Introduction
My name is Sara Wendel-Örtqvist and I am currently working at Paradox Interactive as an Assistant Developer. I graduated from the University of Skövde 2009, where I studied Games Development - Design. My thesis project, The Female Assassin, can be found at the Portfolio page.
Game Development Experience
January 2010 - Present: Assistant Developer at Paradox Interactive
Projects
Europa Universalis 3: Divine Wind
As an Assistant Developer at Paradox Interactive, my work involves writing and scripting events, researching historical events, characters and other useful data.
You can find out more about Paradox Interactive here.
September 2007 - May 2009: Game Writer and Voice Actor Manager
Decadence Mod: A HalfLife 2-mod featuring four characters fighting in two teams for the control over the water nodes. The two versus two multiplayer mod is a total conversion based on the Source Engine.
Read more at www.decadencemod.com.
- Wrote the background stories for the four characters.
- Wrote dialogue lines for the characters.
- Found voice actors for the characters.
- Managed the voice actors and their lines.
- Wrote descriptions of the world of Decadence.
January 2007 – Mars 2007: Level Designer and Game Designer
Shopper Rush: A small 2D game developed during a program course at the University of Skövde. Shopper Rush is a top-down perspective "racing game". The player compete against 1000+ AI controlled opponents in a shopping mall, trying to get a limited stock item before it runs out
- Made levels for the game.
- Wrote descriptions of the limited item the player raced to get.
Education
August 2006 - June 2009: Game Development - Design
The University of Skövde, B.A. in Media, graduated June 2009.
August 2003 - June 2006: IT, Communication and Leadership
Infokomp in Karlstad, graduated June 2006.
Software Knowledge
- MS Office
- Adobe Photoshop
- Autodesk Maya
Languages
Fluent in Swedish and English.