"Who is Danny Burbol?"  Here’s the quick recap.

Roaming

I grew up on the east coast (NY, Georgia, South Carolina).  I moved to the west coast for college and have been here ever since.  I went to DigiPen back when it was the only video game school on the continent (they were still in Vancouver, Canada), then got my first game job near Seattle at age 19.  Since then I’ve lived/worked in LA, Santa Monica, San Jose, and San Francisco at various big and small video games companies (Namco, Activision/Shaba, Sega/Secret Level).  Currently I’ve crossed into web-based games and I’m making flash games working at Zynga (which is pretty damn awesome!).

Create More Than You Consume

I’m a gameplay programmer with artistic interests.  So I often write the code that the player directly interacts with (main character movement, minigames & goal, enemies & bosses, etc.).  Then I wander around at work spying on professional artists as they work, showing them my sketchbook, and asking for advice / tips.  Now that I’m working in flash, my coding skills and aspiring art skills are both getting a chance to flex daily.

I love teamwork.  Some of the bigger projects I’ve worked on have left me in awe as so many amazing, professional people came together to constuct one final product.  I also love my solitary projects which give me the opportunity to have creative control and wear many hats.  By doing every aspect of a small scale project yourself, you really learn a lot about your teammates at work and appreciate what they do in a new light.

Ultimately, I’m attracted to blank media.  I can’t help it.  I yearn to create and express ideas in every medium I find.

Selfportraits

Call it human curiosity, but most of us visit a blog and wonder what the author looks like, so here are some more self portraits.  Enjoy!  ^_^

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