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Building a new co-op action/adventure IP for PC & consoles in Unreal Engine 5.

• Working on building a new team and a AAA open-world game for next gen consoles.

• Working on building a new team and a AAA open-world game for next gen consoles.

Espoo, Southern Finland, FI

• Supported the development of Alan Wake 2 as a member of the project approval leadership team.
• Assisted with the development of several core gameplay systems, including the player camera and locomotion systems.

Espoo, Southern Finland, FI

• Lead Designer of CONTROL, the critically-acclaimed game nominated for 11 BAFTA Awards, winner of more than 25 Game of the Year Awards, and downloaded by more than 10 million players - out now on PS4, Xbox, PC and.
• Established the design direction for the game and communicated it to the team through regularupdates, team meetings, and review sessions.
• Wrote the foundational design documents for each core game system including levels, missions,combat, weapons, enemies, boss battles, abilities, UI, player progression, and game economy.
• Led the campaign level design team, set standards and metrics, and translated the overall story into each of the individual missions.
• Led the systems design team, outlining each core system and iterating to improve the feel, ensuring locomotion and abilities felt empowering, and combat felt challenging and rewarding.
• Advocated for gameplay features the studio hadn’t attempted before, including interconnectedopen-world level design, optional side missions, procedural enemy encounters, player and weaponprogression systems, boss.

Co-founded a startup for building quality tools and entertainment experiences for partners such as Microsoft.Blueprint Sketch - An award-winning architectural sketch app for Windows PC. Used by Microsoft to promote the Surface Hub touchscreen devices. Available in the Windows Marketplace:http://bit.ly/1HYsPD1Idio Words - A word game with a new twist for.

• Co-founded a successful startup (NC2 Media) to design a new mobile gaming and advertising platform which was acquired by Lonely Planet.
• Lead the UI/UX design for a new mobile gaming platform.
• Designed and oversaw the implementation of 8 new mobile games which ran within the platform.
• Responsible for overseeing testing, tuning, and iteration based on user feedback.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Helped lead the campaign design and planning for Halo 5: Guardians.
• Planned and wrote the level design documents for the new campaign.
• Built level layout geometry for multiple interconnected levels.
• Worked with the narrative team to create compelling moments, set pieces, and pacing.
• Worked closely with the sandbox designers to create new compelling gameplay systems.
• Collaborated with the leads to establish a strong design process.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Designed and built much of the single-player campaign experience for Halo 4.
• Wrote the mission design documents and pitched concepts for the levels Dawn, Infinity, Composer, and assisted other designers in writing and pitching Requiem and Midnight.
• Built level layout geometry for Dawn, Requiem, Infinity, Composer, and Midnight.
• Built enemy encounters and level scripting for Requiem and Composer.
• Worked closely with concept and environment art teams in creating memorable moments.
• Organized iterative playtests with internal and external candidates.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Designed levels and gameplay for Kinect Adventures, the best-selling Xbox title with over 24 million units sold.
• Built levels, gameplay, animations, and scripting for River Rush, Rallyball, and Reflex Ridge.
• Conducted playtests and made iterative changes based on feedback.

Redmond, Washington, US

Built new prototype experiences for Project Natal (Microsoft Kinect) at Microsoft Research.

I was brought on to help this great indie team design, prototype, and improve UI/UX and gameplay features for the game Buddy and Me (iOS, Nintendo WiiU).

Bellevue, WA, US

Had the honor of helping this amazing team design and develop levels for the award-winning game, 'Republique' (iOS/PC/PS4), including the Library in Episode 2.

San Diego, CA, US

• Designed single-player and multiplayer levels for the spy/action-MMO The Agency, including the 2009 E3 demo experience.
• Wrote mission design overviews with interesting and memorable gameplay events.
• Drew out paper designs considering player flow, encounters, and pacing.
• Built the white box level geometry in Maya.
• Built temporary environment art to help define spaces.
• Worked closely with concept artists in creating paintovers to help define level spaces.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Designed and built multiplayer levels and environment art for Shadowrun (Xbox 360/PC). Level Design:
• Created paper designs for the levels Poco, Pinnacle, and Lobby.
• Built graybox level layouts in Maya.
• Ran playtest iterations, made changes based on feedback, and worked closely with the test team to achieve balance.
• Worked with concept artists in creating paintovers to help define each space.Environment Art:
• Modeled and UV’d unique environment assets.

US

• Created environment and tech art for the feature film "Barnyard" from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Films.
• Modeled dozens of environment and prop models (both low and hi-res) in Softimage XSI.
• Created UV layouts for both characters and environment models.
• Taught classes on using XSI to artists unfamiliar with the software.
• Created modeling standards for LODs as well as normal mapping and instancing techniques.
• Worked with programmers to write custom tools to make artists as efficient as possible.

• Built concepts and prototypes for an unreleased game using a proprietary real-time fluid dynamics engine.
• Designed and created company logos and graphic designs for the company website.
• http://www.liquiddragon.com/