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DAVID ARNOLD

GAME DESIGN & DIRECTION

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BAFTA-winning game designer and creative leader. Curious, creative, analytical and hands-on.

David has 15 years of professional experience acting as a lead designer, creative director, and team manager. In that time he has shipped many games across multiple platforms and genres. See below for a selection of his work.

Neohaven Noodles I was creative lead on this narrative-driven cooking game that teaches financial literacy.	LEGO Cat Island Adventure Responsible for design direction on this LEGO Fortnite map.	LEGO Smoothie Odyssey Responsible for design direction on this LEGO Fortnite map.
Beep Beep Bop - Sky Live Lead designer responsible for all aspects including concept design, level design, balance, audio and narrative design.	TOCA Social I was lead designer on this revolutionary immersive football experience at the 02 in London. Responsibilities include core mechanics design, balancing, product structure and UX.	Monopoly Gamer Led the design for this innovative board game in conjunction with Nintendo. Taking it from an initial concept through to production.
'...A brief history of Stunts' Wonderscope AR I was responsible for the overall design and narrative direction of the multi-award winning voice activated AR story 'A brief history of stunts...' on the Wonderscope app.	Robin Hood Adventures I was responsible for concept design including core mechanics, loops, and narrative design.	Pop Up Responsible for leading the design of this business sim game for the Prince's Trust.
Micro Kingdoms: Senses I was lead designer on Micro Kingdoms: Senses. A collaboration with BBC to produce an amazing XR interactive nature documentary. Responsibilities include, UX design, narrative design, AI behaviour design, interaction design.	Danger Mouse: Extreme Turbo I was responsible for leading the design for this extensive update that improved core gameplay and gave exciting new content.	Zero Threat I was responsible for leading the game design for this cyber security strategy game.
SpongeBob SquarePants Lead designer on this SpongeBob SquarePants action game.	V&A Secret Seekers Led the design for this on-site mobile browser game for the V&A.	VALEO VR (CES) I was lead designer on this interactive VR experience showcasing the future of mobility at CES.
VR Mining I was responsible for leading the design from concept through to delivery of this VR Mine training experience.	Discovery Robots I led the design of a series of STEM-based games for Discovery Robots on the Happy Meal app.	Rugged Rovers Responsible for production design on the multiplayer update, which saw the inclusion of networked play.
Toy Story 4 I was responsible for leading the overall design for Toy Story 4 on the Happy Meal app.	HRP: Undercover Time Explorer I was responsible for leading the design from concept through to delivery of this twine-based branching narrative adventure game.	HRP: Story Shuffle I was responsible for leading the design from concept through to delivery.
Happy Meal App I am the product owner for this global platform with millions of users worldwide, incorporating AAA IP like Toy Story, Lego Batman and Minions.	Monopoly Ultimate Banking I was responsible for fine tuning and balancing the game and finalising the UX of the card reader.	Monopoly Jackpot Responsible for final tuning and balancing.
Cluedo 2016 Responsible for final tuning and balancing.	Beehive Bedlam Led design from concept through to delivery.	Timeline Responsible for leading the design from concept to delivery.
JubJub Power Bounce Fire JubJub around the level as you try to break all the blocks and land to safety!	Go5 Digital Trading Cards A digital trading cards platform on facebook. Go5 allows you to collect and trade hundreds of different cards as well as play mini games to unlock new features!	Word Crunch Deluxe Lead designer on this tile-based word game.
CBBC All over the place Europe Responsible for leading the design from concept through to delivery.	REVO An easy to learn mid-core strategy game.	SEQUENCE SEQUENCE is a fast on-the-button word memory game. I was lead designer.

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