Sophie Tetreault

Work Experience

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Thunder Lotus - Game Designer

Sept 2022 - Present

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Currently working as a Game Designer (primarily gameplay) on a new unannounced title with the team that created Spiritfarer.

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Gameloft Montreal - Game Designer

Apr 2019 - August 2022

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I was one of the principle Game Designers on Disney Dreamlight Valley. From conception until the Early Access launched, I was in charge of a SCRUM team that oversaw one of the game's main pillars.

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- In charge of overseeing the entire production cycle of customization assets (Furniture, Clothing/Apparel, Hairstyles, Motifs, Makeup, etc) using Jira and Confluence tracking and documentation tools
- Designer for the customization actions/mechanics in game. This includes player-avatar customization, house interior customization and expansion structure, village customization, and a special advanced customization tool called the 'Touch of Magic' which allows players to place up to 50 Motifs on certain clothing models.
- Designed UX for the customization features in game, collaborated with UI to achieve user-friendly and intuitive results
- Curated the aesthetic, structure and appearance of all customization-related assets
- Would co-review assets in a Daily Feedback meeting with the Art Director and Lead Environment artist on the project
- Would assist in reviewing audio & music for the game
- Maintained weekly sync-ups with the Concept Artists on the team to structure upcoming content and provide aesthetic direction
- Managed team artists in bi-weekly 1-on-1s to monitor goal/task progression and support personal wellbeing
- Integrate and bugfix customization items in Unity Engine
- Maintained a relationship with Walt Disney representatives to achieve harmony/compromise between team's desires and stakeholder's wishes

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Gameloft Montreal - Associate Producer

Sept 2018 - Apr 2019

 

I worked for 6 months as the Associate Producer on Gameloft's new car tycoon franchise.

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- Organizing SCRUM meetings and tasks
- Handling legal and contractual tasks

- Coordinating with QA

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Gameloft Montreal - Technical Game Analyst

Feb 2017 - Sept 2018

 

I worked for a year and a half as a TGA intern on Gameloft's successful Modern Combat

franchise while I was in school. 

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- Performing and recording various tests daily to give the developers rapid feedback
- Tracking server exceptions to help isolate elusive issues

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