Fraser Simpson : Game Designer | Lecturer in Game Design at Abertay University, Dundee
MSc in Computing and Games by Research

Lecturing at Abertay since 2019. Previously, 17 years in the commercial video games industry, mostly as a Lead Designer (12 yrs) and latterly as a Creative Lead, making games for companies like Sony, Microsoft, Square Enix, Sega, Activision, Zynga, 505 Games, Curve Digital.

Education Work, Teaching and Module Development:
- User Interface and Interaction Design: Y2 (Module Lead)
- Business of Games: Y2 (Module Lead)
- Analytics and Data Driven Game Design: Y3 (Module Lead)
- Player Experience Design: Y3 (Module Lead)
- Professional Teams Group Project: Y3
- Honours Project Supervision: Y4
- Masters Year

Commercial Game Design Experience
- Concepts, Vision, High-Level Design
- Levels/ Environments (inc 3D)
- Missions (scripting)
- Core Systems (Combat, Locomotion)
- Economies and Metagames
- UX, Player journey, Motivations
- Interface. UI
- Narrative

Academic Profile: Abertay RKE Profile - Fraser Simpson

I’m especially interested in Game Design process and in player behavior around games.

Outside of work I’ve been an active in music (playing in bands, promoting concerts, recording/ live engineering) since the mid-90s, and a keen Photographer since not long after.