MICHAEL CARROLL

Game Development has always been a passion of mine that is now going on 25 years strong. 

From an early age I was introduced to many games including DOOM, Quake, Metal Gear etc.
It then developed into a hobby of mine to create levels of the games I played or for my own games. 

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During my high school life I started working on paid professional video productions and got into JMC Academy, where I completed a Bachelor of Creative Technologies in 2012.

 

In 2013/2014 I taught Pre-Production at Swinburne University for their film department.

In 2010, I started a video production business 'Forbidden Film Studios' that would run successfully making corporate videos for city councils and businesses such as Australia Post until I restructured the business into Sandbox Game Studios in 2016 which i would eventually close in 2019.

 

Between Forbidden Film Studios and Sandbox Game Studios are 3 game projects that would ultimately fail:

Cannibal Fever, a kickstarter for a zombie RTS shown at PAX Australia in 2014;
Attack of the Drop Bear, a charity Beat 'em Up about the real dangers of living in Australia, and
Battleturds, an advert game for a leading global toilet paper manufacturer.

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From 2010  to 2015 I worked as 3IC at EB Games in Karingal. During this time I developed my understanding of games, their mechanics, what makes games popular/sell and what games audiences specific types of games attract.

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In 2020 I returned to study at AIE Melbourne where I would improve my level and game design skills. I have successfully completed both a Diploma of Screen & Media (Video Game Design & Production) and a Advanced Diploma of Game Design & Production.

From 2022-2023 I was employed as a production coordinator for Luma Pictures working on the VFX for huge IP's such as Star Wars, Marvel, The Boys and Legendary's Monsterverse Godzilla.

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