Michael Ford Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Game Designer for "Baseball Rising"Game Designer and Programmer for "Scan-it Planet" Game Designer for "Spellfish"

United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Emphasis in Game AudioMinor in Video Game ProgrammingSelected as a Director for the Advanced Games Program

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Torrance, California, United States

Iterated on core loop and changed weapon and enemy stats to create a fun and balanced experienceExchanged feedback with other designers, articulated the advantages and drawbacks of design decisionsImplemented in-game systems and mechanics using the Unity engine, internal tools, and scripting in C#

Los Angeles, California, United States

Communicated project vision and design decisions to team members and faculty oversight board in daily meetingsMaintained team-wide standard of listening and respect to motivate all members to join group discussionsLed 30-member team of designers, engineers, and artists through full year of game development

Los Angeles, California, United States

Designed and developed cards, concepts, and flavor to fit a charming and humorous fantasy worldOrganized and participated in playtests and analyzed feedback to ensure compelling and fun gameplayAdvocated for game concept on social media, successfully launched and sold game on Kickstarter with over $2,000

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

For my capstone research project, we were tasked with answering a research question of our own design. I chose to study video game psychology, due to its prevalence in the media at the time. I began by studying the "Big Five" model of psychology, which measures participants based on five qualities: Openness, Contentiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. I then created an interactive narrative that presented the player with many choices of varying degrees of importance, such as choosing how to respond to being approached by a young fan of your heroics, or whether to kill the villain at the end of the game. I used an in-game system to log the player's decisions in the game and output a personality score upon completion.

Interactive Media, Game And Interactive Media Design

High School Diploma

Two Week Residential Game Design Workshop, Immersive Game Design Program

Learned basic skills in Unity, level design, and C# programming. Conceived, designed, and programmed a basic 2D platformer.