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

I am a lecturer in Game Design at Abertay University – the Top International School for Game Design (Princeton Review) – where I lead the BA (Hons) Game Design and Production degree programme. I spent 17 years working in the video games industry - mostly as a Lead Designer (12 yrs) and latterly as a Creative Lead - designing games for publishers like Activision, Sega, Microsoft, Sony, Square Enix, Curve and Zynga. My game design work has reached hundreds of millions of players worldwide and my DCMS research contributed to the UK Parliament’s decision on Loot Box legislation.

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.