East Side Games
Nick Anderson has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries. Nick began their career in 2011 as a Taekwondo Instructor at the World Martial Arts Academy, where they taught until 2018. In 2016, they transitioned to the field of architecture and worked as an Architectural Technologist at Thinkspace Architecture until 2018. In 2019, they briefly worked at Aspect Designs as a Junior Coordinator and later as a Project Manager. The following year, Nick joined Vancouver Film School as a Project Manager and then as a Gameplay Designer. Currently, they are working as an Associate Designer at East Side Games, starting in 2021.
Nick Anderson's education history begins in 2014 when they enrolled at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Nick pursued a diploma in Architectural and Building Technology and completed their studies in 2016. After a gap of a few years, in 2019, Nick attended the Vancouver Film School, where they earned a Game Design Diploma. Their educational background showcases their interest in both architecture and game design.
East Side Games
East Side Games is a developer and publisher of free to play mobile games. It is focused on making narrative idle games in the business, and creating the technology for developers to tell stories.The company is an independent and profitable game studio with a collaborative, creative, and fun culture. Their games fund all their new projects andits purpose-built technology infrastructure powers its rapid, iterative prototyping, based directly on audience feedback. This allows them to take design ideas to playable releases in days rather than months.ESG currently publishes and operates successful franchise titles including Archer: Danger Phone, Dragon Up: Idle Adventure, The Goldbergs: Back to the 80s, It's Always Sunny: The Gang Goes Mobile, and Trailer Park Boys Grea$y Money.East Side Games was recently recognized on the "Top 50 Mobile Game Makers 2020" list compiled by Pocket Gamer Biz, on the "Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers" list compiled by Canada's Top 100, as well as on the "Canada's Top Growing Companies 2019" list compiled by Globe & Mail Report on Business and 2020 Red Herring Top 100 North America Winners.In 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia