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Spokane, WA, US

Fairfax, Virginia, US

Fairfax, Virginia, US

A small studio currently developing games in Unreal Engine 5.

Dallas, Texas, US

Thesis - A Unity3D game play system that builds and maintains a dynamic village capable of building and growing based on interactions with the environment, the player, and the world. Utilizing an early iteration of what would later be called a Utility AI system, the villagers and buildings are able to intelligently make choices and create dynamic quests.

Science Decisions - A Unity3D experiment in player interaction. Four players must cooperatively control an omni-directional physics-based spaceship as they fly, fight, and flee from enemies and obstacles. With a focus on heavy play testing and iteration, the game came to be hilariously fun.I designed and developed the game from scratch in Unity. Through.

Project: Island - A top down strategy survival game. Players control three astronauts in their struggle to survive a hostile planet after their ship crashes. Using each astronaut’s unique skills players can gather resources, fight off hostile creatures, and upgrade the survivors. Developed with a team of 16 people in UDK.I designed and implemented the.

SteamDrunk - A steampunk-inspired, pirate-themed competitive multiplayer game. The main game mode is an Asymmetric Assault Mode where one team of pirates must battle their way onto the enemy floating ship, disable it, and escape with the precious booze. All features prototyped and developed in Kismet. Developed with a team of 7 people in UDK.I designed the.

Everything from rogue-likes to shooters, I have been designing and coding my own small games for years.

The team I worked with my last year of college and for a short while after graduation. We developed a small 2D graphics engine using SDL and OpenGL. The game used a Quad Tree and Separating Axis Collision algorithms to provide quick and accurate collision detection. It could utilize mouse, keyboard, USB and Xbox 360 input and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

I assisted graduate level Japanese students in the preparation and presentation of their graduate thesis, helped translate technical specifications and cultural idioms into English, and assisted the students in understanding American culture, especially in regards to technology.

Grapevine, Texas, US

I sold video games and electronics at a GameStop retailer in my local mall. I managed multiple employees and assisted senior managers in their duties. I was the number one sales associate in the region numerous times and received managerial training and experience.

Masters Of Interactive Technology, Level Design

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science