Grant Shonkwiler

Grant Shonkwiler landed his first position in the video game industry immediately after graduation when he joined up with AMI Entertainment/MegaTouch Games as a game programmer. Soon after his start he moved up to lead designer; after three years with the company, he had shipped well over 50 titles. In 2011, Grant joined id Software, first as a technical producer on the multiplayer team for Rage, and then as a producer on the AI, combat, character and narrative teams for the Doom franchise. He next went on to Epic Games, contributing to the Fortnite and Battle Breakers projects. Today, Grant runs his own consulting company, and is the co-author of four books including Gear Up: Advanced Game Development Practices. Grant has shipped 75 games, with no intentions of slowing down.