Brandon Sheffield

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Creative Director at Necrosoft Games @ Game Developers Conference
san francisco, california, united states
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Oakland, California, United States, United States
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I'm the creative director of Necrosoft Games! I'm the primary game and narrative designer, and also guide the look and feel of our titles. I also do all the boring business things.Necrosoft is a distributed developer with members across the US and Europe. We have a flat pay structure and award dividends on profits. We've been around for 10 years so far, exclusively making our own IP, and that's how we like it. Currently working on Demonschool.Sometimes I also contract with friendly companies on narrative design or writing, for projects like the Samurai Shodown Neo Geo Collection, Sine Mora, Indivisible, and the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. I also run the Game Career Seminar at GDC, and advise on the awards at GDC and DICE, among others. I also run a podcast called insert credit, an evolution of my journalism years.I'm not looking to get hired by anybody, but if you want to pay me a bunch of money to consult on your project, I'll allow it. And do feel free to invite me to speak at your game conference if it's outside of the US! I am interested in new markets for game development and making sure the next generation of game developers is as diverse and welcoming as possible.ALSO NOTE: we do not have any outsourcing or composition needs, not even in the future. Thanks!

Brandon Sheffield's Current Company Details
Game Developers Conference

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Creative Director at Necrosoft Games
san francisco, california, united states
Website:
gdconf.com
Employees:
89
Brandon Sheffield Work Experience Details
  • Necrosoft Games
    Creative Director
    Necrosoft Games Oct 2010 - Present
    Creative director at Necrosoft. We've published three games across a multiple platforms, including smartphone, console, and PC. One large release planned for 2021, alongside additional ports of our existing games.www.necrosoftgames.com
  • Necrosoft
    Narrative Designer
    Necrosoft Jun 2005 - Present
    I've been doing contract narrative design, naturalization, story, dialog, etc for games like Indivisible, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, Samurai Shodown Neo Geo Collection, Sine Mora/EX, Dragon's Crown, and many others. Experience in console, smartphone, PC, VR, and digital media, comics, film, and print.
  • Game Developers Conference
    Advisor, Game Developers Conference
    Game Developers Conference Jan 2010 - Present
    Shaping the Game Career Seminar for the Game Developers conference annually, vetting and inviting talks and speakers.
  • Insert Credit
    Co-Founder
    Insert Credit Apr 2001 - Present
    co-founder and editor of this rather well-regarded web site, which is now a popular podcast.
  • Ootu, Inc
    Advisor
    Ootu, Inc Nov 2015 - Dec 2016
    Greater Seattle Area
    Advised the company (OOTU, Inc) as they built a platform for game discovery, attempting to solve the problems of: 1) players not being able to easily find games they want, 2) developers not being able to lift their games above the pool, and 3) activating and surfacing the back catalog for new players. A secret extra goal was connecting developers to streamers as a marketing tool.We built a platform that successfully did all that, and integrated our software into two popular digital store fronts.
  • Zam Network
    Cloistered Editor
    Zam Network Jan 2016 - Aug 2016
    Helped guide the relaunch of Zam.com, as it refocused on becoming consumer game site, aiming to highlight new voices in game journalism, as well as underserved games. This later became Fanbyte.
  • Gamasutra.Com
    Senior Contributing Editor
    Gamasutra.Com 2007 - 2015
    I was an editor/writer/columnist at Gamasutra for most of my tenture at Game Developer magazine, and then for a few years after as well. Nowadays I just contribute the occasional thing here and there because I feel like it.
  • Kuno Interactive Ltd.
    Creative Strategist
    Kuno Interactive Ltd. Oct 2012 - Oct 2013
    U.S. representative for Kuno Interactive, the only console game developer in South Korea. Making publishing deals, pitching new IP, helping to guide product for global markets, and whatever else needs doing.
  • Game Developer Magazine
    Editor Emeritus
    Game Developer Magazine Sep 2012 - Jul 2013
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Providing columns and guidance for Game Developer magazine.
  • Game Developer Magazine
    Editor-In-Chief
    Game Developer Magazine Jan 2004 - Sep 2012
    Editor-in-chief of the most-read magazine devoted to game development.

Brandon Sheffield Skills

Video Games Mobile Games Game Design Game Development Publishing Journalism Interactive Entertainment Social Games Gameplay Digital Media Writing Online Gaming Editorial Game Mechanics Computer Games Xbox 360 Developer Relations Magazines Interview Skills New Media Gaming Mmo Monetization Editing Ps3 Interviews

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