Luke Andersen Email & Phone Number

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Scarecrow is a USC Advanced Games Project in which you play as a scarecrow and protect your bird feeder from greedy squirrels!Scarecrow seeks to capture the mischievous stealth of Untitled Goose Game, with the player using their flight-centric movement and various traps to ambush invading squirrels and give them the fright of their lives!As an AI Engineer I am responsible for:- Working with our AI Designer to implement squirrel's various behaviors (idle/invading/alarmed/scared/etc...) using Behavior Designer to implement our enemy AI behavior trees- Working with other engineers to ensure the smooth AI integration with the rest of the game (ex. Squirrel perception of the player through sight/hearing)- Investigating and fixing bugs in the game (version control errors, game crashes, etc...)

Los Angeles, California, United States

Eight Moons to Eternity is a hybrid top-down shooter/resource management roguelike in which you travel through an endless number of bleak realities, hoping to repair humanity's last bastion of Eternity before mankind wipes itself out!As a Narrative Designer I was responsible for:Creating quests with branching outcomes using custom Unity ToolsWorking with the Game Design Team and Director to determine the overall game progressionCreating and updating a narrative wiki to keep the Narrative Team on the same page concerning character arcs and worldbuilding

Boo's there? is a puzzle adventure game set during Halloween in which you use your toolkit of monster-hunting detective tools to find out if those at your doorstep are mischievous children or sinister monsters!As a Gameplay Programmer I was responsible for:- Working with the Game Design team to create monster-hunting detective tools- Creating animation triggers and sound triggers based on input from the Game Design Team, Sound Design Team, and Producers

USC Thesis Game, 3D Psychological Horror Game, Unity, C++ - Designed puzzle environment and enemy AI behaviors - Provided direction to the Programming Team to implement gameplay features

Los Angeles, California, United States

USC Advanced Game Project, First-Person Detective Adventure Puzzle Game, Unity, C++ - Crafted dialogue scenes and item descriptions through Yarnspinner - Directed the Game Design Team on level design and gameplay features

Palo Alto, California, United States

Programming and design for a turn-based tactics game

Palo Alto, California, United States

Provided individual instruction in course material aligned with common core standards in Math and English

Oversaw and maintained aquatic facility to ensure patron safety

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science Games, 3.7

Activities and Societies: Open Alpha USC, The Sack of Troy, Makers of Entertaining Games Association, Men's Club Water Polo Team Relevant.

Education record

Activities and Societies: PALY Water Polo (2018-2021), Frosh/Soph Team Captain (2019) PALY Swimming (2019-2021), Junior Varsity Team.

Theater, Film And Television, A+

Writing for TV (Summer 2021)