Christian Senn

Current

• Independent Contractor at Senntient LLC

Past

• Design Director at Bionic Games
• Sr. Game Designer at Activision
• Sr. CG Artist at Pixologic

• Game Designer at Sega
• CG Artist at Malibu Interactive

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Industry

Computer Games

Websites

• www.senntient.com

Christian Senn’s Summary

Seventeen years of professional experience resulting in over nine-hundred million dollars in sales for companies like Sega®, Activision®, and Pixologic®. Over sixteen titles and thirty-six products shipped including original and licensed product lines such as Spiderman®, Call of Duty®, Shrek®, True Crime®, Sonic the Hedgehog®, and ZBrush™. Career dedicated to video game design, 2D/3D art and animation, and web design for PC, console, and arcade game systems.

Christian Senn’s Specialties:

Design (game, mechanics, level, systems, user interface), creative writing, character/logo art (design, 2D/3D art/animation), pre-visualization, and creative/production management.

Christian Senn’s Experience

• Independent Contractor

  Senntient LLC

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  2001 — Present (8 years)

  Summary: Game design
  
  ► MJQ4 (game design)
  Casual PC adventure game @ iWin, Inc.
  ► Cuboingo 2 (game design & art direction)
  Multi-player PC puzzle @ Senntient LLC
  ► Unannounced new IP (game design pitch)
  Single-player action for new network show/game @ Sanctus Productions
  ► ARRR! The Pirate Game (game design & art direction)
  Multi-player PC strategy @ Senntient LLC
  ► Cuboingo (game design, art direction, & music)
  Single-player PC puzzle @ Senntient LLC
  
  Summary: Web design, illustration & creative consultation
  
  ► ChakWave.com (web design)
  Web design @ ChakWave
  ► Coffee-Shop-Games.com (web design)
  Company logo / website design @ Coffee Shop Games
  ► Prison Break (illustration)
  2D/3D product pitch @ Creative Asylum
  ► Unannounced (creative consultation)
  Children's web edutainment @ unannounced start up
  ► FullWithJoy.com (web design)
  Company logo / website design @ Fullwithjoy Construction, Inc.
  ► Peas, Pirates & a Potato Bug (illustration)
  Children's book of rhymes @ Horsmann/Senn
  ► BiLingo (creative consultation)
  Children's web edutainment @ BiLingo Club

• Design Director

  Bionic Games

  (Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

  Summary: Vision and game design for prototype build
  
  ► Spyborgs (game design)
  Multi-player Wii prototype @ Bionic Games Inc.

• Sr. Game Designer

  Activision

  (Public Company; ATVI; Computer Games industry)

  2002 — 2006 (4 years)

  Summary: Game design and tuning of levels, mechanics, and user interface
  
  ► Spider-man 3 (user interface)
  Single-player PS3/X-Box 360 action @ Treyarch, Inc.
  ► True Crime: New York City (level design / design scheduling)
  Single-player PS2/X-Box action @ Luxoflux, Corp.
  ► Call of Duty: Finest Hour (level design / pod team management)
  Single-player PS2/X-Box FPS @ Luxoflux, Corp. (Spark Unlimited)
  ► Shrek 2 (level and mechanics design)
  Multi-player PS2/GameCube/X-Box adventure @ Luxoflux, Corp.
  ► True Crime: Streets of L.A. (city design)
  Single-player PS2/X-Box action @ Luxoflux, Corp.

• Sr. CG Artist

  Pixologic

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

  Summary: 2D/3D computer graphics, ad copy, product design, product demonstration, training, testing, web administration, customer support, and technical support
  
  ► ZBrush (computer graphic art and customer support)
  2D/3D PC/Mac graphic application @ Pixologic, Inc.

• Game Designer

  Sega

  (Public Company; Computer Games industry)

  1993 — 1999 (6 years)

  Summary: Game design, art direction, production management, artwork, and animation
  
  ► Geist (art production manager) * unreleased
  Single-player Dreamcast shooter @ Sega Technical Institute
  ► Sonic Xtreme (lead game design and art direction) * unreleased
  Single-player Saturn adventure @ Sega Technical Institute
  ► Comix Zone (computer graphic art and animation)
  Single-player Genesis action @ Sega Technical Institute
  ► The Ooze (computer graphic art and animation)
  Single-player Genesis demo pitch @ Sega Technical Institute

• CG Artist

  Malibu Interactive

  (Computer Games industry)

  1992 — 1993 (1 year)

  Summary: Tradional and digital 2D/3D artwork and animation.
  
  ► Battletech (2D/3D computer graphic art/animation)
  Single-player Genesis action @ Malibu Interactive
  ► Battlecars (2D/3D computer graphic art/animation)
  Single-player SNES action @ Acme Interactive
  ► Cliffhanger CD (storyboards)
  Single-player for Sega CD @ Acme Interactive

Additional Information

Christian Senn’s Websites:

• www.senntient.com

Christian Senn’s Honors:

Gamespot People's Choice, Family Fun Game of the Year, Parents' Choice Fun Stuff, Nick Kids' Choice, Spike TV Best Action Game and Extreme Gamer Most Innovative awards (2003-2005).