{"id":1200,"date":"2024-02-15T17:04:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T01:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/?page_id=1200"},"modified":"2024-08-15T15:32:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T22:32:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">James Dodge has worked <br>in the games industry <br>for ten years as a<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><h5>Senior Narrative Designer<\/h5><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><h5>Open World Designer<\/h5><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><h5>Level Designer<\/h5><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><h5>Technical Narrative Designer<\/h5><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><h5>Technical Gameplay Designer<\/h5><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><h5>Online Gameplay Designer<\/h5><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">He has expertise making <br>games in both Unreal and Unity<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4072_shopped_2400wide-e1708631354614.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4072_shopped_2400wide-e1708631354614-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A white man with medium length brown curly hair, a beard, in semi-casual clothes and a sweater.\" class=\"wp-image-1409\" style=\"width:352px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4072_shopped_2400wide-e1708631354614-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4072_shopped_2400wide-e1708631354614-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4072_shopped_2400wide-e1708631354614-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4072_shopped_2400wide-e1708631354614-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4072_shopped_2400wide-e1708631354614-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4072_shopped_2400wide-e1708631354614.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ca.linkedin.com\/in\/dodgethis?trk=profile-badge\">Connect on LinkedIn<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">CURRICULUM VITAE (<em>2024<\/em>):  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CV_JamesDodge_SeniorTechnicalNarrativeDesigner_Respawn.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:12%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Welcome to my portfolio. My name is James, but feel free to call me Jim*. <br>I am a level and narrative designer living in the Greater Vancouver Area of British Columbia, Canada. Before games I spent more than 6 years following a career path towards medicine or medical research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ever since I took the leap into games, I have been fortunate to work with large companies like CAPCOM and SEGA. However, my journey in the games industry has also taken me to groundbreaking independent studios, like Hinterland Games. <br>A total of eight published games now include content and gameplay I&#8217;ve collaborated on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Being an avid reader, writing fiction and poetry quickly became a compulsion I chose to indulge in. A recent writer&#8217;s circle I joined had a focus on creative writing for our own memoirs. This presented an interesting challenge by requiring me to include and reflect on myself as a participant in the story. I frequently seek to challenge myself on the journey to improve my story-crafting and world-building skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I also have fun playing with Lego, tinkering with PCs or older electronics, and exploring nature. My adventures have led to camping in the rainforests of Amazon\u00eda del Ecuador as well as jungles on the island of Madagasikara.<br>Some topics that fascinate me include studying my Irish ancestry and a variety of bird species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">*<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fun fact<\/span>: Jim Dodge (<em>not me<\/em>) is the name of an American author and creator of the book <em>Fup<\/em>, which is about Fup Duck as you can imagine \ud83e\udd86 \ud83e\udd2c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"badge-base LI-profile-badge\" data-locale=\"en_US\" data-size=\"medium\" data-theme=\"light\" data-type=\"VERTICAL\" data-vanity=\"dodgethis\" data-version=\"v1\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Dodge has worked in the games industry for ten years as a He has expertise making games in both Unreal and Unity Connect on LinkedIn CURRICULUM VITAE (2024): View PDF Ever since I took the leap into games, I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1200","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1200"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1807,"href":"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1200\/revisions\/1807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}