Richard Hamer
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Charlie Hasdell
I had the pleasure of working with Richard through a large part of his early career on SingStar and DanceStar. His approach to the craft of game design always impressed me as well as the diligent documentation of his ideas and his passion for driving features forward. During DanceStar I managed Richard directly, he always took direction well and most importantly any task I gave him I knew would be delivered to the incredibly high standards I apply to myself. Richard is good at taking feedback, even in the sometimes contradictory world of game development. Richard was always happy to return to his designs and refactor them as the projects direction would twist and turn. The quality of each iteration would always be to a very high standard no matter how many he was asked to produce. Richard is equally comfortable at tackling UI designs as he is complex gameplay systems and I would be confident recommending him for any design role. He has shown incredible knowledge, adaptability and a keenness to learn new skills on his own initiative.
Joanna Orland
I originally met Richard as a colleague through our work at Sony. His knowledge of pop culture was rather impressive. Combined with his writing experience and style, I felt that he would be a perfect fit for a position at pop culture web site Loose Lips (www.loose-lips.com). Richard's articles are very insightful, well-researched, and thoroughly enjoyable. He is one of the top writers on the web site and it is always a pleasure to read his work!
Charlie Hasdell
I had the pleasure of working with Richard through a large part of his early career on SingStar and DanceStar. His approach to the craft of game design always impressed me as well as the diligent documentation of his ideas and his passion for driving features forward. During DanceStar I managed Richard directly, he always took direction well and most importantly any task I gave him I knew would be delivered to the incredibly high standards I apply to myself. Richard is good at taking feedback, even in the sometimes contradictory world of game development. Richard was always happy to return to his designs and refactor them as the projects direction would twist and turn. The quality of each iteration would always be to a very high standard no matter how many he was asked to produce. Richard is equally comfortable at tackling UI designs as he is complex gameplay systems and I would be confident recommending him for any design role. He has shown incredible knowledge, adaptability and a keenness to learn new skills on his own initiative.
Joanna Orland
I originally met Richard as a colleague through our work at Sony. His knowledge of pop culture was rather impressive. Combined with his writing experience and style, I felt that he would be a perfect fit for a position at pop culture web site Loose Lips (www.loose-lips.com). Richard's articles are very insightful, well-researched, and thoroughly enjoyable. He is one of the top writers on the web site and it is always a pleasure to read his work!
Charlie Hasdell
I had the pleasure of working with Richard through a large part of his early career on SingStar and DanceStar. His approach to the craft of game design always impressed me as well as the diligent documentation of his ideas and his passion for driving features forward. During DanceStar I managed Richard directly, he always took direction well and most importantly any task I gave him I knew would be delivered to the incredibly high standards I apply to myself. Richard is good at taking feedback, even in the sometimes contradictory world of game development. Richard was always happy to return to his designs and refactor them as the projects direction would twist and turn. The quality of each iteration would always be to a very high standard no matter how many he was asked to produce. Richard is equally comfortable at tackling UI designs as he is complex gameplay systems and I would be confident recommending him for any design role. He has shown incredible knowledge, adaptability and a keenness to learn new skills on his own initiative.
Joanna Orland
I originally met Richard as a colleague through our work at Sony. His knowledge of pop culture was rather impressive. Combined with his writing experience and style, I felt that he would be a perfect fit for a position at pop culture web site Loose Lips (www.loose-lips.com). Richard's articles are very insightful, well-researched, and thoroughly enjoyable. He is one of the top writers on the web site and it is always a pleasure to read his work!
Charlie Hasdell
I had the pleasure of working with Richard through a large part of his early career on SingStar and DanceStar. His approach to the craft of game design always impressed me as well as the diligent documentation of his ideas and his passion for driving features forward. During DanceStar I managed Richard directly, he always took direction well and most importantly any task I gave him I knew would be delivered to the incredibly high standards I apply to myself. Richard is good at taking feedback, even in the sometimes contradictory world of game development. Richard was always happy to return to his designs and refactor them as the projects direction would twist and turn. The quality of each iteration would always be to a very high standard no matter how many he was asked to produce. Richard is equally comfortable at tackling UI designs as he is complex gameplay systems and I would be confident recommending him for any design role. He has shown incredible knowledge, adaptability and a keenness to learn new skills on his own initiative.
Joanna Orland
I originally met Richard as a colleague through our work at Sony. His knowledge of pop culture was rather impressive. Combined with his writing experience and style, I felt that he would be a perfect fit for a position at pop culture web site Loose Lips (www.loose-lips.com). Richard's articles are very insightful, well-researched, and thoroughly enjoyable. He is one of the top writers on the web site and it is always a pleasure to read his work!
Experience
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Sago Mini
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Canada
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Entertainment
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Play Designer
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Feb 2020 - Present
Designing playful, open-ended digital experiences for 'Sago Mini World'. Working with artists and coders at every stage of development from concept to release. Playtesting directly with our core audience of 3-5 year olds. Projects: Sago Mini World Sago Mini School Designing playful, open-ended digital experiences for 'Sago Mini World'. Working with artists and coders at every stage of development from concept to release. Playtesting directly with our core audience of 3-5 year olds. Projects: Sago Mini World Sago Mini School
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University of East London
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Lecturer in Game Design
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Aug 2018 - Jan 2020
Delivering lecturers & technical workshops for the BSc Computer Games Development and the BA Computer Games Design (Story Development) programmes. Leader for the 2nd & 3rd year Narrative Design/Games Writing modules, responsible not only for teaching material but designing the curriculum and appropriate assessment. Delivering workshops on tools for creating narrative content in Unity (Fungus/Ink), the Twine and Ink scripting languages, and introductory C# scripting During my time at UEL I earned my Post-Graduate Certificate for Learning & Teaching in Higher Education. Show less
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University of the Arts London
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Lecturer in Game Design
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Jul 2017 - Jul 2018
Delivering lectures on all aspects of games and narrative design. Leading workshops on introductory C# and creating gameplay content in Unity. Delivering lectures on all aspects of games and narrative design. Leading workshops on introductory C# and creating gameplay content in Unity.
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University of East London
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Lecturer in Game Design
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Oct 2016 - Jul 2017
Contract Role, Delivering lectures, and supporting technical/design workshops in the following subjects: * Narrative & Gameplay Design * Games Studio (focusing on rapid prototyping and teamwork skills) * Professional Practice (focusing on pitching and designing games for existing IP) Contract Role, Delivering lectures, and supporting technical/design workshops in the following subjects: * Narrative & Gameplay Design * Games Studio (focusing on rapid prototyping and teamwork skills) * Professional Practice (focusing on pitching and designing games for existing IP)
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Sony Interactive Entertainment
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United States
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Entertainment Providers
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700 & Above Employee
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Games Designer
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May 2010 - Sep 2016
User Interface, System, Level and Narrative Designer working across core and casual games. Developing and pitching concepts for new IP.Projects:Blood & Truth - PS4PlayStation VR Worlds - PS4DanceStar Party/Everybody Dance - PS3SingStar PS3SingStar PS2
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Junior Games Designer
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May 2007 - May 2010
Projects:SingStar PS2SingStar PS3
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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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QA Tester
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Apr 2006 - Apr 2007
Ad-hoc and Regression testing for a variety of P.C, home and handheld console titles. Experience with bug entry and test-plan creation via the DevTrack tracking tool. Projects: Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix Battlefield 2142 Battlefield 2 Ad-hoc and Regression testing for a variety of P.C, home and handheld console titles. Experience with bug entry and test-plan creation via the DevTrack tracking tool. Projects: Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix Battlefield 2142 Battlefield 2
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Education
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2018 - 2019
University of East London
Post-Graduate Certficate, Learning and Teaching in Higher Education -
2016 - 2016
University of East Anglia
Introduction To Screenwriting Online Course, Playwriting and Screenwriting -
2003 - 2006
University of East London
BSc Computer Games, Computer Games and Programming Skills
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