer on KingsRoad (Facebook & mobile ARPG, from concept to global launch)
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Electronic Arts (EA)
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United States
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Entertainment Providers
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700 & Above Employee
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Designer (Sims Division)
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Sep 2010 - Nov 2011
- Feature designer for Sims 3 expansion packs. - Feature designer for Sims 3 expansion packs.
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Slipgate Ironworks
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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Systems Designer
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May 2007 - Sep 2010
- Systems designer for unannounced online action project. - Combat designer for MMO. - Systems designer for unannounced online action project. - Combat designer for MMO.
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SMU Guildhall
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United States
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Level Design Student
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Jun 2005 - Mar 2007
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Level Designer (Intern)
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Jul 2006 - Sep 2006
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Education
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2005 - 2007
The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University
Master of Interactive Technology, Level Design -
1993 - 1997
The University of Alabama
BA, Telecommunication and Film -
1981 - 1993
Clements High School
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