Will Nightingale

When I finished The Last of Us for the very first time in 2017, I realised that I really loved games. The narrative gripped me in a way no movie, tv show or book had ever done before and I was surprised that a game could do this at such a high level.  I was passionate with these games that it made want to play more games that were like The Last of Us. I wanted games that could connect and intrigue me the same way this game did. After I had played what I thought was every story driven game imaginable, I wanted more, I wanted to know how these games were made and it was then where I realised that this could be a full time job.

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My top 5 favourite games to date have to be: Telltales: The Walking Dead, The Last of Us Part I & II, Ghost of Tsushima, Firewatch and God of War: Ragnarök. However I do have so many more but if I were to list them all, this whole page would take years to finish. 

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Towards the end of my A-Levels, I felt from my teachers that I had to go study something that was traditional and it really irritated me that I wasn't heading towards something related to game design. I then realised that I had to put my foot down and decided to start my game design journey through Brighton MET.  I loved working on anything game related, be that audio creation, 3D modelling, coding, etc. However it was level deign and environmental design that really made me want to make my own game as well find work in this position. I love creating worlds and levels that convey emotions to the player and I really want to be  experienced and exceptional in this sector. 

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