Tynan Sylvester

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Ottawa, Ontario

Game designer, author.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Game design
  • level design
  • systems design
  • consulting
  • speaking
  • writing
I've been designing games since 2000. The smallest projects I've worked on were one-man indie games on which I wrote every line of code and painted every frame of art. The largest was my four years as a level and systems designer on Irrational Games' 110-person development team making BioShock Infinite. My latest project is a book on game design with O'Reilly Media.

Designing Games Designing Games
by Tynan Sylvester
February 2013
Print: $29.99
Ebook: $19.99

Webcast: Drunk Design: Game Design Under the Influence (of Emotions)
March 15, 2013
Join us for a hands-on webcast where Tynan Sylvester author of Designing Games will discuss design in the language of logic. Designers are humans, not computers. Our emotions can drive us to glory, but they can also lead us astray in a thousand ways...

Tynan Sylvester