Resume

Associate Level Designer (Contract), September 2022 — Present

Specific and explicit non-generalized details of work or technology at Bend Studio are subject to NDA.

World Designer & Product Owner, August 2021 — May 2022

Developed the overall world progression and layout of interconnected underwater caves that challenged players to think about the world and its emergent gameplay elements to continue their descent.
Collaborated with artists to develop a world development pipeline between our engine/Maya; worked jointly with programmers to integrate a sparse voxel octree for AI entities to navigate the level.
Led an incubation team of 7 to prototype an immersive first-person exploration game set underwater where players remotely control a drone into abyssal depths; culminating into a successful greenlight pitch.
Provided leadership to an expanded team of 25 creative contributors post-greenlight in a scrum/agile development environment. Guided our team’s project to a successful release on Steam in May 2022.

Encounter Designer, Spring 2022

Independently explored VR level design and encounter design through the development of an action-focused, combat-centered gameplay encounter made for Half-Life: Alyx using Source 2.
Explores modifications to encounter difficulty and player agency through changes in difficulty caused directly by the ramifications of the player’s own actions and decisions earlier in the encounter.
Iteratively developed the layout of the VR encounter through rigorous playtesting and refinements, achieving the creation of an engaging player experience.
Learned a significant amount about encounter design through this project's development, leading to entering into the AAA industry.

Source 2

Adobe Suite

Unity 3D

C# Programming

Unreal Engine

Autodesk Maya

Jira Software

Proprietary Tools

Perforce Helix

Microsoft Office