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Senior Level Designer

Gary Oliver

I’ve always loved games, growing up I never thought it would’ve been possible to have a career creating them, so I consider myself very lucky that I can do something that I love every day. Been working in the industry since 2005, started in QA which I did for nearly 10 years. I moved into Level Design thanks to a friend coming to me at Lionhead and saying they’re going to be looking for Level Designers soon and I should apply, I then promptly taught myself how to use UE4 and haven’t looked back! Outside of work I enjoy racing my RC car at WLRC with my brother. Always loved cars and motor racing, been follow the F1 for as long as I can remember and enjoy watching the Moto GP as well. Also, enjoy going to watch the football I’ve been a QPR fan all my life.

_favourite Game

Dark Souls

_favourite BOOK

I’m a bit of a philistine when it comes to books; I tend to just watch the movie adaption.

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Earliest Gaming Memory

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Playing ‘Super Breakout’ on my dad’s Atari 2600

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What was the game that triggered you looking at games as a career?

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Don’t think I could pin point any single game, I just always loved playing games and hoped to someday be a part of creating them.

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What did you study at School or Uni that you feel was valuable for a career in games?

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I did a single games development module at university which was probably the most valuable.

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What's the game that has inspired you the most?

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Hard to pick a single game, but if I’m forced to it would be ‘Dark Souls’.

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What was the first game you worked on?

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Worked in QA on ‘Burnout: Revenge’.

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What games are you proudest of working on?

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A game not may people have heard of; ‘Phantom: Covert Ops’.

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If you weren't making games?

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I’ve no idea what I’d be doing, but it would definitely be something on a computer and not customer facing.

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Top 3 Games

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#1 - GTA #2 - Dark Souls #3 - Front Mission 3

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Hardest Game Boss?

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Martyr Logarius from Bloodbourne…I hate that guy!