“It was a pleasure to work with Josh at Dragon Age:Inquisition. He is a very talented designer, natural leader and eager to learn more. He is very good at listening to other people, super organized and overall a very positive person.”
Joshua Stiksma
Bellevue, Washington, United States
652 followers
500+ connections
Bellevue, Washington, United States
652 followers
500+ connections
About
Directing teams to create the highest quality products that awe and inspire by leveraging…
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Super happy to announce I have joined Ripple Effect as a VFX director. I am very grateful for this opportunity and I can't wait to make some…
Super happy to announce I have joined Ripple Effect as a VFX director. I am very grateful for this opportunity and I can't wait to make some…
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For #MossBook2, we prototyped jumping back while hanging. I built a couple blendspaces. The first one was for an equal height leap, with 10 samples…
For #MossBook2, we prototyped jumping back while hanging. I built a couple blendspaces. The first one was for an equal height leap, with 10 samples…
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Education
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University of Alberta
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Activities and Societies: Industrial Internship Program (16-month internship at Bioware)
4 year Computing Science program, extended by Industrial Internship Program
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Game of the Year
The Video Game Awards
Award received by team for Dragon Age: Inquisition
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PC Game of the Year, RPG of the Year
IGN, PC Gamer, Video Game Awards
Award received by team for Dragon Age: Origins
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English
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