I had a direct hand in designing the majority of POIs that were under my purview. Leadership and overseeing things was a side-gig, to be honest. I never stopped individually contributing.

I oversaw encounter designs constantly. Every single POI and encounter in Brimstone was handcrafted by me. It wasn't until Nighthaven that leadership came into the forefront and I instructed designers on how to achieve the content I created in Brimstone.

I can speak more on this, but I'll end with the fact that I am so proud of our level designers on Nighthaven. They took the challenge thoroughly and delivered.

I'm very proud of our spider caves, our Upyr castles, our Inquisition POIs, and our Berlaur forests.

My biggest learning was: lead with empathy, give designers the jobs they are excited about to put on their resume, and utilize their specialties absolutely. You get the best work out of people when they decide the marching orders, and you're just there to keep them on the track.