ABOUT/RESUME | isaackmessinger

Hello and thank you for visiting my portfolio site! Please contact me if you have any questions, ideas, or comments regarding my work.

My name is Isaac K. Messinger, and I have always been inclined to create and enjoy imaginary worlds. As a child, whether it was a diarama I constructed on my bedroom floor, a book I wrote about a man with the powers of a shark, or a custom campaign I designed on StarCraft's editing software, these worlds and stories always felt real to me.

When I graduated high school in 2018, I didn't know that the imaginitive practices I loved could be translated into a career. I ended up taking the "standard" educational route and attended Penn State University as a business major. I quickly learned that I did not fit (and wasn't interested in) that standard.

So, I left PSU and, while I tried to figure out my next move, I worked in the hospitality industry a few years. During this time, I gained real-life work and leadership experience and really explored the question, "What do I want to do with this life?"

In 2022, I found the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD). As I learned more about SCAD, I was encouraged by the thought that my love of crafting worlds, narratives, & experiences could be an actual course of study. I also realized I could turn my passion for creation and design into a viable career.

SCAD has helped fuel my desire to not only create and enjoy imaginery worlds myself, but make those worlds real to others as well through game design. I believe that video games are the modern version of storytelling, offering interactive and intimate experiences that can often help people better understand and/or cope in their daily lives. I am looking forward to working in this industry and am excited to share my worlds with you!

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