Ole Steiness
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About
As an experienced Game Designer (digital AND tabletop) and Level Designer, I offer a unique combination of game design skills. I can provide game design in any form, from customized board games to game hybrids or level design. My focus is always on gameplay, player engagement, game flow and entertainment value.
I currently use my hybrid game design experience to design tabletop adaptions of world-renowned computer games. If you need a board game version of your computer game, I am the guy!
Besides game design I also teach game theory and do game talks, gaming events and board game workshops for schools, colleges and universities.
I am usually available to freelance Level Design and Game Design, as well as game design workshops/talks (remote or in Denmark). I am used to working in many different game editors (and also designed one, at CREY). -
Education
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Professional IPMA and PRINCE2RM Academy2014
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PBA IT Based Marketing CommunicationCopenhagen Business Academy2004 - 2006
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Bachelor Multimedia DesignCopenhagen Business Academy2002 - 2004
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Full course ProgrammingTechnical University of Denmark2004 - 2004
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Experience
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Senior Game DesignerKøbenhavn, Denmark2021 - Present (3 years)I work on various game projects as game designer.
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Game Design teacher, part-timeIT University of Denmark, etc.2013 - 2021 (8 years)Taught various game and level design courses on the Danish Film School, DADIU, IT University and Copenhagen Fine Arts Academy. Covered both board games and digital games.
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Game DesignerFreelancer2013 - 2021 (8 years)Worked part-time freelance on digital as well as tabletop game projects for various companies, including CREY Games, Ghost Ship Games, MOOD Visuals, LEGO, Ares Games, Alderac Entertainment Group, GreyFox Games and Campfyre Games.
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Lead Game DesignerKøbenhavn, Denmark2016 - 2020 (4 years)Lead the creative team and designed both the game editor and feature games of various genres.
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QA Management Teacher, part-timeDADIUKøbenhavn, Denmark2013 - 2017 (4 years)I taught Game Design and QA Management at DADIU where university students from across the country come to take part of their Major in game development classes. The QA Management curriculum included test types, processes and documentation specific for multiplatform development in the gaming industry. I also facilitated game workshops across the country and taught school children etc. how to make games (mixed with school curriculum).
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Level Designer, part-timeTiTon2015 - 2016 (1 year)Did around 150 levels for Cute vs. Evil, a casual swipe-3 and shoot online game
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QA ManagerHapti.coKøbenhavn, Denmark2011 - 2013 (2 years)
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Lead Designer, part-timeBitfrost Interactive2004 - 2011 (7 years)Designed three educational games, one of them (Matematik i Måneby) highly successful and sold to multiple countries in Scandinavia.
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Level DesignerIO InteractiveKøbenhavn, Denmark2006 - 2011 (5 years)
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Gameplay DesignerHapti.co2011 - 2011
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Games Tester, part-timeDeadline Games2004 - 2005 (1 year)
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Game Reviewer, part-timePC Player, Komputer For Alle, MSN1996 - 2004 (8 years)
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