Life Update: I got a job with Epic Games!


Hey everyone, I know it's been some time, but I've been super busy these past few months finishing up grad school and my thesis paper but I am excited to share with you all what I've been up to.

To start off, I successfully defended my master's thesis on Defining and Measuring Player Immersion with flying colors! I worked super hard on it and I'm extremely proud of the work I did and am excited to share it with the world (once I actually get started on the copyright and journal submission process of course).

After performing all the research I did on my master's thesis I've come to realize that I am super passionate about developing games to be as immersive as possible to enhance player engagement and enjoyment. As such I will be constantly looking for ways to enhance this body of research and utilize the knowledge I have gained in practical settings. So if any if anyone out there wants to talk about this subject I am more than happy to!

Onto the next order of business, I graduated from my Game Design master's program (with a concentration in User Experience Research) from Full Sail University! Not only that, I have also taken a job with Epic Games as a User Experience Lab Analyst! Hence why I haven't made a post in nearly 3 months. Everything has been flying by so fast, its kind of surreal to think of all the progress I've made in the (almost) 2 years since I graduated from my undergrad.

Despite getting an job an awesome company making the biggest game in the world, I still feel like I could be doing more! Ever since I got into Full Sail I feel like something finally "switched on" and I want to be going at lightning speed in terms of career development. Although I'm at somewhat of a standstill in terms of getting my thesis research published, I've been trying to think of other ways to keep the train rolling. Once I figure out how I'm sure Ill make another post here again soon enough.

Thanks for reading everyone, time to get back to working on Fortnite (I still can't believe I can actually say that now haha).


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