Christina "Phazero" Curlee

Christina "Phazero" Curlee was a video game designer on Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart at Insomniac Games. Curlee's Masters thesis was Meaningful Level Design.

Background

Christina graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BFA in 2016 and the University of California Los Angeles in 2019 with a MFA. Christina collaborated on Final Flight, described as anime in a surrealist environment with the programmers wanting an '80s aesthetic.[1]

Career

Curlee was a 2016 International Game Developers Association Foundation Women in Games Ambassador.[2] In 2018, Curlee's game Artifacts II – Jacaranda was featured in IndieCade.[3] Artifacts is a game experience about childhood neglect, coping, and what it means to be an adult that has learned to live comfortably with trauma.[4] Curlee also created Game Design... The Game (?).[5]

In 2019 was a banner year in Christina's design career. Upon receiving a Master of Fine Arts in June, in September she joined Insomniac Games as a lead designer for titles: Ardolis level and the Spiderbot and Glitch missions in Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart.[6] In the fall of 2019, Curlee also accepted an adjunct professor position with the UCLA Department of Design and Architecture. As of 2022, Curlee continues her design work at Insomniac Games, and obtained an assistant professorship at UCLA.

References
  1. Kang, Angela. "Q&A with Christina "PhaZero" Curlee". The Daily Texan. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  2. "2016 IGDAF WIG Ambassadors". IGDA Foundation. 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  3. "ARTIFACTS II – JACARANDA – IndieCade". Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  4. "Christina "Phazero" Curlee | Eyeo Festival". Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  5. "8 Female Game Designers To Follow On Twitter & Instagram". Bustle. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  6. "UCLA Arts: School of the Arts and Architecture". UCLA Arts: School of the Arts and Architecture. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
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