Lead Technical Designer
I'm Toke, a Danish lead designer in games. I'm passionate about leadership, product ownership, and a wide range of design including user experience, gameplay, narrative, and nonlinear levels. I also teach university, dabble in academia, and give talks whenever time allows.
Interval | Title | Responsibilities |
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Apr 2014 – present | IO Interactive | |
Mar 2024 – present | Lead & Senior Technical Designer |
Building Project 007's Technical Design department and leading its members. In this capacity, I emphasize a few things in particular:
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Jan 2023 – Feb 2024 | Senior Technical Level Designer | Designing tools, systems, nodes, and workflows, hiring a team of Tech Designers, supporting and educating Level and Game Designers, representing the technical needs of the Level Design department, scripting core nodes, and formulating best practices on Project 007. |
Apr 2022 – Dec 2022 | Senior Level Designer | Track owning, supporting game management, and designing tools and systems for the level design department on Project 007. |
Feb 2021 – Mar 2022 | Lead & Senior Level Designer |
Leading a team of Level Designers on HITMAN: World of Assassination. In this capacity, I emphasized a few things:
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Jan 2021 | Lead Level Designer | Leading a team of Level Designers on HITMAN: World of Assassination. |
Apr 2014 – Dec 2020 | Level Designer |
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Apr 2014 – present | IT University of Copenhagen | |
Jan 2019 – present | External Lecturer (part-time) | Teaching part of the course Game World Design with a focus on level design, environmental storytelling, and student projects. |
Jan 2019 | KADK | |
Sep 2018 | External Lecturer (part-time) | Planning and executing five exercise sessions on Playmaker for Unity. |
Jan 2013 – Dec 2014 | IT University of Copenhagen | |
Aug 2013 – Dec 2014 | Teaching Assistant (part-time) | Assisting professors in teaching courses on game studies, programming for game designers, and experimental interaction. |
Jul 2013 – Jan 2014 | Dagtilbuddet Lærkevej | |
Jul 2013 – Jan 2014 | Teacher (part-time) | Engaging mentally challenged users with games, videos, and music. |
Aug 2010 – May 2012 | Aarhus University | |
Aug 2010 – May 2012 | Teaching Assistant (part-time) | Preparing and executing exercise sessions for courses on programming, interaction design, and philosophy of science. |
Interval | Title | Specialization |
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Aug 2012 – Mar 2015 | IT University of Copenhagen | |
Aug 2012 – Mar 2015 | M.Sc. in Games Design | Applied game design theory, practical courses, and electives in theoretical computer game studies. |
Aug 2009 – Jun 2012 | IT University of Copenhagen | |
Aug 2009 – Jun 2012 | B.Sc. in Computer Science | Theoretical computer science with electives in interaction design and digital arts. |
Date | Title | Description |
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Coding Pirates Game Jam | ||
Nov 11, 2023 | Making Games the Smart Way | A keynote on the application of design processes in AAA to game jams. |
Uppsala University | ||
Feb 17, 2022 | Building the Sandbox | A talk on the level design of HITMAN: World of Assassination. |
ICIDS | ||
Nov 4, 2014 | Storytelling Artifacts | The presentation of my paper Storytelling Artifacts at the National University of Singapore. |
Year and month | Title | Description |
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GamesIndustry.biz | ||
Aug 2020 | Craft, art, and science: Three ways of teaching game design | An exploration of approaches to game design education in Copenhagen and Malmö. |
ICIDS | ||
Nov 2014 | Storytelling Artifacts | An exploration of embedded media in video games. |
Date | Title | Description |
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GameSpot | ||
Mar 4, 2021 | Hitman 3 Devs Break Down Dartmoor Mission | A breakdown of the mission Death in the Family of HITMAN: World of Assassination. |
The Washington Post | ||
Feb 12, 2021 | The making of the 'Hitman 3' murder mystery mansion | A breakdown of the mission Death in the Family of HITMAN: World of Assassination. |
Interval | Title | Responsibilities |
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May 2017 – Mar 2020 | E/F Vermlandsgade | |
Jul 2017 – Mar 2020 | Chairman | Leading the board managing the owner's union. |
May 2017 – Jul 2017 | Vice-chairman | Member of the board managing the owner's union. |
Sep 2013 – Oct 2014 | Student Council | |
Sep 2013 – Oct 2014 | Board member | Representing the students of the IT University of Copenhagen. |