Mike Wilson Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I help bring the most realistic digital humans to life.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cloudhead Games, Qualicum Beach

I crafted heartfelt stories which nestled comfortably into design, and helped create amazing experiences worth having. More specifically, I wrote all game dialog, mapped out cinematic moments, and designed in-game narrative assets for the first two episodes of The Gallery series. I spent the last three years helping to marry player motivation with rewarding narrative experiences in VR, and loved every minute of it.The Gallery Ep 2: Heart of the EmberstoneNarrative Direction: Planned out narrative beats, characters, and initial location descriptions Writing: Wrote all dialog, character barks, and trailer mediaDesign: Aided in initial brainstorming for gameplay flow, helping to marry action with storyArt: Worked with artists to finalize narrative assets with required story informationThis episode has been widely praised for it's narrative treatment: Metacritic Rating: 87Steam Rating: 93The Gallery Ep 1: Call of the StarseedNarrative Direction: Planned out narrative beats, characters, and location descriptions Writing: Wrote all dialog, character barks, and trailer mediaDesign: Aided in initial brainstorming for The Gallery IP and overall world building Art: Worked with artists to finalize narrative assets with required story informationSocial Media/Marketing: Kept up regular updates to the fans through Facebook/KickstarterMetacritic Rating: 79Steam Rating: 86

Toronto, Canada Area

Completed various freelance design contracts, mostly project pitches for 3rd party developers

Vancouver, Canada Area

Narrative Designer on Prototype 2:Brainstormed/planned overall story and character designs design during initial pre-production. Mission Design on Prototype 2:Stubbed in initial mission scripting and mission dialog during later production.

Brainstormed initial story and mission designs.Fleshed out initial brainstorming documents and created a frame work of design for the game.Fleshed out mission designs and ensured they lined up with the agreed upon story beats.

Game Designer on Company of Heroes: Online.- Designed UI wire frames for front end menu- Expendables/Purchasables brainstorming and designNarrative Designer on Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor.- Designed mission set narrative beats- Wrote all cut-scene dialog and new unit dialog/barks

Worked on initial mission design/brainstorming and implementation of the prepared mission designs using the in house LUA based language.

Certificate, Game Design

Activities and Societies: Class Representative Studied video game design, story writing, missions scripting

B.A, English