Josh Foreman

Product Manager

Bellevue, Washington, United States29 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 20 years of experience in game design and level design.
Passionate about teaching design principles to aspiring creators.
Founded a multimedia studio focused on innovative game design.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned game design professional with extensive experience in level design and community engagement.

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Skills

Core Skills

Level DesignCommunicationGame Design

Other Skills

Game Design DocumentsUnityArt and Design TutorialsCollaborationVideo GamesCommunity EngagementTeachingEnvironment ArtGame DevelopmentTexturingLow Poly ModelingMayaDigital SculptingUnreal Engine 3UV mapping

About

https://www.artstation.com/joshforeman I’ve been doing design, level design and art for 20-something years in almost every capacity. I’ve learned a lot of hard lessons over the years about how communication is the central pillar that every successful project requires. I love the challenge of discovering consensus in a team and articulating it in a way that everyone is on board with. Then the continual process of updating as things inevitably change. I’ve learned not to shrink from problems, not to flinch when roadblocks are hit, and I don’t lose spirit when everything is on fire three months before ship. I love designing with player experience as a foundation, and find that sticking to that foundation helps tremendously when snags happen, tools break, or systems don’t come through. I also love teaching design. I’ve done so on a couple YouTube channels (Extra Play & Playframe), a class at DigiPen, on Gamasutra as well as on my own YouTube channel Additionally I started Breath Of Life Development where I've been creating art and design tutorials as well as collaborating on a book series. (I do the art and world design while my co-author does most of the story development) My goal at this point in my life is to leverage my decades of experience and skills to push the medium of videogames into maturity.

Experience

29 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

20 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Netflix

Senior Level Designer

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States · Remote

Game Design DocumentsUnityLevel DesignCommunication

Mythical games

3 roles

Lead Game Designer

Promoted

Feb 2023 – Aug 2023 · 6 mos

I lead the design for Blankos Block Party as well as teaching best practices for level design to our players who build levels for the game.

Video GamesGame Design DocumentsLevel DesignGame DesignCommunity EngagementTeaching

Lead Level Designer

Apr 2022 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

Game Design DocumentsGame Design

Senior Level Designer

Feb 2020 – May 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Moon studios gmbh

Senior Level Designer

Jun 2019 – Feb 2020 · 8 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Creating levels for upcoming game from the folks who make Ori and the Blind Forest.

Arenanet

2 roles

Team Coordinator

Dec 2012 – Aug 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos

I initiated a project where I assembled a team and created a mini-game inside Guild Wars 2 called Super Adventure Box. After shipping that project we retained the team and worked on Living World releases until the department was reorganized.

Game Design DocumentsGame Design

Project Lead, Level Designer, and much more

Oct 2003 – Feb 2019 · 15 yrs 4 mos

Breath of life development

2 roles

Company Owner

Mar 2006 – Present · 20 yrs 1 mo

I create art/design tutorials for YouTube and Twitch. I write novels, and have been developing a unique IP called Tales From Talifar: a scientifically plausible fantasy world.

Game Design DocumentsGame Design

Owner

Jan 2006 – Present · 20 yrs 3 mos

Breath of Life Development is a multimedia studio currently working on sculpture, illustration, game design and story development.

Outrage / parallax / thq

Lead Artist

Jan 2000 – Jan 2003 · 3 yrs

I lead of a team of 6 artists and a couple animators to create a unique and whimsical world.

Game Design DocumentsGame Design

Outrage entertainment

Artist & Designer

Jan 1997 – Jan 2003 · 6 yrs

I began as a texture artist and gradually grew into modeling, lite animation and level design.

Game Design DocumentsGame Design

Humungous entertainment

Artist

May 1996 – Aug 1996 · 3 mos · Woodenville, WA

Digital Ink & Paint on several titles including the Big Thinkers series. I also contributed in some brainstorming meetings for an unpublished game at CaveDog.