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About Me

I am a professional video game designer with 8 years of industry experience and a specialization in World and Level Design. I enjoy working in every aspect of design and my experience covers a variety of projects including cooperative shooters, competitor shooters, action adventure, role playing, and survival crafting games.

Recent Experience

Squanch Games
Content DesIGNer II

2024 - Current

Projects
High On Life 2

Zapper Games
​World Designer

2021 - 2024

Projects
Unannounced sci-fi adventure

Funcom​
Game Designer II
 Level Designer
 Assoc. Level Designer

2018 - 2021

Projects
Dune Awakening
Conan Exiles
Unannounced sci-fi FPS

North Carolina State University

2014 - 2018

  • Feature owner and designer of all optional game content including open world puzzle rooms, combat encounters, skate activities, narrative vignettes, and side content set pieces.

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  • Designed and implemented new gameplay mechanics including interactive objects, puzzle mechanics, and environmental hazards using blueprint visual scripting.
     

  • Designed and implemented systems underpinning different archetypes of content like skate races or puzzle rooms to standardize implementation in multiple contexts.
     

  • Designed metrics and modeled blockout assets for a modular interior environment kit used to build puzzle rooms and as incidental architecture and set dressing through the game.
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  • Supported other designers through peer review, load balancing, and mentorship.

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  • Feature owner and designer of small-scale open world for third person action-adventure game. Building entire level with Unreal Engine 5 toolkit and modular environment asset kits.

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  • Designing and implementing level content for open world points of interest including platforming challenges, combat encounters, and puzzle sequences using Blueprint scripting.
     

  • Designing and implementing abilities and interactive objects for player character including movements, equipment, weapons, and puzzle components using Blueprint scripting.
     

  • Designing comprehensive metrics for world building modular asset kits and composition of level content while coordinating with environment art team on asset production.
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  • Acting as Strike Team owner for cross-discipline team implementing a pair of content types while evaluating scope, defining tasks, reviewing work, and coordinating with leads.
     

  • Mentoring junior level designer with regular feedback, peer review, and game design thought exercises while also managing their task assignments and deliverable reviews.

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  • Designed and implemented level content including 50+ open world points of interest, 5+ competitive combat arenas, and 10+ cooperative roleplaying dungeons utilizing Unreal Engine 4 and Blueprint scripting.
     

  • Designed and implemented game features including 5+ weapons, 10+ weapon modifications, character camera states, and controller user experience utilizing Unreal Engine 4 and Blueprint scripting.
     

  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams while owning design features from conception to implementation across projects inclusive of a cooperative shooter, competitive shooter, and survival sandbox.
     

  • Assisted environment art team with level set dressing and lighting while ensuring the integrity of game feel and level design was maintained from blockout to shippable.
     

  • Collaborated with environment art team to define comprehensive metrics for 3 modular asset kits across different projects through feedback loop of prototyping and iteration.

  • Bachelor of Science: Business Administration

    • Concentration: Information Technology​

    • GPA: 3.25

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