Héctor Padilla

Current

Lead Game Designer at Kaxan Publisher
Administrador de Proyectos at RadicalGolem - Interactive Media Consulting

Past

Board of Directors at IGDA-Mexico
Consultor en el desarrollo del programa de Ingeniería para Desarrollo de Videojuegos at Universidad de Artes Digitales
Computer Science Graduate Student at University of Alberta

Chair Digital Art Department at ITESM Campus Guadalajara
Flash / ActionScript developer - Freelance contracts at Self - Employed (Special Projects) (Self-employed)
Game Development TA at University of Alberta - Support from Bioware
Multimedia Developer at ITESM
Comic Book Arists - Co Founder at KaraOkulta
GUI Developer at Innox

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Education

University of Alberta
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Western Illinois University

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Recommended

11 people have recommended Héctor

Connections

286 connections

Industry

Computer Games

Websites

My Website

Héctor Padilla’s Summary

Trabajando en medios interactivos desde 1996, he ido enfocando mi desarrollo profesional hacia el estudio de la diversión y diseño de juegos (ludología). Enfoqué mis estudios de maestría en experiencias de usuario y realidad virtual, además de que pude participar en un proyecto piloto entre Bioware y la Universidad de Alberta en Canada.

Desde que regresé a México he estado involucrado en la IGDA México para apoyar el desarrollo de la industria en el país. Así como proveyendo servicios de consultoría para universidades con interes en tener programas de desarrollo de videojuegos, y con organizaciones gubernamentales que buscan apoyar esta industria. (Itesm, UAD, Canieti).

Me encanta dar charlas sobre diseño de videojuegos, la última fué en Creanimax 2008 y fúe muy bien recibida. :-)

Héctor Padilla’s Specialties:

Diseño de videojuegos, diseño visual, desarrollo para web (flash). Liderazgo.

Héctor Padilla’s Experience

Lead Game Designer

Kaxan Publisher

(Entertainment industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Lead Game designer for an upcoming Mexican themed Wii Party Game, and a series of iPhone games to be released simultaneously.

Due to the nature of the project and size of the team I often help in production and organizational roles.

(Leading a team of 2 game designers and 6 level designers/editors)
Administrador de Proyectos

RadicalGolem - Interactive Media Consulting

(Computer Games industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Board of Directors

IGDA-Mexico

(Non-Profit; Computer Games industry)

October 2007 — December 2009 (2 years 3 months)

My main role here has been to give talks in Universities and Events about game design and game making, creating a "sparkle" of interest in young people and allowing them to see they have the tools and means to create great fun experiences and to make a demo that could land them a job in the industry.
Consultor en el desarrollo del programa de Ingeniería para Desarrollo de Videojuegos

Universidad de Artes Digitales

(Education Management industry)

April 2008 — April 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Computer Science Graduate Student

University of Alberta

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 2005 — January 2009 (3 years 6 months)

Research in Interactive Media and Education.

Teacher Assistant in interdisciplinary video game development class for the past 2 years.

Thesis pending.
Chair Digital Art Department

ITESM Campus Guadalajara

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

July 2007 — January 2008 (7 months)

Chair of Digital Art Department, tied to the University curriculum of "Bachelor in Animation and Digital Art", and creating joint ventures and projects with both companies and university worldwide to develop the Digital Arts industry in Mexico.

I let go of this position since it was very academy oriented, and I am in a stage in life in which I want to work in creative production environments. I do love teaching and could give a couple of classes, but mostly I want to get my hands dirty at this stage. :-)
Flash / ActionScript developer - Freelance contracts
Self - Employed (Special Projects) (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Executive Office industry)

June 2002 — June 2007 (5 years 1 month)

For many years I have had contracts with different companies to do special projects. While at the beginning this where "side projects" (appart from my full time job), I eventually took the leap into full time ActionScript freelancing.

I worked with many clients and projects, from small to large. Some clients I worked with are:

SLIDE.COM
Working on different aspects to embellish their photo slider product. (particle systems and such for "themes", illustrating and designing skis).

PURESAFETY:
Creating Flash applications for their online training courses. Developing quizzes, brain teasers, learning activities and interactive presentations for clients like: Disney, EBay, Caterpillar, etc.

BOUCHARD CONSULTING:
Working on a data visualization widget and on a "theatre planning tool" to setup and direct stage plays.
Game Development TA

University of Alberta - Support from Bioware

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 9 months)

Interdisciplinary class in which students from different departments would get together to make a game. The class was focused on game design in general: the students would learn about story telling, conceptual art, audio editing, 3D modeling, etc.

To put the game together at the end of the term we used the Aurora Toolset from Bioware

I really loved working on this, the relationship with the students and the creative atmosphere. It was great to help them get along with each other, give them tools to communicate properly with people with completely different backgrounds, and see the great things they came up with at the end of the term. Some of this guys got jobs at Bioware right away.
Multimedia Developer

ITESM

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 1999 — July 2005 (6 years )

Doing both Lingo (director) and ActionScript (flash) projects since their early days.

(I started doing complex Flash applications since Flash version 2!!)
Comic Book Arists - Co Founder

KaraOkulta

(Arts and Crafts industry)

November 2003 — May 2005 (1 year 7 months)

Writing, inking, base colors
GUI Developer

Innox

(Computer Software industry)

May 2003 — June 2004 (1 year 2 months)

In charge of setting up the CSS framework and templates system to use with the different products.

Héctor Padilla’s Education

University of Alberta

Masters , Computer Science , 2005 — 2007

Due to extremely high work load I have had to postpone my thesis, so I have not completed this degree.
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

Bachelor , Computer Systems Engineering , 1998 — 2003

Activities and Societies:

Plastic Arts Group (drawing), Ensamble (music performance), African percussions ensemble, Camerata (Singing - Opera), Kung Fu Shaolin group
Western Illinois University

Exchange Program , Computer Science , 2000 — 2001

Activities and Societies:

Vice-President Olson Hall, Representative in the Inter Hall council