Liam Esler Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Australia

I'm the co-founder and Managing Director of Summerfall Studios, an award-winning character and narrative-driven game development studio. Check out more on summerfallstudios.com!

Melbourne, Australia

I consult with companies in Australia, New Zealand and internationally to assist with the narrative design process, copy/writing, streamlining teams and production pipelines and project management.

Melbourne, Australia

I worked with the GDAA to coordinate sponsorship for and manage Game Connect Asia Pacific, Australia's premiere game development conference, in addition to GCAP Loading, a student-focused conference.

Melbourne, Australia

I worked with the Game Developers' Association of Australia as one of three primary organisers for Game Connect Asia Pacific, Australia's premiere game developers' conference.

Australia

Together with co-director Joshua Meadows, I helped bring the hugely successful queer gaming convention GaymerX to Australia for two consecutive years (2016 & 2017). I managed sales, sponsorship and content. The event was very successful, with 800 tickets issued in 2016, 900 tickets issued in 2017, almost universally positive feedback and some amazing stories from attendees about how safe, included and welcome they felt.

Remote

I worked with the excellent developers at Beamdog to help produce, write and implement content for Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, an expansion for Baldur's Gate set between Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II, as well as Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition. I was responsible for helping write character and romance content, quest and content implementation as well as working with Beamdog to refine their marketing, PR and messaging for the titles.

Melbourne, Australia

As Production Coordinator, I was in charge of developer-publisher liaison, negotiating timelines and ensuring developers were hitting milestones and assisting with production issues whenever they arose. Games I worked on in this role include Particulars, Screencheat, Hexxy Snake, Vertiginous Golf and a variety of unannounced titles. Additionally, I designed and produced the metagame for a Western F2P title being introduced to a Chinese audience, and set up clear QA and Goldmaster Certification standards and procedures.

I assisted Player Attack with their daily news coverage, game reviews and research, and occasionally represented them at events such as E3.

Irvine, California

I was selected by Film Victoria and Obsidian Entertainment to complete a design fellowship with Obsidian Entertainment working on their upcoming Kickstarted RPG Pillars of Eternity. My role included content implementation, design and writing for the title, as well as assisting with week-to-week playtesting feedback.

Remote

I worked with the excellent developers at Beamdog to write and implement content for Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition and upcoming unannounced titles.