USW Graduates Alice Rendell and Catherine Woolley in the Top 100 Women in Games UK list
Posted: March 2, 2015 Filed under: Alumni, Awards | Tags: Alice Rendell, Cat Woolley, Creative Assembly, Gamercast, Kobojo, MVC, newport computer games design, Top 100, USW Computer Games Design, USW Games, USW Graduate, Women in Games Leave a commentWe are really excited to see that two of our graduates Alice Rendell @alicemrendell and Catherine Woolley @Catmoo have been listed in the MVC UK Top 100 Women in Games list.
The list comprises of 100 women working in the UK games industry from almost 100 different studios, divisions or companies – chosen by a judging panel of over 50 UK games industry executives.
Alice Rendell Game Designer, Kobojo
Alice is a Game Designer currently working at Kobojo. She has spent over three years at the firm’s Paris HQ, she returned to UK and Dundee earlier this year to work on Zodiac, a JRPG co-developed with former Final Fantasy staff. Prior to Kobojo. She previously worked at Facebook games specialist Ooblada and offered consulting advice on game design at studio We Move Beyond. Alice is also on the Board of Directors of the IDGA Scotland.
Catherine Woolley Senior Designer, Creative Assembly
Cat is currently a Senior Design at Creative Assembly, most recently working on the award winning Alien: Isolation. She has been at Creative Assembly for 4 years, before which she spent just over 2 years at Electronic Arts Bright Light. In her spare time she is a co-host and editor at gamercast.net.
Computer Games Design graduate Alice Rendell makes Develop’s 2014 30 under 30 list
Posted: December 10, 2014 Filed under: Alumni, Awards | Tags: 30 Under 30, Alice Rendell, computer games design, Develop, Kobojo, Newport Alumni, newport computer games design, USW Games Leave a commentCongratulations to Alice Rendell who has made it onto Develop’s 2014 30 Under 30 list.
Here is Alice’s listing from the full list…
Alice Rendell Game designer, Kobojo (27)
Commended for her passion and hard work, Alice Rendell is a promising games designer currently working at Kobojo.
Having spent over three years at the firm’s Paris HQ, she returned to Dundee earlier this year to work on Zodiac, a JRPG co-developed with former Final Fantasy staff. Prior to Kobojo, she worked at Facebook games specialist Ooblada and offered consulting advice on game design at studio We Move Beyond. To this day, she continues to write articles and give lectures offering game design tips to new developers.