Meet the Instructor

Colin Suess

Vice President & Producer, Card Advantage Games

Colin Suess has been in the games industry for most of the last 20 years, working in production, QA, infrastructure support and running his own tiny studio. Currently, he's vice president and producer at Card Advantage Games, where he handles production and product management for the upcoming game Reclusion, a roguelike deckbuilder.

Suess specializes in the production needs of small studios. He has award-winning titles with Hourglass Escapes in Seattle and production credits on Last Kids on Earth: Hit the Deck with Fire Opal Media. His previous experience includes supporting entertainment and XBOX R&D labs at Microsoft during the XBOX 360 and XBOX ONE days, grunt testing on Halo 3, certification testing at VMC Game Labs. Among his recommendations for future game designers: Read The Game Production Toolbox and play old arcade games.