INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW WITH
HIREZKP
By Kris West
We spoke briefly with Kevin Powell, also known as HiRezKP - a game designer at Hi-Rez Studios.
GameOn: How did you
up until I actually got an offer.
GameOn: Can you tell
I used this time to work on my
us a bit about your role
portfolio and started applying to
as Game Designer? What
at Savannah College of Art
HUNDREDS of different studios all
does the job entail?
and Design, or SCAD for short,
around the US. I was lucky enough
from 2005 to 2009. While I was
to land an on-site interview at
of different things. Initially I’ll be
studying there I focused mostly
Hi-Rez back in May of 2010 and
assigned a god to design and there
on environment art and level
they ended up bringing me on
is a lot of planning and research
design. There was a lot of time
as a level designer on the Global
that goes in to it. We try and look at
that passed after I graduated
Agenda: Sandstorm expansion.
a lot of different variables to decide
join Hi-Rez Studios?
HiRezKP: I was a student
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