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Dedicated to prototyping
mechanics and interfaces
for children's and serious games
(Available July 2009)
University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, California, August
2006 - May 2009
M.F.A. Student: Led two advanced games (procedural graphics, language learning).
Octosimple, LLC,
Design Consultant: Advised president and investors. Presented concept.
Incognito Entertainment
(SCEA),
Designer/Scripter (contractor): Scripted a mission and cinematic for Warhawk (PS3). Collaborated with programmer on infantry artificial intelligence. Scripted framework of ambient warfare. Scripted an in-game spawn tool. Drafted manual on scripting.
TableStar Games (board game publisher),
Game Designer, Sep 2005 - Feb 2006: Paper prototyped four games; directed artists.
Director of Development, May 2005 - August 2005: Managed and tested five games.
Game Developer, February 2005 - May 2005: Designed one game; analyzed HeroCard.
NIIT,
Author and illustrator (contractor): Textbook chapter, "Game Script and Storyboard Creation" (80 pg, 2 wks). Instructor’s manual, Game Interface Design (290 pg, 4 wks).
Student: Designed new major of algorithms, screenwriting, and 3D animation. Honoree.
Nexon,
Design Consultant, June 2003: Advised managing director about Mabinogi (MMORPG).
Game Designer,
Localization Producer, 2000-2001: QuizQuiz (MMO trivia) alpha in 3 weeks.
Technical Writer, 2000: Documented proprietary server code of
four MMORPGs (400 pg, 5 wks). Manual
distributed to
Game Director, 1997-2000: Employee #3. Localized and operated The Kingdom of the Winds (MMORPG) and Dark Ages (MMORPG). Designed and scripted: religion, politics, legends, contests, events, guilds, arenas, quests, and zones. Collaborated with programmers and artists. Revised and wrote fiction. Edited 400 works of fan fiction.
20th Century Fox,
Game Concept Designer (contractor): The X-Files Trivia Game (board game).
Maintainer: Troubleshot networks. Secret clearance; awarded ARCOM; mission in DMZ.
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Game |
Platform |
Developer |
Role |
Year |
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PS3 |
Incognito
(SCEA) |
Designer/Scripter |
2006 |
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board
game |
TableStar
Games |
Design
Team |
2005 |
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board game |
TableStar
Games |
Game
Designer and Co-Art
Director |
2005 |
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PC MMO |
Nexon,
Inc. |
Localization
Producer |
2000 |
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PC MMO |
Nexon,
Inc. |
Game
Director |
1998-2000 |
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PC MMO |
Nexon,
Inc. |
Game
Director |
1997-1998 |
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board game |
20th
Century Fox |
Game
Concept Designer |
1997 |
AIIDE, "Explicit Knowledge Programming for Computer Games" (article co-author), 2008
AISB, "Open Problems in Simulation and Story
Analysis" (article, speaker), 2008
Logic and the Simulation of Interaction
and Reasoning, proceedings (ISBN 1902956680)
Massively Multiplayer Game Development 2 (ISBN 1584503904)
GameDev.net, "Randomness without Replacement" (article), 2005
ITT Tech, Game Interface Design (instructor’s manual), 2004
ITT Tech, "Game Script and Storyboard Creation" (textbook chapter), 2004
IGDA, "Persistent World Design" (white paper section), 2004
Gamasutra.com, "Better Game Design through Data Mining" (article), 2003
MUD-Dev Conference, "Better Game Design through Data Mining" (speaker), 2003
Interactive Media, M.F.A.,
Student games: Runesinger,
Euphonics, Free Ranger
Computer Game Design, magna cum laude, B.A., San
Francisco State University, 2004
English Literature, Lower
division, De Anza College,
Access, ActionScript 2.0, Avid, Blender, C++, Excel, Final Cut, Flash, HTML, InDesign, JavaScript, Maya, OGRE, OpenGL,
Photoshop, PowerPoint, Premiere, Project, Python, RCS, SketchUp,
SourceSafe, SVN, Unix
scripts (awk, grep, ksh, sed), vim, Visio, Visual Studio, Word.
(Expert-level denoted in bold. Beginner-level denoted in small italics.)
Proprietary game scripting languages
that model: assembly, C, and a finite
state machine.
Proprietary 2D, tile-based level editors:
isometric and overhead.
Samples and references available on request. Some samples online: fine game design . com