Jacob Vorstenbosch Email & Phone Number

Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Live Ops QA member on Dead By Daylight.

- Retrieve information from company websites, populating country-specific spreadsheets with 100+ companies and career information.- Update existing data sets based on newly discovered information, cross referencing with company data to accurately document career availability and accessibility.- Maintain data sheets to ensure it can be easily transitioned into graphics used for the newsletters and infographics.

Working on my own abilities while gaining skills in other areas - mainly quality assurance in games.Projects done during this time period (most recent on the top):Testing for You're Not Family by Atiya NovaSubject of playtest, providing specific design and UX feedback while monitoring game performance across multiple machines.GGJ: The SubwaySecond Twine game continuing the theme of fixations, this time in public transit. Expanded weighted decisions, exploring… Show more Working on my own abilities while gaining skills in other areas - mainly quality assurance in games.Projects done during this time period (most recent on the top):Testing for You're Not Family by Atiya NovaSubject of playtest, providing specific design and UX feedback while monitoring game performance across multiple machines.GGJ: The SubwaySecond Twine game continuing the theme of fixations, this time in public transit. Expanded weighted decisions, exploring thresholds while implementing dyslexic-friendly font options.GGJ: The QueueTwine game about what people focus on while queueing in public. First foray in Twine, experimented with weighted decision making to give three different outcomes.TO Jam: Stage Fright Unity game centred around the theme ’Once more, with feeling’. Helped manage team of 8 while being the primary level designer and asset locator/implementer. Recorded flamboyant vocals for extra flair.Global Game Jam: Return to Colour Unity game made for GGJ online 2021 with the theme also being lost and found. Assisted design, programming, and the vocal recordings. Organized the team through Trello and pivoted to feature testing upon completing other tasks.TO Jam: The Party Planner Game JamUnity game for the Toronto Game Jam, theme of ’together but apart’. Created idea to gameify organizing a reunion, contacting relatives via text. Wrote all of the text conversations.OTU GDSA’s Jam: DID Unity game for the GDSA online game jam, with the theme being ’lost and found’. Focused on dialogue writing and implementation. Pivoted to UI and playtesting once completed to search for bugs and other errors. Show less

Uncovered various and strange issues thanks to my playstyle of 'running into walls', 'going on adventures off map', and 'being really bad at platformers'.Freelance QA Tester for Weathered Sweater.Performed tests within general parameters of the game, aimed to uncover technical and user issues.Logged all issues within a Software Testing log sheet, assigning observed priority and recording steps to recreate.Recorded playtesting sessions to include context, leaving timestamps… Show more Uncovered various and strange issues thanks to my playstyle of 'running into walls', 'going on adventures off map', and 'being really bad at platformers'.Freelance QA Tester for Weathered Sweater.Performed tests within general parameters of the game, aimed to uncover technical and user issues.Logged all issues within a Software Testing log sheet, assigning observed priority and recording steps to recreate.Recorded playtesting sessions to include context, leaving timestamps at bug appearances to assist developers.Responded to questions while developers sat in during playtesting sessions, recording my feelings on gameplay and highlighting usability issues in map navigation and difficulty. Show less

Marking and officiating the tutorial presentations for the 3rd Year Games User Research at Ontario Tech. Helping out the professor with keeping the class and discussions organized, and giving feedback whenever requested.

Crafted a multimedia presentation for the Game Development Capstone students at the request of FBIT at Ontario Tech. Drafted a script, edited, and recorded within Reaper to match to a 25 minute video presentation. This video detailed common questions students usually have about Capstone, drawing on my experiences as a Game Dev graduate of the program and as a freelance developer. This included how to interact with clients outside of the school, how to prepare the team to work with someone… Show more Crafted a multimedia presentation for the Game Development Capstone students at the request of FBIT at Ontario Tech. Drafted a script, edited, and recorded within Reaper to match to a 25 minute video presentation. This video detailed common questions students usually have about Capstone, drawing on my experiences as a Game Dev graduate of the program and as a freelance developer. This included how to interact with clients outside of the school, how to prepare the team to work with someone outside the school, and steps to take to smooth out issues that may occur. Created a checklist to accompany the video to further assist the students. Delivered before the end of the year. Show less

Contracted to AugEx to work on their upcoming title Some Like It Hot! Looking to create something creative, whether its through scripts and characters or sound effects and composition.

Rushed contract to acquire and produce all sound effects for a Working at Heights Simulation in VR. Documented proper sources for legal tracing, and kept file naming consistent. Completed within extreme time constraints without crunch.

Oshawa, Ontario

Prepared laptops for distribution in the summer months for the upcoming school year for all UOIT students. Organized them by faculty and year, keeping tabs on the thousands of pieces of hardware. Performed hardware resets on those that required it. Assisted in the distribution of the laptops during the opening weeks of school.