David Gracia Email & Phone Number

Ruddington, GB

Shanghai, Shanghai, CN

US, US

Glenning Valley, New South Wales, AU

Los Altos Hills, CA, US

Anthropology and US History - I really can't believe they let me out of the country without knowing this stuff.

As a production and design consultant I provided services focused on improving product design and development efficiency. Companies/Projects Include: Mobile Now and Ogilvy/EXO (F2P for iOS/Android), Mineloader Interactive (Business Development), Red Rocket/Mevo (iOS/Android)

As a co-founder of PRoP (The People's Republic of Poker), I established and operated Shanghai’s only online poker club and cash game, designed specifically for the sizable expatriate community in Shanghai, and later throughout China and into South Korea and Singapore.

Shanghai, Shanghai, CN

As the Design Director at this work-for-hire studio I built the entire team up from a single designer to a team of almost twenty, adding full level and end-to-end production to the studio's capabilities, and oversaw the design of multiple work-for-hire and full game development projects.

Shanghai, Shanghai, CN

• Head Instructor for Game Design at Ubisoft’s fledgling Chengdu Studio
• Instructed and mentored a team of University Students in Game Design processes, procedures, and philosophies through to graduation from university and employment by the Ubisoft Chengdu studio
• Outlined the scope of training for both production and pre-production work in Game Design, and held daily lectures on a variety of subjects from User Interface Design to Signs and Feedback Systems
• Authored lesson plans, created design exercises and workshops, and collaborated with instructors from other disciplines to create training projects

Saint-Mandé, Île-de-France, FR

• Game Systems Design and Supervision of Game Systems Design
• Game Design Team Management, including team member hiring, training, and evaluation
• Creative Direction for the Shanghai side of development shared with a CD from TIWAK in Montpellier, France with a team consisting of more than 150 Shanghai-based developers and 70 Montpellier-based developers
• Relocated to Montpellier, France for 4 months to collaborate on Core Design with TIWAK dev team
• Maintained design communication and content direction across multi-studio multi-lingual development (to such an extent as was possible between the multiple studios)
• Extensive Game Tuning and Focus Testing

Redwood City, CA, US

• Designed (or collaborated in the design of) core game systems for offline and online game content (Weapons systems, Saving systems, Control Systems, Macro Game Flow Systems, as well as all Multiplayer systems –.
• Worked closely with offsite development teams in Austin, Texas (competitive game modes) and Dundee, Scotland (co-op game modes), to adapt game systems as needed and achieve technical and gameplay requirements for the.
• Maintained effective communication across multiple teams in 3 different time zones and 2 different continents, as well as providing regular direction and design input and feedback.
• Designed all Multiplayer Game Systems
• Designed Game Levels and built environment models in 3D studio.
• Mentored and Directed members of the design team.

• Developed new game concepts and prototypes
• Pitched project concepts business proposals to various game publishers
• Managed the Internal Game Design Team
• Created, optimized, simplified, and refined game systems to ensure maximum development efficiency and gameplay value.
• Worked closely with publisher to maintain and achieve desired content and level of quality
• Mentored and/or assisted in development of the junior game designers and their related skill sets

Montréal, Québec, CA

• Designed Game Systems and authored Game Design Documentation
• Worked closely with publisher to maintain and achieve desired content and level of quality
• Worked closely with development team to realize and integrate game systems.
• Pitched project concepts business proposals to various game publishers
• Created, optimized, simplified, and refined game systems to ensure maximum development efficiency and gameplay value.
• Mentored and/or assisted in development of the junior game designers and their related skill sets

Production and design work on Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2, Twisted Metal 2, and Syphon Filter.

Irvine, California, US

Wrote game tips used by the Consumer Service department on the gameplay phone line. Tested software, wrote bugs. Answered gameplay calls and answered consumer gameplay questions