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· Created an impactful metroidvania with climate specialists and mentors utilizing the Unity game engine, aimed at inspiring environmental action during a "Change the Story" themed Climate Jam.· Spearheaded enemy and boss design, programming, and animation. Assisted with bug fixes across the game and was the team’s dedicated GitHub branch manager. Coordinated the team's tasks to meet weekly sprint deadlines.· Collaborated with a diverse team in conceptualizing, developing, and launching the following 4 design sprints: - Ideation - Prototyping - Production - Polish/release/marketing strategies

Los Angeles, California, United States

· Unity 3D isometric stealth-comedy cleaning game for USC’s Advanced Games Project class.· Participated in daily cross-departmental meetings with a team of 30+ people.· Spearheaded the implementation of the game’s user interface, minimap, cutscenes, and menus. · Created documentation in Google Docs to ensure team members could easily understand the game features.· Playtested the game, documented bugs in ClickUp, fixed/managed over 100 bugs to ensure game played seamlessly, aiding in gameplay polish and cross-platform support.· Ensured the trophy system at the end of each level was fair and challenging, encouraging players to return to try for a better score. · Contributed to marketing campaign that resulted in over 1MM downloads across mobile, Windows, and Mac.· Winner of the Unity Game Awards Best Student Project, nominated for the IndieCade Festival Awards Best Performance category and a finalist in the Apple App Store iPhone Game of the Year category.

Torrance, California, United States

· Collaborated closely with artists, programmers, audio engineers, and producers to develop the Saleblazers multiplayer RPG game and get it ready for release.· Participated in daily cross department meetings to develop high-level plans for new game mechanics and worked autonomously to help the team reach their project goals.· Utilized Perforce and Jira to maintain project organization and progress tracking.· Fostered innovation through the design process of missions, levels and combat encounters using the Unity engine and C# in Visual Studio.· Worked with artists to set dress environments while crafting and implementing intricate enemy, NPC, resource encounter designs and developed sophisticated hostile AI behaviors.· Saleblazers won the NYX Game Awards for the Best Gameplay, Survival, Role-Playing Game, Simulation, Open World, and Indie categories.

Los Angeles, California, United States

· Unity first-person horror game made with a partner for the USC’s Intermediate Game Design Workshop class.· Worked on programming, designing, enemy AI, player movement/interactions, animation and UI.· Designed all art assets, including modeling, lighting, texturing, rigging and skinning work.· Directed composer and sound designer, and conducted weekly internal and external playtests.· Carried out rapid prototyping to optimize game aspects informed by internal and external weekly playtesting.

Los Angeles, California, United States

· Unity first-person futuristic puzzle game with retro graphics for USC’s Advanced Games Project class.· Constructed 3D models and was a set dresser and texture designer for the game’s ever-evolving visual style.· Collaborated with a team of 30+ students over frequent team meetings utilizing Trello and Notion.· Used Maya to block out and create assets for the waiting room, hallway, and dining room for the first floor of the game's Victorian mansion to match its futuristic 90s retro aesthetic.

Chicago

Earned National Restaurant Association’s ServSafe® Workplace and Food Handler Certificates

Los Angeles, California, United States

· Unreal Engine 5 first-person horror game made independently for USC’s Digital Media Workshop class.· Utilized Blueprints, to make complex and interlocking enemy AI, puzzle mechanics, and user interactions.· Created all 3D models and animations using Maya and textured them using Substance 3D Painter.

Ba Interactive Media And Game Design, Minors In Video Game Programming And Immersive Media, Specialization In Ai Applications

High School Diploma

Summer School