Donald Schepis Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆: As a developer at Pinnacle, I cover a wide range of responsibilities. I fit myself to the needs of each project as a producer, game designer, writer, editor, graphic designer, or community manager. I am also PEG's liaison for nine different translation partners worldwide.I managed the development and deployment of our GameChanger crowdfunding.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

• Due to LinkedIn's description box text limits, I've split up the same job at PEG into multiple descriptions to track my major contributions.For every project, I covered the following duties:
• Planned, developed, and managed the crowdfunding campaign.
• Answered backer questions and resolved complaints.
• Proofed and released digital files.
• Tracked and produced the development of project files.
• Collected backer feedback.𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝟮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

• I covered the following duties for all projects:
• Planned, developed, and managed the crowdfunding campaign.
• Tracked and produced the development of project files.
• Collected backer feedback.𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
• Coordinated with our advertising partners at Jellop.𝗡𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗹: 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀
• Created cover assets.𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

• Due to LinkedIn's description box text limits, I've split up the same job at PEG into multiple descriptions to track my major contributions.For each project*, I covered the following duties:
• Planned, developed, and managed the crowdfunding campaign.
• Participated in marketing live streams.
• Proofed and released digital files.
• Tracked and produced the development of project files.
• Collected backer feedback.*Excluding Pathfinder® for Savage Worlds.𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿: 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗽𝘀𝗲

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

My work with PEG continued as part of the initial team discussing how the Savage Worlds version of Pathfinder® should look. I worked on the conversion of Pathfinder® spells to Savage Worlds Powers, which included the initial design of over 200 spells using Savage Worlds rules. Soon after, I completed an editing test before my responsibilities on the team.

I was the principal writer for an unannounced AAA game project in pre-production. I worked with the creative director and visual director to develop interesting designs for the environment and enemies that meaningfully connected with our narrative elements. I also worked with the level design team to provide narrative context for encounters and developed.

Tempe, Arizona, USA

𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆: I taught introductory game design and programming classes while mentoring teams of senior students working in a studio-like environment within the university's Game Studios program.—The game design classes focused on building the foundational principles of design, exposing students to the wide variety of design roles they will encounter in the.

Tempe, Arizona

I taught both on-ground and online introductory game design classes. These classes focused on building the foundational principles of design, exposing students to the wide variety of design roles they will encounter in the games industry, and guiding them through the process of developing a game idea into a fuller design that touches on all major game.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

I began my work with Pinnacle by creating a One Sheet for Deadlands: Noir, a one-page adventure typically released for free on their site (currently unreleased). The initial draft was well-received, though we went through a short revision process, primarily adding more supernatural elements to the adventure.I also participated in playtesting of Doom Guard.

I was the lead writer for a canceled AAA fantasy role-playing game. I worked with the creative director to build the core setting information and started building narrative pipelines. I also worked with the team to design an engaging booth experience for E3.

Mesa, Arizona, USA

I was the lead designer on the tabletop strategy game Trident. Trident is an asymmetrical fighting game that pits giant monsters called Leviathan, controlled by a single player trying to wipe out humanity, against massive robots called Tridents, controlled by a group of players trying to defend their sector of space.I also wrote short narrative pieces to.

Mesa, Arizona

𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆: My primary responsibilities at Pushing Thren / KalqueLord included setting production goals, providing guidance and tasking to developers to achieve said production goals, and writing design documentation to support the creation of game systems. I also set studio budgets, hired personnel, and managed schedules.—KalqueLord was an edutainment mobile.

𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆: At Terrasect, I managed production for multiple long-term development cycles on mobile game projects. I coordinated multiple disciplines to meet project goals and release deadlines. My responsibilities also included principal design on all major game systems.—During the development of the original prototype for KnickKnax (a kid-friendly.

Tempe, Arizona, United States

I wrote narrative inserts for expansions to the studio's line of sci-fi wargame miniatures. This included narrative sections to contextualize in-game stats and larger narrative pieces for their mech expansion. To keep the inserts interesting, I had to utilize multiple formats and voices while staying within the constraints of a print product.

Tempe, AZ

Summary: I managed production and design for a team of six developers as we built small, web-friendly games ranging from 2D platformers to puzzle games. We also developed a tactical, turn-based sci-fi RPG prototype with branching dialogue.—At Aftermorrow, we focused on rapid prototyping to develop a strong central mechanic and then wrapped a short game.