Nathan Karklins - People Can Fly Studio | LinkedIn (original) (raw)

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I'm a reliable thought leader with a passionate vision for creative projects. My career…

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Experience & Education

• People Can Fly Studio

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Projects

• AC/DC Live: Rock Band

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• Battlefield 2: Complete Collection

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• Battleforge

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• Big Fish Casino

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• Cityville

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• Command & Conquer Red Alert 3

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• Command & Conquer Red Alert Uprising

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• Crysis Maximum Edition

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• Crysis Warhead

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• Dark Void

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• Dead Space

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• Empires & Allies

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• Farmville

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• Farmville IPhone

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• FIFA Manager 09

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• Fighting Street

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• Final Fight™: Double Impact

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• Frontierville

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• Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban

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• Left4Dead

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• Looney Tunes Dash!

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• Madden 08

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• Marvel vs Capcom 2

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• Mass Effect (PC)

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• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

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• Mirror's Edge

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• Mirror's Edge Bonus Music CD

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• Monster Hunter Tri

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• MotoGP™ 09/10

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• Need for Speed: Undercover

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• Project Z: Zynga.com

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• Rock Band 2

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• Rock Band Patch 3

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• Rock Band Song Pack 2

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• SimCity Societies

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• SimCity Societies Destinations

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• Spore: Creature Creator

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• Spore: Creepy and Cute Parts

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• Spore: Galactic Adventures

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• The Godfather 2

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• The Godfather: The Game

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• The Sims 3

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• Treasure Isle

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• Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

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Honors & Awards

• Xbox360 Far Cry 3 Gold Tier Map - Oil Arsenic II

Ubisoft

May 2013

• Xbox360 Far Cry 3 Gold Tier Map - Pandemonium

Ubisoft

Jan 2013

• Studio Hackathon - Most Likely to Break in QA

Zynga

Dec 2012
Physics-based Mobile/Web Game Concept

• Studio Hackathon - Best New Tech

Zynga

May 2012
Interactive Feeds

• Studio Hackathon - Best of Show

Zynga

May 2012
Community Challenges and Events

• Studio Hackathon - Most Artistic

Zynga

May 2012
Around the World in 80 Days

• Studio Hackathon - Most Out of the Box

Zynga

May 2012
'Awesome-mode' an evergreen cognitive minigame

• 2nd Highest DAU/MAU Facebook Game

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Feb 2012
Hidden Chronicles

• Facebook's Game of the Week

Facebook

Jan 2012
Hidden Chronicles

• Hidden Chronicles' Hidden Gem Award

Zynga

Oct 2011

• Treasure Isle's All Star

Zynga

Jun 2011

• Xbox360 Creativity Highlight

FCMaps

Jun 2011

• Treasure Isle's All Star

Zynga

May 2011

• Company Hackathon – Honorable Mention

Zynga

• Far Cry 2 Creative Showpiece for neokinesis

FCMaps

2011

• Member Profile Editorial for neokinesis

FCMaps

2011

• Best of Weekly Top 10 Maps

ConnMapMakers

Jun 2010

• Xbox360 Creativity Highlight

FCMaps

Nov 2009

• Xbox360 Honorable Mention

FCMaps

Sep 2009

• Xbox360 Map of the Month

FCMaps

Jun 2009

• Best Website

Cogswell Polytechnical College

• Most Spirited Team 2002

The National M.S. Society

2002

• Best Essays Anthology Publication

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2001

• Best Multiplayer Level – Game Development Club

Cogswell Polytechnical College

Languages

• English

Native or bilingual proficiency

Recommendations received

• Brittany Thies “Nathan is an exceptional Lead Live Service Designer. His ability to break down analytical data, systems and even create new refreshing designs such as social spaces with such detail was pertinent to any game that needed online services. His collaboration with all teams and even helping develop better communication between teams was greatly appreciated and needed. While working with Nathan I learned in abundance on communicating design ideas, that only helped push my own personal growth, career growth and overall ability to produce high concise designs to present to teams and outside sources. His willingness to help with all aspects of design, art and much more; improved our teams ability to work efficiently with gathering feedback, providing feedback, editing documents, improving documents that answered even questions I had about our own designs. Nathan was an integral part of the design team here at FSG. I only got a short time to work directly with Nathan but was excited to continue our work relationship with him, to learn more and improve our teams with his professionalism, keen designs and his abundant enthusiasm. Any team would be lucky, proud and even excited to have him.”

• LinkedIn User

“I had a wonderful time working with Nathan at Final Strike Games. As Lead Live Service Designer, he was responsible for creating innovative detailed engagement strategies, monetization plans and breakdowns, and game economy designs. He has the strong ability in critical thinking and data analysis, which allowed him to make informed decisions that positively impacted the games we worked on. He is adept in creating these plans and designs via a multitude of tools from flow diagrams in Miro to complex breakdowns in spreadsheets to clean articulate presentations. Nathan is extremely flexible and hard-working to ensure the volume and different types of Designs were turned around quickly and is of high quality. His creativity and attention to detail were evident in every aspect of their work, from game mechanics to progression designs. Nathan is a talented and dedicated professional who would be an asset to any team.”

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