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François Roughol Creative world design lead of digital escapes - [email protected] - www.francois.games Profile 11 shipped AAA games and DLCs on all major consoles, PCs, phones and tablets. Creative problem solver with 15 years industry experience with a keen interest in new technologies. Lead, principal and senior designer on video games for major consoles and PC publishers, including Sony, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Valve Software and Take Two. Responsible for designing levels and features in games to providing training for an entire team, designing and maintaining production methods and managing worldwide DLC releases. Innovative, dedicated and trusted facilitator with a reputation for follow-through, thoroughness and being results driven. Team player and committed collaborator in dynamic environments, willing to meet challenges head on until successful. Key Skills - World Logic and World Direction; overseeing the creation of deep, engaging worlds, systems and features. - Level design; gameplay scripting from concept to gold master. - Systems design; prototyping gameplay mechanics. - Project management and production of professional teams on specific features through production cycle. - Game engine optimization; proven track record of optimizing individual levels to entire games. - Strong focus on end-user experience; using telemetry and feedback data to deliver powerful results. - Tools: 11 shipped games on 6 different public and proprietary engines Experience Associate World Logic Director – BGE 2 Game/mission designer - Assassin's Creed 2 2019 – Present – Ubisoft Paris 2009 - Ubisoft Montreal Paris Team Content Director on BGE 2 Game / Mission designer on Da Vinci’s flying machine Senior mission designer – Ghost of Tsushima Level designer – Prince of Persia + DLC 2015 - 2019 – Sucker Punch Productions 2008 - Ubisoft Montreal Senior mission designer on Ghost of Tsushima Level designer of 8 levels in game and DLC Lead mission designer of E3 Mission Senior level designer – BioShock Infinite + DLC Level design tech. director – Dark Messiah 2011 - 2013 – Irrational Games 2007 - Ubisoft Annecy Design lead for “Emporia” level LD Tech Director for port of Dark Messiah to X360 Senior level designer - Crysis 2 Founder – Day of Defeat: Source DLC - Valve 2010 - 2011 – Crytek Frankfurt 2007 - Online Optimization lead for the entire game Team lead, LD Tech Director for Community Map Pack Lead designer - Ubisoft Porto Alegre, Brazil Level designer - Rayman Raving Rabbids 2009 2006 - Ubisoft Montpellier Design lead for newly acquired Ubisoft studio Level designer of 3 levels Education Bachelors Degree – International trade, marketing and communication (Burgundy School of Business – France) 2000 - 2004 .

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THE PRINCE OF PERSIA RETURNS ACTION-PACKED PRINCE OF PERSIA ® 2 (WORKING TITLE) BOASTS BRAND NEW FREE-FORM FIGHTING SYSTEM Paris, FRANCE - May 6, 2004 - Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, today announced that the company‘s award-winning Montreal studio is currently developing Prince of Persia ® 2 (working title) , a follow-up to the most critically acclaimed game of 2003, Prince of Persia The Sands of Time™. The Prince has to embark upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death. His journey leads to the infernal core of a cursed island stronghold harboring mankind‘s greatest fears. Only through grim resolve, bitter defiance and the mastery of deadly new combat arts can the Prince rise to a new level of warriorship œ and emerge from this ultimate trial with his life. In order to accomplish his mission, the Prince benefits from a brand new free- form fighting system that allows gamers to channel his anger as they wage battle without boundaries. Each game fan will find his or her own unique fighting style as they manipulate their environment and control the Ravages of Time. You can dig into an arsenal of weapons that, when used in combination, create advanced arm attacks that verge on fatal artistry! Prince of Persia ® 2 promises that game fans will fight harder, and play longer, emerging from the experience as deadly-capable skilled masters of their own unique combat art form. —Prince of Persia The Sands of Time™ was the most critically acclaimed game of 2003,“ said Yves Guillemot, President and CEO of Ubisoft, —With Prince of Persia ® 2 , we intend to build on that masterpiece that will take Prince of Persia ® one step further to take over the action-combat genre.
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