Carl McKevitt

Carl McKevitt is a developer who works at Bethesda Game Studios on Fallout 76 as a quest designer and writer. He is currently a lead designer on Fallout 76,Carl McKevitt on Twitter: "Lead Designer @Fallout (76) @BethesdaStudios" and has held a number of credited roles as quest designer.Fallout 76 – Nuka-World on Tour (Developer Gameplay)
==Career==
===Work on the Fallout series===
Carl started out on Fallout 76 a few months before the game launched, helping with some minor work pre-release.Carl McKevitt, Senior Quest Designer at Bethesda Game Studios However, he only started his major quest design work with Wild Appalachia, in which he worked on the Lying Lowe quest line.BGS_Carl (Carl McKevitt) on Bethesda Game Studios' official Discord Afterwards, he was a quest designer on every major update, including Steel Dawn and Steel Reign, until after the Night of the Moth update, when he transitioned into the role of senior quest designer. Since then, he has been more involved with overseeing teams, as well as collaborating with studios like Double Eleven, rather than direct content creation; for example, his work on Expeditions: The Pitt was more focused on feedback and playtesting.BGS_Carl (Carl McKevitt) on Bethesda Game Studios' official Discord However, he did also contribute significantly to the Once in a Blue Moon update.
Carl was the primary designer for the Blue Ridge Caravan Company.BGS_Steve (Steve Massey) on Bethesda Game Studios' official Discord The character of Aries was a passion project for Carl; he has discussed balancing telling characters' stories, with those characters being a part of the player's story. He also worked on Grahm's Meat-Cook with Ellys Tan, as well as The Mothman Equinox.Celebrating 25 Years of Fallout! #Fallout25 (reference starts at 0:05:27) As of 2024, Carl is a lead designer on Fallout 76.
Carl is a member of the Bethesda Game Studios Discord server; in his posts, he often emphasizes that contributions to the game are a team effort and that the developers work closely together.BGS_Carl (Carl McKevitt) on Bethesda Game Studios' official Discord
==Employment history==
==Credits==
===Fallout series===
===Other work===
==External links==
Official developer gameplay
* Fallout 76 – Steel Reign (Developer Gameplay) (Bethesda Softworks - June 17, 2021)
* Fallout 76 – Night of the Moth Update (Developer Gameplay) (Bethesda Softworks - November 19, 2021)
* Celebrating 25 Years of Fallout! #Fallout25 (Bethesda Twitch.tv - October 7, 2022)
* Fallout 76 – Nuka-World on Tour (Developer Gameplay) (Bethesda Softworks - November 15, 2022)
* Nuka-World on Tour with special guests Carl McKevitt and Kismet! (Bethesda Twitch.tv - December 7, 2022)
Podcasts
* QuakeCon 2021 Apocalypse Squares with Fallout's Voice Actors and Bethesda! (CHAD: A Fallout 76 Podcast - August 19, 2021)
* Fallout 76 New Mothman Event Dev Dive with Bethesda's Carl McKevitt and Jon Rush (CHAD: A Fallout 76 Podcast - December 2021)
* Fallout 76 Developer Reveals Mothman Secrets (Fallout Lorecast - December 2021)
* 2022 Fallout For Hope St Jude Apocalypse Squares (CHAD: A Fallout 76 Podcast - December 18, 2022)
Interviews
* Carl McKevitt, Senior Quest Designer at Bethesda Game Studios (Bethesda.net - June 21, 2023)
==References==
Category:Bethesda Softworks employees
Category:Fallout 76 designers and writers