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Mohammad Alavi (game developer)

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s on-map AI allies support the player". In an interview, Alavi stated that he was heavily involved in different aspects of the project, including AI design, gameplay and level design. He also bore much responsibility for the game involving a narrative component at all, pushing for longer and
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Alavi joined Wildlight Entertainment in January 2022. He is listed on the studio's website as the "Lead Designer", although his LinkedIn profile describes the role as "Sr. Sandwich Analyst". The studio has yet to publicly announce a project.
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different introductions to each campaign map. In order to convince that the feature can be achieved within budget, he designed an introduction for "Airbase" map in three days.
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The same went for a flashback mission called "All Ghillied Up", when he ended up writing the necessary code himself. His "tense and deliberately paced mission" was debuted in
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behaviors. The mission won significant critical attention, being described as "One Of Gaming's Best Levels" and "The Best Call Of Duty Mission Ever" in reviews. In 2011,
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following his graduation. Considering his reputation as a modder, the company offered him a job as a level designer, instead of a programmer.
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Alavi's main field of expertise is design and cinematic gameplay scripting. His creations are described "thoughtful" and noted in terms of
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for mods. He later made a reputation for himself under the alias "BadMofo", when one of his works was published on an issue of
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ranked the level the 20th on its "Top 50 Gaming Moments". It was also ranked #13 in
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Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies alumni
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Hakimi, Arash (January 2011). "The Birth of a Game Developer: Mohammad Alavi".
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developers. He served as the senior map designer for the studio, and shot some
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Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies
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called Alavi "the designer behind two of the most acclaimed missions in
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Bazisazi (Donyaye Bazi's Monthly Special Edition for Game Development)
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named it "one of the 10 most shocking game moments of the 2000s."
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Alavi resumed his work at Respawn Entertainment by working on
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Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_2 § "No_Russian"_controversy
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to focus on programming, and applied for a programming job at
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s "Top 100 Video Game Moments". Alavi's script for AI in
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Alavi left Respawn Entertainment on January 10, 2022.
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He then attended 216:Mohammad Alavi was born in the 1980s in 1076: 750: 652: 603: 1472:Iranian emigrants to the United States 1454: 1125: 950: 725: 723: 721: 719: 717: 715: 713: 711: 709: 707: 683: 321: 134:Wildlight Entertainment (2022-Present) 1215: 846: 793:Joannes Truyens (February 12, 2013). 661:, No. 15 (in Persian). Archived from 244:magazine. He applied to and attended 198:(2007) as well as the controversial " 168: 1077:Norouzi, Danial (January 14, 2015). 677: 648: 646: 772:Edwin Evans-Thirlwell (July 2016), 739:(No. 250 ed.), February 2013, 704: 619:Ghassemi, Mani (January 23, 2010). 468: 161: 13: 495:footage as an actor. According to 14: 1508: 1196: 880:. Imagine Publishing. 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Archived from 268:Entering video game industry 211: 16:Iranian video game developer 7: 10: 1513: 476:In 2010, Alavi co-founded 433:Alavi was the designer of 426: 420: 228:with his family after the 18: 1433: 1407: 1396: 1367: 1340: 1302: 1277: 1266: 1259: 1249: 1052:Josh Engen (2014-03-13). 255: 173:) is an Iranian-American 138: 120: 112: 102: 88: 67: 59: 51: 35: 28: 1027:Josh West (2014-03-01). 533: 417:"No Russian" controversy 525:Wildlight Entertainment 487:alongside other former 262:artificial intelligence 310:. 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Index

Mohammad Alavi (disambiguation)
Tehran
Iran
B.Sc.
B.Sc.
A.S.
Virginia Polytechnic University
Full Sail University
Level designer
Infinity Ward
Respawn Entertainment
Call of Duty series
Persian
[mohæmˌmæd(e)(ʔ)ælæˈvi]
video game developer
Call of Duty series
Infinity Ward
All Ghillied Up
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
No Russian
Modern Warfare 2
Tehran
Iran
United States
Iran–Iraq War
Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies
Virginia Tech
Full Sail University
physicians
artificial intelligence

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