Experience
Amazon Games (June 2022 – Present)
Senior Gameplay Narrative Designer
Blizzard Entertainment (November 2020 – June 2022)
Narrative Designer
Handyman Studios (January 2014 – January 2016, August 2018 – November 2020)
Content Director
Binary Spark Studios (June 2014 – January 2016)
Content Director
CCP Games (November 2009 – December 2013)
Content Designer, Level Designer
Hi-Rez Studios (May 2006 – October 2009)
Writer, Game Designer, Level Designer
MMORPG.com (February 2006 – May 2006)
Contributing Columnist
Rapid Reality (February 2005 – October 2005)
Writer, Game Designer, Community Manager
Publications
EVE Online
Dominion
Tyrannis
Incursion
Incarna
Scarred Lands Player’s Guide (Pathfinder)
The Wise & the Wicked 2nd Edition (Pathfinder)
Dagger of Spiragos (Pathfinder)
Education
Oakland University
Bachelor of Arts – English
Skills
- Game design, level design, system design, and economy design
- Creative, technical, marketing, copy, dialog, and scientific writing
- Agile, Lean, and Waterfall for large and small teams
- Social media, community management, press releases, and live events
- HTML, SQL, logic scripting, AI behaviors, and troubleshooting
Software
- Unreal 4
- Unreal 3 (UDK)
- Unity
- 3DS Max
- Maya
- MS Office Suite
- Twine
- Visio
- Axure
- WebEx
- JIRA
- Expression Web
- SharePoint
- VersionOne
- HipChat
- Perforce
- Hansoft
- Slack
Nathan Knaack 