Who am I?
I am a 25-year-old Scottish game designer located in Dundee.
I graduated with a 2:1 BA(Hons) "Games Design and Production" degree from Abertay University, Winner of the Dead Static Drive "Excellence in Narrative Design" award for my honours project "Inishfree".
Previously worked on "Hell Let Loose" (QA), "Overcooked All You Can Eat (Design)", "Golf With Your Friends - Corrupted Forest DLC " and "A Bonnie Odyssey".
In my free time I read, write, draw, play DnD, watch anime and of course play board // video games.
I am currently playing "Dregde" , "Sims 4" and "Overwatch 2"
I like to research accessibility & narrative in games and how games can convey morals and stories to players.
What I am enjoying right now
Books // Audiobooks
"The Bookshop and the Barbarian" by Morgan Stang
"King Arthur: Tales of the Round Table" by Andrew Lang
"the sun and her flowers" by Rupi Kaur
Manga // Graphic Novels
"Sailor Moon Eternal Edition 1" by Naoko Takeuchi
Podcasts // Audio Dramas
"The Dark Dice" - DND audio drama
"Two Hot Takes" - People talking about "AMITA" Reddit
TV // Film
"Alice in Borderland" Season 2 - Netflix
"Barbie" - Greta Gerwig
Follow Me
Here's links to various social media that I use!
Itch.io - https://brannigone.itch.io/
Global Game Jam Profile - https://globalgamejam.org/users/brannigone
My History
Here's a timeline of my experience in education and the games sector so far
2015
High School.
After sticking it out until the 6th year I was accepted into college to study "Games Design and Development".
2015-2017
College.
I studied at Glasgow Kelvin College and City of Glasgow and Graduated with an HNC Games Design and Software development with an A pass. College allowed me to experiment and be sure that I wanted to be in the games industry.
2017 - 2021
Abertay University.
After graduating college with an A, I was able to progress to Abertay to continue my studies. I've been able to QA 3 titles, expand my knowledge, and gain an industry mentor while here. I was able to graduate with a 2:1 and my honors project "Inishfree" won the "Dead Static Drive - Excellence in Narrative Design" Award.
2021 - 2022
Team17 QA Analyst.
After graduating from Abertay with a 2:1, I was able to start my industry career with Team17 as a Quality Assurance Analyst. Since working at Team17 I have been able to maintain a healthy work-life balance, work on titles that have been launched, assist post-launch patches, explore and investigate bugs, bug reporting and of course collaborate with others. So far I am loving my experience at Team17 and I look forward to continuing and learning in my role as a Quality Assurance Analyst.
2022 - 2023
Team17 Junior Game Designer.
Through working at Team17 as a QA analyst I was able to secure a "Junior Game Designer" through a secondment.
I worked on the Overcooked all you can eat DLC "World Food Festival", Golf With Your Friends DLC "Corrupted Forest" and worked with external devs on an unannounced project . I helped run charity events in the Manchester Office and started office birthday cards. I was made redundant in April 2023.
April 2023 - Current
Astrodreamer Games Designer
Upon returning to Dundee, I joined Astrodreamer as a "Game Designer". I'm responsible for keeping track of documentation, puzzle designs, accessibility design, general design, menu implementation and bug fixing.
