Hi! I'm Kathryn.
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Who: |
Kathryn Friesen (she/her/hers)
I am a game designer with experience incorporating narrative elements into functional systems design. Some of my favorite games include Kid Icarus: Uprising, Epic Mickey, and Transistor. |
Currently: |
Associate Quest Designer at Blizzard Entertainment working on World of Warcraft.
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Key Projects: |
- Role: Systems Designer
- Responsible for recreating the experience of working in a pop-up hospital during a disaster - Live educational role-playing scenario - Hosted 600+ students over three sessions in March 2021 - Role: Narrative Designer
- Project as part of Danube University Krems' Applied Game Studies seminar series - Prototype serious game with a focus on the US postal service and election year politics - Presented at the 2020 FROG conference and published in the conference anthology, A Ludic Society |