Melissa Janowicz

aka: Melissa Davidson
Moby ID: 858682

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After getting a graduate degree in Computer Animation in 2008, Melissa spent the next decade freelancing in the indie games industry, during which she received dozens of credits.

In 2008 through 2011 she worked on Xbox Live Arcade games, Facebook games, direct development on game engines, and visual novel games.

In 2012 she worked on Disney's Club Penguin as an artist and designer. The game grew from 3.1 to 6.5 million daily active users during her time there.

In 2013 Melissa joined Digital Leisure, and worked on several Playstation Home spaces before working on the PS4 hit Casino MMORPG, The Four Kings Casino. After this, she worked as an art director in the real money casino gaming space; her team shipped more than a dozen slot and digital table games in 14 months.

Melissa joined the Shuyan Saga team in 2016, and acted as a Production Manager before joining the game design team, eventually becoming the Design Director for the parent studio (Lofty Sky Entertainment), providing direction on Shuyan as well as on VR and early childhood educational products.

Melissa joined the BioWare team in 2017, and is currently working there as a Gameplay Designer.

Credits

Anthem (2019, Windows) Gameplay
Shuyan Saga (2017, Windows) Game Designers
Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar (2014, Windows) Additional Artists

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