Jesse Smith
aka:
Jesse S. Smith,
Jessie S. Smith
Moby ID: 33955
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Jesse is a Lead Game Designer on FarmVille 2 at Zynga. During his career, which began in 1997, he has worked at Zynga, Firaxis Games, Activision, and Absolute Quality in Design, Production, and QA. He is a designer/programmer that utilizes programming skill to iterate rapidly on gameplay ideas, prototype new concepts, and polish games to a very high quality
Game industry path:
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Tester (1997)
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Lead Tester (1998)
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QA Account / Shift Manager (2000)
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Publisher Production (2001)
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Game Studio Production (2003)
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50+ person triple-A product team leader (2006)
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Game Designer (2010)
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Principal Game Designer (2013)
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Lead Game Designer (2014)
Credited on 40 games
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| Sid Meier's Civilization: Revolution 2 (2014, Android) | Additional Production |
| XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012, Windows) | Additional Production |
| Sid Meier's Civilization: Revolution (2009, iPhone) | Additional Production |
| Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization (2008, Windows) | Senior Producer |
| Sid Meier's Civilization: Revolution (2008, PlayStation 3) | Additional Production |
| Sid Meier's Civilization: Revolution (2008, Nintendo DS) | Additional Production |
| Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (2007, Windows) | Producer |
| Sid Meier's Pirates! (2007, PSP) | Producers |
| CivCity: Rome (2006, Windows) | Production Consultants |
| Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords (2006, Windows) | Producer |
| Sid Meier's Civilization IV (2005, Windows) | Producers |
| Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests (2003, Windows) | Producer |
| Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer (2003, Windows) | Production Thanks |
| Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure (2003, Game Boy Advance) | Activision Thanks |
| Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure (2003, PlayStation 2) | Special Thanks |
| Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray (2003, PlayStation 2) | Associate Producers |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (2002, Game Boy Advance) | Associate Producer |
| Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 (2002, GameCube) | Special Thanks |
| Street Hoops (2002, PlayStation 2) | Thanks to |
| Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 (2002, Game Boy Advance) | Producer |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 20 games with Jim Summers
- 20 games with Jason Wong
- 20 games with Rob Lim
- 19 games with Tim Vanlaw
- 19 games with Indra Yee
- 19 games with Gary Bolduc
- 18 games with Brian Bright
- 18 games with Bob McPherson
- 17 games with Nadine Theuzillot
- 17 games with Joseph Favazza
Companies
- 20 games with Activision Publishing, Inc.
- 13 games with Activision O2
- 11 games with Firaxis Games, Inc.
- 11 games with 2K Games, Inc.
- 11 games with Effective Media GmbH
- 10 games with Activision Deutschland GmbH
- 9 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 9 games with NBG EDV Handels- und Verlags GmbH
- 7 games with GameSpy Industries Inc.
- 7 games with Take Two Interactive GmbH
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