A sprawling Social City metropolis with landmarks, parks, and a Ferris wheel

Work

City-building social game

Organization
Playdom / Disney Interactive
Role
Team Lead
Years
2009–2014
Platforms
Facebook

Social City is a city-building game for social networks, made at Playdom, which Disney acquired in 2010. Players build and grow a city alongside their friends. Social City won the GDC Online Choice Award for Best Social Network Game in 2010.

My role

I was team lead on Social City. I was an original member of Playdom’s Eugene office and later became head of game design as senior manager of game design at Disney Interactive Social Games.