Eric Wesa Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Gears of War: E-Day

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Conceptualized and implemented new foundational AI creatures using behavior trees and internal tools in Unreal Engine 5
• Defined the feel and gameplay experience of new AI and Gameplay features through a quick and iterative process
• Prototyped character abilities and mechanics in Unreal Blueprint
• Kicked off new Gameplay features from design doc stage to a team of Engineers and Artists, providing the goals and a detailed overview of each feature

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

• Designed, scripted and implemented new Skill Games utilizing a 3 Star Scoring system rewarding skillful play, leading to a largely positive response in a one of the highest engagement Events of the Season.
• Designed, tuned and coded seasonal Gameplay changes to Shooting and Passing systems, reinforcing Player levelling further in the mechanics.
• Tweaked the Gameplay Onboarding which contributed to a 10% growth in D1/D2 retention between Seasons.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

• Wrote design documentation and oversaw development of multiple features from conception to release
• Worked with analytics to create an A/B test template to ensure features are hitting their target KPI
• Designed and implemented a feature increasing Ad revenue by 1.5x without any decrease in other sources of revenue or retention
• Tuned and maintained multiple aspects of the game including the PvP matchmaking ELO system
• Drove development of new scripting tools which greatly improved the visual quality of all Live Events

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• As an Assistant Game Designer on Tekken Mobile, my responsibilities included:
• Implemented and maintained new live ops events on a month-to-month basis with focuses around monetization
• Tuned and balanced economy-based metadata
• Designed new ‘Bounties’ feature, a daily refreshing list of challenges, to improve Day-7 user retention and provide gameplay structure
• Held meetings and communicated with cross-function teams to ensure the vision of new features