TGDS S2E12 Alisha Thayer - Crystal Dynamics - Senior Technical Designer - Tomb Raider - Max Payne

Update: 2021-11-02

Description

This week on the Game Dev Show I had the pleasure of sitting down with the wonderful Alisha Thayer, Senior Technical Designer at Crystal Dynamics.

Alisha takes us through her impressive career in the games industry; from the initial challenges of getting into the industry to getting to work on some of her (and our) favourite IPs – Tomb Raider, Max Payne, and Red Dead.

We also go down the rabbit hole of systems design, DEI, reboots, Overcooked, and what to say and what not to say in an interview...

Comments

In Channel

TGDS S2E28 Alix Wilton Regan - Actor – Games Voiceover - Assassin’s Creed Origins – Cyberpunk 2077

2022-03-0147:20

TGDS S2E27 Rasmus Poulsen - Franchise Art Director – IO Interactive – AAA Games – Art Direction – Hitman 2

2022-02-2201:12:11

TGDS S2E26 Luis Antonio Director at Twelve Minutes - Art Director - Rockstar - Ubisoft - Indie - The Witness

2022-02-1501:16:59

TGDS S2E25 Jason Hayes Audio Director / Composer Imagendary Studios - World of Warcraft - Blizzard - Video Games Live

2022-02-0801:03:05

TGDS S2E24 David Turley - Shoutcaster for League of Legends - Esports Commentator - Riot - Phreak - Warcraft 3

2022-02-0101:08:06

TGDS S2E23 Ben McCaw - Narrative Director at Guerrilla - Horizon Forbidden West - Ubisoft - Warner Bros - Prince of Persia

2022-01-2549:19

TGDS S2E22 Quinn Duffy - Design Director - Relic - Blackbird Interactive - Company of Heroes - Age of Empires 4 - Homeworld

2022-01-1801:25:53

TGDS S2E21 James Batchelor Editor-in-Chief at Gamesindustry.biz - MCV - Develop - PC Gamer - Games Industry Journalism

2022-01-1101:02:12

TGDS S2E20 Abubakar Salim - Founder & CEO Silver Rain Games - EA - Raised by Wolves

2022-01-0447:01

TGDS S2E19 Dr. Jo Twist - CEO at UKIE - Commissioning Editor Channel 4 - Commissioner at the BBC

2021-12-2101:11:55

TGDS S2E18 James Brooksby - CEO Absolutely Games - Kuju - Doublesix - Born Ready Games - Warhammer 40k - Firewarrior

2021-12-1453:04

TGDS S2E17 Ambre Lizurey - Director of Operations at EA Motive - Star Wars: Squadrons - Ubisoft - Assassin's Creed - Prince of Persia

2021-12-0750:53

TGDS S2 Lorne Lanning pt.2 - Oddworld Inhabitants Co-founder and CCO - Abe's Oddysee - Oddworld: Soulstorm

2021-11-3001:07:22

TGDS S2E15 Lorne Lanning - Oddworld Inhabitants Co-founder and CCO - Abe's Oddysee - Oddworld Soulstorm - Badgers and Fake Glasses

2021-11-2401:15:56

TGDS S2E14 Greg Kasavin - Supergiant Games Creative Director - Hades - Bastion - Pyre - Transistor

2021-11-1601:15:07

TGDS S2E13 - Tracy Fullerton - University of Southern California - Game Innovation Lab - Professor - Director

2021-11-0956:15

TGDS S2E12 Alisha Thayer - Crystal Dynamics - Senior Technical Designer - Tomb Raider - Max Payne

2021-11-0201:06:54

TGDS S2E11 Feargus Urquhart - Obsidian Entertainment

2021-10-2601:03:13

TGDS S2E10 Warren Spector pt.2 - Otherside

2021-10-1901:02:35

TGDS S2E9 Warren Spector - Otherside Entertainment

2021-10-1201:07:18

00:00

1.0x

TGDS S2E12 Alisha Thayer - Crystal Dynamics - Senior Technical Designer - Tomb Raider - Max Payne

#box-pro-ellipsis-176546766975956{-webkit-line-clamp:2;}TGDS S2E12 Alisha Thayer - Crystal Dynamics - Senior Technical Designer - Tomb Raider - Max Payne

TGDS S2E12 Alisha Thayer - Crystal Dynamics - Senior Technical Designer - Tomb Raider - Max Payne

Kaley and Luke

TGDS S2E12 Alisha Thayer - Crystal Dynamics - Senior Technical Designer - Tomb Raider - Max Payne