Joel Beardshaw
ustwo games
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Joel Beardshaw is a lead designer at ustwo games with over 15 years of experience, most recently having worked on Desta: The Memories Between on Switch, Steam and Neftlix Games. He has a keen interest in how people can come together to tell collaborative stories, expressive game mechanics, and how level design can create a sense of place. Previously he worked on Assemble with Care as lead designer and Monument Valley 2 and before that on games spanning a variety of different game genres at Codemasters Birmingham.