{"id":151,"date":"2021-04-16T22:41:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T22:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carlspidla.sitesbygvp.com\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2026-01-30T19:14:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:14:02","slug":"portfolio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"151\" class=\"elementor elementor-151\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-782ad7c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"782ad7c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb57825\" data-id=\"cb57825\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79d4454 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"79d4454\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-458f5d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"458f5d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;m an experienced <b>game designer<\/b> based in Toronto, Canada.&nbsp;<br><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">I&#8217;m active in both <b>AAA<\/b> and <b>indie game development<\/b>.<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4936c4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4936c4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/controller-e1746881883896.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/controller-e1746881883896.png 474w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/controller-e1746881883896-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3756f03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3756f03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">I work as a&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">senior narrative designer<\/span><\/em><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">&nbsp;at&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">Tencent Games<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">&nbsp;<br><br><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m the <span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: center;\"><b>founder<\/b><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: center;\">of the <\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\">indie studio&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: center;\">Mythical Voltage<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: center;\">.&nbsp;<br><br><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: left;\">I&nbsp;<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\">teach<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;game design and development at the Toronto Film School.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55d962c3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55d962c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;22e7b72&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37467278\" data-id=\"37467278\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8e47c9 elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--no-spacing elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f8e47c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; 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By delivering feedback and recommendations to management and developers, I help ensure that narrative content is on track to be well received at launch.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-258a613 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"258a613\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CQM Reviewed Titles<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89e87d3 elementor-widget__width-inherit dd-gallery--links elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"89e87d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-151 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"89e87d3\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"DUNE\" href='https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DUNE.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DUNE-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DUNE-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DUNE-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DUNE.png 353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"89e87d3\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"POE2\" href='https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/POE2.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/POE2-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/POE2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/POE2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/POE2.png 353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"89e87d3\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Exoborne\" href='https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Exoborne.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Exoborne-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Exoborne-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Exoborne-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Exoborne.png 353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-800de60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"800de60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec56259 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec56259\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hands-On Narrative Support<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4ba1dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4ba1dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">I provide\u00a0<b>on-site support<\/b> for Tencent studios around the world and travel frequently to Beijing to develop game content and consult on narrative. I&#8217;m an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">expert on localization<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\"> and have developed and managed localization pipelines for multiple titles, including <b>SYNCED <\/b>and the upcoming <b>Gangstar New York<\/b><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1800036 handson-gallery--links elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"1800036\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-151 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"1800036\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"synced sq\" href='https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/synced-sq.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/synced-sq-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/synced-sq-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/synced-sq-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/synced-sq-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/synced-sq-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/synced-sq.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"1800036\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Gangstar\" href='https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gangstar.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gangstar-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gangstar-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gangstar-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gangstar.png 353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08aeb05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"08aeb05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e42ccab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e42ccab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Reflector-Transparent-300x113.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Reflector-Transparent-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Reflector-Transparent.png 474w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a12c1c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a12c1c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-150f90d\" data-id=\"150f90d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cc66fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cc66fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">Before joining Tencent I worked as a narrative designer for Reflector Entertainment on\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px; 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Our debut project <b>Gap Year<\/b> will release in 2026.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4a857d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a4a857d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/gapyearthegame.com\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/store_capsule_main-768x440.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/store_capsule_main-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/store_capsule_main-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/store_capsule_main-1024x587.png 1024w, https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/store_capsule_main.png 1232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43eb3f2 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"43eb3f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/fVdsdNeSscQ&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84e3835 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84e3835\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Managing Mythical Voltage and developing Gap Year on top of my work in AAA is a challenge, but indie development is important to me and is has been key to my professional development. It&#8217;s where I learned how structure and plan a major project and how to manage a team &#8211; skills I&#8217;ve brought to my AAA career.\u00a0<\/p><p>It has also allowed me to build and maintain a wide range of skills outside my\u00a0<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">narrative design\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">specialization. Apart from writing and producing Gap Year, I contribute programming, 3D modelling, animation and art direction. I feel that having a broad skillset in game development is very valuable when it comes to problem solving and collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4425c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f4425c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b0c886 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b0c886\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Side Projects<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45377ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45377ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here are a few smaller games I&#8217;ve worked on. 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https:\/\/carlspidla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Profile-Photo-Carlo-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-02d9160\" data-id=\"02d9160\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c46b5cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c46b5cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">I came to game design from a background in creative writing and music. I&#8217;d played video games since I was a kid, but playing Kentucky Route Zero changed the way I thought about them. The idea that small teams could make independent projects felt much closer in spirit to the arts communities around me living in Montreal after my first stint in college, studying creative writing at Concordia.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">I started making little visual experiments in Blender and Unity and eventually learned to code as I set my sights a little higher. In 2014 I moved back to my hometown of Toronto. I studied 3D modeling and animation for a year at George Brown before transferring into their game design post-graduate program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaf983c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aaf983c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">In 2020 I got my foot in the door at Reflector entertainment as a narrative designer. Around that time I also received our initial Ontario Creates funding for Gap Year, which I had started as my thesis project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">Getting into game development changed my life in a really positive way. Teaching at the Toronto Film School, I try to guide my students toward making that discovery for themselves. When I can, I hire former students to work with me at Mythical Voltage.<\/p><p style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">When I&#8217;m not making games I&#8217;m playing basketball (in the twilight of my pick-up career) or spending time with my very good dog Mabel, pictured below in a high resolution photograph.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b56a5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b56a5f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-375cdca\" data-id=\"375cdca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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