Caryl D. Shaw

aka: Caryl Shaw
Moby ID: 115990

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Caryl Shaw is currently taking a break from making games to focus on her health and family.

Most recently she was the Lead Producer for Creator Ecosystems for Fortnite at Epic Games. And prior to that she was the VP of Development for Double Fine Productions - working with the Psychonauts 2 team to ship that title during the pandemic, and as part of the management team facilitating the DF acquisition by Microsoft.

Caryl has also worked for large developers like Electronic Arts/Maxis and Amazon as well as smaller companies like Telltale Games and ngmoco:). Her focus is typically on team management and growth, game production, online features, quality assurance management, and promoting diversity in the games industry.

She's spoken internationally about a range of topics including: Running a Live Mobile Game, the changing role of Game Production in Development and Putting User-Generated Content to Work in Video Games.

Her favorite spirit is Breaking and Entering Bourbon.

Credited on 21 games

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Psychonauts 2 (2021, Windows) Producers
RAD (2019, Windows) VP, Development
Minecraft: Story Mode (2015, Windows) Development Quality Assurance Manager
Game of Thrones (2014, Windows) Executive Producer, Online
Game of Thrones: Episode 1 - Iron from Ice (2014, PlayStation 4) Executive Producer, Online
Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 1 - Zer0 Sum (2014, PlayStation 4) Executive Producer, Online
Tales from the Borderlands (2014, Windows) Executive Producer, Online
Gang Beasts (2014, Windows) VP of Development
The Sims 2: Ultimate Collection (2014, Windows) Web Lead
The Walking Dead: Season Two (2013, Windows) Executive Producer, Online
Spore Island (2009, Browser) Sr. Producer, Maxis Studio
Spore Creatures (2008, Nintendo DS) EA Special Thanks
Spore (2008, Windows) Design, Pollination, Sporepedia & Web
The Sims 2: Double Deluxe (2008, Windows) Web Lead
Spore Creature Creator (2008, Windows) Design, Pollination & Web
The Sims 2: University (2005, Windows) Web Lead
The Urbz: Sims in the City (2004, PlayStation 2) Special Thanks
The Sims 2 (2004, Windows) Web Lead
The Sims: Makin' Magic (2003, Windows) Website Producers
SimCity 4: Rush Hour (2003, Windows) Website Production

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