Steve Danuser Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Cary, Nc, Us

- Collaborate closely with Senior Creative Leadership, Senior Art Leadership, Production, and other key stakeholders to craft and articulate compelling game stories, characters, and worlds that resonate with Fortnite's global audience.- Work closely with the game design team to ensure the narrative complements and enhances gameplay, coordinating with the Art team on narrative aspects of characters and world-building.- Maintain effective communication with the development team and other project stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of narrative elements into the gameplay.

Irvine, Ca, Us

• Guide World of Warcraft's ongoing story through the planning and execution of arcs that span multiple product releases.• Collaborate with design, art, sound, and cinematics to develop the narrative evolution of WoW's world, cultures, and characters.• Mentor and lead a team of narrative designers, empowering them to craft compelling narrative gameplay experiences.• Partner with story and franchise development, publishing, and other groups to ensure thematic consistency and cohesion across the Warcraft franchise.• Communicate story vision across the development team.

Irvine, Ca, Us

• Define setting, character arcs, and story goals for WoW expansions and content updates.• Work with executive leadership to champion narrative pillars and vision for the franchise.• Assist casting of key voiceover talent and guide voice recording sessions.• Collaborate with Blizzard's creative development on cinematic scripts, novels, and publishing.• Manage, guide, and mentor quest and narrative design teams.

Irvine, Ca, Us

- Develop storylines and character arcs for World of Warcraft expansions and patch content. - Oversee writing and editing of dialogue and quest text, maintaining consistency for franchise characters. - Guide voice recording sessions to ensure performances achieve our narrative goals. - Collaborate with Blizzard's creative teams on trailer scripts, novels, and published media. - Provide feedback and mentoring to quest and narrative designers to hone their storytelling techniques.

San Diego, Ca, Us

- Managed the content/narrative design team for EverQuest Next- Curated EQ Next fiction program, working with external authors on novellas and short stories- Collaborated with multiple departments to maintain consistency & continuity of EQN lore- Worked with Storybricks team to bring emergent content to life

Providence, Ri, Us

- Interfaced and collaborated with best-selling author R. A. Salvatore and artist Todd McFarlane to champion their story and artistic vision- Architected modular world and history timeline capable of supporting multiple game titles and ancillary products within continuity of Amalur franchise- Oversaw integration of Amalur IP into Big Huge Games RPG engine, resulting in successful launch of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning in 2012- Directed creative and narrative design for MMORPG, codenamed Project Copernicus

San Diego, Ca, Us

I built the community for EverQuest II from the ground up before launch and led the community team through the release of the game and its first expansion. I contributed to the design of the game and its expansions, eventually transitioning into game design full time.Some of the EQ2 work I am most proud of includes:- Wrote 12 "Tome of Destiny" lore stories prior to launch- Wrote the prose played over the game's intro slideshow- Storyline and monk quests in "Fallen Dynasty" adventure pack- "Echoes of Faydwer" expansion storyline and zone design- Crushbone Keep zone design and population

Bs, English

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature, General