Joel Burgess

Joel Burgess is the Studio Head and a co-founder of Soft Rains. He has contributed in studio and design leadership roles for Bethesda Game Studios, Capybara, and Ubisoft Toronto. He has led teams of all sizes, and is well-known for his contributions to open world and level design.

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may-2026
00:00 - 00:00 | Separaten

Everything is (level) Design: How lessons learned in my first craft have served me across

00:00 - 00:00

Level design has defined my career in many ways, whether my job title was “level designer”, “studio head”, or other. This talk shares examples of LD lessons that have proven useful in contexts like leadership, design, and strategy, using examples from my career at Soft Rains, Bethesda, Capybara, and Ubisoft.

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