Summary

Brandon Van Slyke is a professional video game designer, writer, and producer with extensive experience leading teams in the creation of top tier commercial games for companies such as Gameloft, Large Animal Games, Vicarious Visions (Activision Blizzard), and Blue Fang Games.

His credits include the 2008 IGF Design Innovation Nominee “Snapshot Adventures: Secret of Bird Island”, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (Xbox360, PS3), "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" (Facebook), and the critically acclaimed Guitar Hero iPhone, amongst others.

As a passionate and respected member of the game development community, Brandon actively seeks ways to contributes to the larger industry as a whole. Some of his advocacy efforts include spearheading the official online New York City game development resource nycgameindustry.com, frequently volunteering at various industry events and conferences, and penning informational articles for industry resources such as GameCareerGuide.com and Game Developer Magazine.

Brandon studied game art and design at the Art Institute of Vancouver-Burnaby and was a member of the first graduating class of game design students at Vancouver Film School. His other hobbies include web development, attending industry related events, trying new foods, exploring megacities, and hanging out with his dog Jelly

Experience

CURRENT

Founder/Editor-in-Chief
nycgameindustry.com
2008-Present


PAST

Chief Creative Officer
Play Eternal, LLC
2010 - 2011

Senior Game Designer
Blue Fang Games
2010 - 2011

Game Designer
Vicarious Visions
2007-2010

Contract Designer
Shift Control Media
2007

Game Designer/Associate Producer
Large Animal Games
2006-2007

Game Designer
Gameloft
2006

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