Linsey Murdock

Linsey Murdock

Position

Game Designer

Department

Design

Linsey Murdock, previously Game Designer, began her game industry career at ArenaNet writing quests and spawning monsters for Guild Wars. She was formerly a Guild Wars 1 Game Designer and later the Guild Wars 1 Live Team Lead, and then moved to Guild Wars 2 Lead Designer with a primary focus on content and story for the Living World. She left ArenaNet in February 2021.

Jobs

ArenaNet

• Game Designer
  • June 2010 - February 2021
    • Principal designer for the Crafting system in Guild Wars 2.
    • Designed crafting disciplines and implemented the vast majority of crafting recipes.
    • Worked with the Lead Systems Designer to design and implement loot and reward systems throughout the game.

• Live Team Lead
  • June 2008 - May 2010
    • Lead design on all Content Updates to the Live game.
    • Skill balance and PvP format balance in the Live game.
    • Designed UI for Character re-customization.
    • Wrote all Update Notes and Developer Update articles.
    • Managed acquiring game assets from other art and programming teams.
    • Worked with testers to assure quality of content being put into the game.
    • Worked with Community and Marketing teams to promote updates and manage community expectations.

• Game Designer
  • May 2006 - May 2008
    • Designed, wrote and implemented numerous quests and explorable areas for Nightfall, Eye of the North and the Bonus Mission Pack.
    • Early paper design and dialogue for Dynamic Events in Guild Wars 2.

Work

• Adding more things to material storage as a side project.
• Ascended armor.

Interviews

• Kill Ten Rats: Interview with ArenaNet's Linsey Murdock November 26, 2008
• Gamespot: PAX 2008: Women in the game industry August 30, 2008
• Guild Wars - Live Team Q&A: Linsey, Robert, Mike & Joe (Part 3 of 3) September 2009

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Linsey Murdock.