Michael Pilatzkie

Level Designer @Ubisoft Toronto

Toronto, ON, CA

Level & Mission Designer, Prince of Persia Remake: Fully designed, pitched, and blocked out several level areas as a mission owner. Scripted AI, narrative, and mission beat with visual scripting softaware. Led team meetings and organized all stake holders for weekly feedback and play sessions- Level Designer on Splinter Cell Remake: Pitched, prototyped and built the internal demo for Splinter Cell as the lone level designer owning this content. Scripted the mission from start to finish, and iterated many times on several sub-locations. Organized meetings with my direct counterparts in other disciplines and worked directly with leadership to deliver the First Playable Product to Ubisoft HQ- 4 Shipped Titles: Watch Dogs 2, Watch Dogs: Legion, WDL Assassin\'s Creed DLC, Far Cry: Lost Between Worlds DLC- Design challenging and engaging game spaces to promote player agency and natural discovery in the Watch Dogs Legion game world- Worked with procedural mission assets to build spaces readily available for use in various gameplay scenarios- Was hired onto a project nearly ready to ship to be agile and produce high quality work with little turn around time- Designed missions for DLC content. Taking them from conception to prototype to ship with a high level of iteration and quality- Worked with multiple teams: Narrative, gameplay and technical design, and production in order to create scalable gameplay scenarios, bringing my vision for the content to life- Always striving to be a voice for my team throughout development, bringing people together to find solutions and, as a team, reach our common goal

Recording Arts Canada, Digital Arts College

Sound and Music Recording, Sound Design and Audio Engineering