Content at Mi'pu'mi Games
Austria
- Current
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- Content Creation at Mi'pu'mi Games
- Past
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- Level Designer at Team Vienna
- QA at Team Vienna
- Game Design at Xendex Holding GmbH
- QA at Xendex Holding GmbH
- Layout at SpielxPress
- Usability Test Engineer at Rockstar Vienna
- Assistant at Oracle
- Tutor at Universität Wien
- Education
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- BG&BRG Bernoullistraße
- Universität Wien
- Universität Wien
- Universität Wien
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Andrea Schmoll’s Summary
Organizing the VGD (Vienna Game Designers) on a regular basis. More information can be found here: http://www.viennagamedesign.dreamhosters.com/
Next Event: Thursday, 24th of September, 7pm at the werkzeugH (Schönbrunnerstrasse 61, 1050 Vienna, Austria)
Languages:
Fluent:
German (native language)
English
Basic knowledge:
Norwegian
Andrea Schmoll’s Specialties:
Game Design, Level Design, QA, Usability Testing, Distribution, Localization
Basic knowledge and working expertise in the area of layout (both print and online).
Andrea Schmoll’s Experience
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Content Creation
Mi'pu'mi Games
(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
I am part of the content team that is responsible for researching and creating the content for games of different genres and target groups.
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Level Designer
Team Vienna
(Computer Games industry)
February 2009 — September 2009 (8 months)
http://www.7million.com/
The level design team is responsible for creating 3D environments (levels) the players can access. Vague requirements are given beforehand (what should be included, story, items, etc.) - the level designers come up with the layout and design of a level so that it fits the given requirements.
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QA
Team Vienna
(Computer Games industry)
January 2009 — February 2009 (2 months)
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Game Design
Xendex Holding GmbH
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
April 2008 — January 2009 (10 months)
I am responsible for either coming up with own designs or working on existing products that are ported to the handheld/mobile medium. Not only do I write the design documents but I am also involved in the usability testing and tweaking process.
Other areas of responsibility is keeping the MTF up to date and implementing the different localizations (plus checking for translation errors and errors in general). -
QA
Xendex Holding GmbH
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
November 2007 — April 2008 (6 months)
I started in the QA department where I executed several kinds of tests (not only for our own products). I was also involved in the distribution of products.
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Layout
SpielxPress
(Writing and Editing industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years )
During my time at the magazine I was responsible for making product shots of the games that were presented in the magazine and online, as well as for doing the layout for both print and online version.
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Usability Test Engineer
Rockstar Vienna
(Computer Games industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year )
As a usability test engineer I was responsible for supervising the test persons during their game play. Not only did I document their actions and reactions, I also had to summarize and analyze the bugs and problems in gameplay that were spotted during the test phases.
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Assistant
Oracle
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years )
I was responsible for keeping the partner database up to date, as well as the newsletter subscriptions.
I also assisted the event manager in preparing for events and during them. -
Tutor
Universität Wien
(Primary/Secondary Education industry)
March 2000 — June 2003 (3 years 4 months)
During my time as a tutor at the department of Theater, Film & Media I worked in several different areas, depending on the lecture and its topic. Most of the time I worked in the area of translation (not only language, but also different media in general) and supervised up to 15 students at a time.
I was also responsible for my professor's time management.
An educational movie that shows the different ways of cutting, camera angles and movement was also done during this time, including scenes from movie classics as well as especially filmed examples.
Andrea Schmoll’s Education
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BG&BRG Bernoullistraße
Matura , 1989 — 1997
- Activities and Societies:
- Assistant class representative
Assistant school representative
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Universität Wien
English
Am working on my B.A.
- Activities and Societies:
- Owner and admin of an informational discussion platform aimed at first semesters as well as higher semesters. The idea was to offer a platform where students can exchange not only their experiences but educational material and form study groups.
Attended a Playwright workshop for two semesters.
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Universität Wien
Theater, Film, Media
Finished my studies and am working on my thesis, which compares the pictorial language of two different but closely related medias.
- Activities and Societies:
- Tutor for several semesters - mainly dealing with film, translation and media in general
Produced an educational film
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Universität Wien
Scandinavian Studies
Out of interest in the language and linguistics in general I decided to study Norwegian at the Scandinavian department. Unfortunately, lack of time has put this to a hold - for now.
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Andrea Schmoll’s Interests:
Photography Design Linguistics Graphic Novels Art
Andrea Schmoll’s Groups:
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VideoGame Professionals
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