Gaynor Peaches can be found and snacked on throughout Rapture in BioShock 2.

I was the level designer for The Adonis Luxury Resort (the first level,) and Pauper's Drop (the fourth level.) The Drop was handed off to the talented Monte Martinez (level designer on the original Deus Ex, as well as DX2 and Thief 3) late in development so I could concentrate on the Adonis. So anyway, BioShock 2 is now upon us, and it includes a bunch of silly-ass secret crap and references by yours truly! Here they are! I feel incredibly proud of what the teams I've worked with have accomplished, incredibly fortunate to have been given the opportunities I have by the gracious people who have employed and mentored me, and incredibly grateful to all the commenters and fellow bloggers for helping me think differently about game design. I couldn't have imagined things working out this way if I'd tried. In the intervening four years, I've gone from a temp tester at Sony, to a full-time tester at a local game studio (the now-defunct Perpetual Entertainment,) to a rookie level designer on a standalone expansion pack (F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate by TimeGate Studios,) to a designer on one of the biggest game releases of 2010, BioShock 2. If you go back to the beginning, you can still see my F.E.A.R. Between progress updates, I included some light commentary about games and game design.

editor- this blog was originally intended as a progress journal, to keep me on track in building my level design portfolio.

In my off hours, I was just beginning to build my first amateur level in the F.E.A.R. At the time I was a temporary certification tester at Sony in San Mateo. I'm going to start with a little self-congratulatory bullshit, so brace for that or skip ahead.įour years ago last month, I started this blog.

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