Estefano Palacios Topic Email & Phone Number

Though currently I'm Creative Director at Freaky Creations, things go back bit further than that.I began programming video-games at the age of 14, after getting accepted in my high school's computer science program. I partnered up with Jorge Blacio (Freaky Creations's current producer), and by the age of 15 we co-created the school project World of Mathematica, a 2D isometric adventure game to help people learn math. At 17 we also co-created the school project Lasershock, a network-based first person shooter based on the game laser tag. That particular project had tons of cool stuff, and we got our hands dirty with technologies like DirectX and the such. It was a neat experience.Later I entered ESPOL to study so more computer science. I was doing more than okay there with that whole collage game of getting good grades, doing the extracurricular activities, the mathematics, the algorithm analysis, the database systems: you know, the whole deal. But eventually my desire to make games overwhelmed me, and I decided to quit during my last year to found Freaky Creations, a studio who's vision had been stalking Jorge Blacio and me since high school. Maybe some day I'll get back to my studies. But for now I'm obsessed with finishing our current project: To Leave. This particular project has garnered tons of momentum (much more than what we ever expected) and we're currently looking forward to publish to the PlayStation Network somewhere in Q2 2014.

Listed skills include Game Design, Creative Direction, Interactive Storytelling, Computer Science, and 14 others.

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  Creative Director

  Freaky Creations

  Mar 2011 - Present - Ecuador

  My responsibilities as creative director include creating the game's main themes, writing the story, making sure the team stays in-vision with what we wish to tell, manage the product, prioritizing the workload for each release, talk to the press, and nurture good game design in our process.I'm also in charge of mechanic design, level design, washing the dishes and run errands to Sweet and Coffee : )