Rick Dakan
Professor at Mob Rules Games
Sarasota, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolRick Dakan is a versatile writer, game designer, and professor with 14 years of formal experience teaching creative writing and game narrative at Ringling College of Art and Design while founding Mob Rules Games and contributing to the game industry since the early 2000s. He blends storytelling across media—books, comics, articles, and game scripts—bringing practical design experience from founding roles at Cryptic Studios and his own indie studio. Based in Sarasota, Florida, he mentors students to write for interactive and traditional formats, emphasizing craft informed by an MFA in creative writing and a lifelong practice as a professional raconteur. Notably, his career spans both commercial game development and independent literary work, giving him a rare perspective on how narrative design and player experience intersect.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BA, History, BA, History at American UniversityMFA, Creative Writing, MFA, Creative Writing at Ranier Writer's Workshop at Pacific Lutheran Univ
Github Skills (1)
game-development5
Github contributions (2)
RickDakan/haunts
Mar 2012 - Oct 2012
Contributions:126 commits in 6 months
housegamegamesmobgame-development
MobRulesGames/haunts
Nov 2012 - Nov 2012
Contributions:1 commit in 1 day
housegamegamesmobgame-development
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