Allen Turner
- Account Type:
- member
- Location:
- Chicago, IL United States
- Member since:
- July 1, 2001
- Last Login:
- November 14, 2011
- Last Update:
- November 13, 2011
- Bio:
- I'm a lead designer at Wideload Games/Disney Interactive Studios and lecturer on design at DePaul University. Always looking for new ways to create play and give people a good smile. Too much anger in the world, let's create some joy.
Skills
- Primary Skill:
- Advanced Designer
- Secondary Skill:
- Intermediate Artist
- Tertiary Skill:
- Intermediate Writer
- Summary:
- I've freelanced as Storyteller/Lecturer in Illinois (mostly Chicago) for the last 15 years presenting folklore and mythology to public schools, private schools, youth centers, the Chicago Historical Society, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Public Library, and the Newberry Library.
1997 to 2000 I worked for Bungie Software. My official job was PC Technical Support though I was part of the "strike team" (a small group who oversaw the production of one of our games assisting the producer through such things as playtesting, helping redesign/define levels, and basically the folks who held thing together during crunch time)for Myth II Soulblighter.
From 2002 to Jan 2003 I was employed by Day 1 Studios as a level designer for the single player portion of the XBOX game MechAssault. If you want to check out my Mech Assault level design work I did the following missions -- Suffer the Silence, Friends in need, Size Matters (parts 1 and 2).
Most of my modeling experience is with high resolution models for animating for video and courtroom forensic presentations.
I can quickly learn any tool a group needs me too and be up and running in a relatively short period of time.
I am currently employed at Wideload Games (A Disney Interactive Studio) as a Creative Director. While at Wideload I've worked on Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel without a Pulse, Hail to the Chimp, and Guilty Party.
Since 2006 I have been also teaching Game Design at DePaul University.
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