Jools Watsham Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

Austin, Texas, United States

Retro roots. Modern mojo. Founded on August 6, 2015 by Jools Watsham, Atooi is a passionate team located in Austin, Texas focused on the development of retro inspired games that capture the essence of the past and unite it with the magic of tomorrow.Atooi properties (in order of release): Mutant Mudds, Bomb Monkey, Xeodrifter, Mutant Mudds Super Challenge.

Austin, Texas, United States

Business Development: Primary contact with business partners in all stages of development from game concept to launch.Game Director: Establish creative vision and quality standards for all titles, providing direction to team members and ensuring all content fits within project goals.Producer: Develop and maintain project schedules for all functional areas.

• Provide creative vision for interactive products, including video games, toys, and other entertainment outlets.
• Create game design documentation: concept, design, production plan.
• Supply art style and provide guidance for 2D entertainment products, such as Nintendo DS, PSP, Mobile Phones, and Toy products.TITLES: Cube World, AMA Street Smarts, Miuchiz Pawz: Dash, Miuchiz Pawz: Spike, Pixel Pets.

• Wizard 101
• Was responsible for planning and overseeing the project through phases of development – concept, prototype, pre-production, development.
• Worked with executive management team to craft vision of the title, developed schedule and resource requirements to ensure achievement of vision.
• Direct management of all team leads (art, design, development, QA).
• Direct relationship management of third party consulting firms (art, development).
• Ensured timely delivery of milestones while safeguarding quality of work in accordance with pre-defined project schedule.

• Developed game concept proposal documents for project bids.
• Created 2D pixel art for Nintendo DS, Gameboy Advance, and Mobile Phone platforms.
• Managed satellite team as Producer. TITLES: Sigma Star Saga (Namco) for Gameboy Advance, Luna Assault (CMI) for Mobile Phones, Fathammer Bowling for Mobile Phones, Mad Steps for Mobile Phones, and unannounced Nintendo.

• Promoted to join the company’s Creative Director to manage the design department by evaluating and providing direction on the design content of all the studios’ games.
• Responsible for the creation of new game concepts, process development plans, the refining of production pipeline, and the training of designers on software programs and game design techniques.
• Worked closely with all Department Directors, Game Directors, and Producers to ensure each project met the company’s goals. TITLES: The Red Star, 100 Bullets, Legends of Wrestling: SHOWDOWN and All Star Baseball 2005.

• Worked closely with the development teams to establish the creative vision and quality standards for all of the studio’s games and to ensure all creative content produced by the teams met the company’s goals.
• Worked closely with each designer in the studio to help them establish and maintain the creative vision of their project, and to ensure a high level of quality was attained in their work.
• Other responsibilities included the refining of production pipeline and the training of designers on software programs and game design techniques. TITLES: Vexx, Turok Evolution and NBA Jam for Playstation 2, Xbox and.

• Responsible for creating game concepts and final game design documents, and ensuring projects were completed on time and on budget.
• Other responsibilities included the creation of project schedules and deliverable milestones, and the daily management of all team members.
• Worked closely with all Department Directors, Team Leads and team members to ensure information was effectively communicated on a regular basis. TITLES: Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls for Nintendo 64 and Southpark: Chef’s Luv.

• Promoted to join the company’s Art Director to help ensure the highest quality of art was maintained on all of the company’s games.
• Responsibilities included the daily art evaluation of all the studios’ games by working closely with the Art Director, Lead Artists and team artists. TITLES: NFL Quarterback Club for Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis and.

• Produced 2D animations and tile-based background artwork for Aero the Acrobat, Side Pocket, The Pirates of Darkwater and NBA Jam for the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis consoles.
• As Lead Artist on Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel, I was responsible for establishing the artistic style and quality standards, and to ensure all artwork produced by the team met those standards.
• I created all of the main character animations, numerous enemy designs and animations, pick-up icons (created in 3D Studio and converted into 16 color sprites), tile-sets for gameplay levels and backgrounds, front-end.