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[ Skills ]
Engines/Development Environments
  • UnrealEngine 3 (Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway, Section 8)
  • Lithtech (F.E.A.R.)
  • Hammer (Half-Life 2)
  • Quake IV Radiant
  • The Elder Scrolls Construction Set (Morrowind, Oblivion)
  • UnrealEngine 2 (Unreal Tournament 2004)
Level Design Skills
  • BSP Manipulation & Texturing
  • Gameplay & AI Scripting
  • Design Documentation
  • Level Lighting
  • Gameplay Balance
  • PC & Xbox 360 Optimization
  • Low/Medium Poly Modeling
Asset Creation
  • 3DS Max 7
  • Adobe Photoshop CS2
  • Adobe Illustrator 10
Additional Software
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Perforce 4
  • Microsoft Office 2003
  • Subversion (Tortoise SVN 1.4.5)
Programming/Scripting Languages
  • C/C++
  • C#
  • Visual Basic
  • IBM Assembly
  • PL/SQL
  • Kismet
  • UnrealScript
  • DoomScript
  • Lua 5.1
  • VBScript
  • SDL
  • OpenGL
[ Professional Experience ]
Section 8 - TimeGate Studios April 2008 - Present
Level Designer
  • Created the Utah Crash Site map and took it through all phases of development, from initial sketches to PC and Xbox 360 optimization
  • Implemented singleplayer gameplay in Utah Crash Site using Kismet scripting
  • Created Kismet scripting framework for use in singleplayer campaign variants of all shipped maps
  • Assisted other level designers in fixing a wide variety of Kismet scripting-related issues
 
Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway - Gearbox Software June 2007 - August 2007
Level Design Intern
  • Responsible for LOD/Skybox map creation, Kismet scripting, and general bug-fixing across multiple maps. (~125 tasks and bugs resolved over three months)
  • Created internal test maps and UI front-end used for testing various game functionality (weapons and AI)
  • Scripted basic objective and waypoint systems in editor for three levels
  • Cooked and tested Xbox 360 builds of levels for streaming/optimization purposes.
[ Other Game Experience ]
Duality - The Guildhall at SMU April 2007 - March 2008
Level Designer/Programmer
  • Masters Project-in-lieu-of-Thesis created in Half-Life 2
  • Study in the use of a single basic level design for two separate gameplay types, Stealth and Action
  • Used extensive scripting and modifications to the existing Half-Life 2 code to create believable stealth gameplay
  • Created two versions of the same level, each with the same BSP, but with differing light, enemy and asset placement to produce the best experience for each gameplay type
 
Deja Vudu - The Guildhall at SMU August 2007 - March 2008
Lead Level Designer (Team Size: 11; 7 Level Designers, 2 Artists, 2 Programmers)
  • Adventure/Environmental puzzle modification for Half-Life 2
  • Managed level designer work loads
  • Created base BSP for half of first floor level
  • Coded HUD elements for inventory, screen overlays, and in-game hint book using C++
 
U.S.S. Heimdall - The Guildhall at SMU March 2007 - June 2007
Level Designer
  • Individual Quake IV level created for Directed Focus Study
  • Created level (all BSP, texturing, lighting, and asset placement) that made use of complex scripted events using only Quake IV assets
 
A Visit to Black Marsh - The Guildhall at SMU January 2007 - March 2007
Level Designer
  • Project created for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion using only in-game assets
  • Created a new city with 15+ interiors, two dungeons, three quest-lines, 75+ lines of dialog, and custom scripts
 
Snowball Effect - The Guildhall at SMU January 2007 - March 2007
Team Lead/Producer (Team Size: 9; 5 Level Designers, 2 Artists, 2 Programmers)
  • Team-based CTF-style project for Unreal Tournament 2004
  • Handled overall team management and documentation updates
  • Scripted eight of the mods eleven weapons, as well as the main menu and in-game menu GUI
 
The Guildhall at SMU June 2006 - March 2008
Level Design Student
  • Participated in multiple short term level design projects, both solo and with teams
  • Worked with programming and scripting languages such as C++, Lua, and UnrealScript
[ Programming Experience ]
Senior CS Project: Robotics Interface - Susquehanna University September 2005 - June 2006
  • Worked with a team of five Computer Science undergrads to create path-finding system for university-provided robot
  • Create GUI for mapping out surrounding area based on robot sensor input using SDL and C++
 
Datatel June 2005 - September 2005
Software Development Intern
  • Fixed various bugs in Colleague, a database system for colleges/universities
  • Added new or requested features to the system
[ Education ]
The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University June 2006 - March 2008
Masters of Interactive Technology in Digital Game Development
Specialization: Level Design, Scripting. GPA: 3.86
 
Susquehanna University June 2002 - June 2006
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics
Graduated cum laude, GPA: 3.79
 
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