STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC / Bioware Austin

Website: http://www.swtor.com/

JOB TITLE: Contract World Designer
PROJECT TIME: January 2011-January 2012
ENGINE: HeroEngine

OVERVIEW:

STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC is a story-driven massively multiplayer online game set in the Star Wars universe. Players can choose to be a Jedi, a Sith or a variety of other familiar classes. Players gather companion characters make decisions--light side or dark side--that have an affect on both the individual's story arc and the overall world.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

+ World Designer/Scripter for Massively Multiplayer Online Game set in the Star Wars Universe
+ Handled content across three different major hub planets--Hoth, Nar Shaddaa and Tython--for all for all eight player classes
+ Scripted and implemented class-specific quests, world story arcs, character conversations and group content
+ Created dynamic player-usable assets and abilities
+ Worked closely with leads, artists, programmers and other designers (cinematic, combat, spawning) to coordinate multi-disciplinary work
+ Identified and fixed bugs, reworked existing work to conform to changes in design and standards