Objective
Digital games to me are like poems, with gameplay dictating the rhythm and flow of a story and informing its emotion for players the way words and rhetorical devices do in poetry for its readers. With this ideal combined with sensible, unified, and mathematically deliberate design principles and a working knowledge of the many parts that make a game I intend to see games realize their potential as the most highly evolved and sophisticated form of art that exists in a way they never have before.
Education
- Bachelors of Arts, Honors College, Michigan State University
- Received May 8, 2009
- Major: Telecommunications, Information Studies and Media
- Specialization in Digital Game Design
- GPA: Overall: 3.4 In Major: 3.6
Skills
Communication
- Trained in technical writing, documentation, and communication
- Trained web designer with high proficiency in XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS
- Able to coordinate groups for both research and development-oriented projects
- Strong skills in providing detailed, objective feedback and analysis regardless of subject matter
Game Design
- Development environments: Tabletop, Torque 2D, Unity game engine, Flash/Actionscript 3/Papervision 3D
- Awareness of all aspects of digital game production, including animation and programming
- Experience in a variety of different scopes and project types, including serious and casual games
- Acute awareness of mathematical and deliberate nature of games, gameplay elements, and feedback
- Experience in both 2D and 3D media
Modeling/Animation
- Proficient in Maya 2008, Softimage XSI, and Zbrush 3.1
- Adaptable to a variety of visual styles and polygon/pixel budgets
- Competent with hand-painted textures in photoshop
- Competent with advanced rigging techniques in both Maya and Softimage
- Competent with a variety of techniques in normal and specular mapping to create realistic, believable textures
- Competent with resource-efficient environmental design techniques
Activities and Work Experience
Student Assistant, DMAT Lab, Comm. Arts, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- Jan. 2008-Present
- Duties: Checking in/out equipment, assistance with lab and equipment maintenance, provide technical assistance for students
Technical Assistant, Stallman Trucking/DuPage Paperstock, Streamwood, IL
- Summer 2007/2008
- Duties: General technical assistance, including writing Emails and helping solve computer-related issues, and paper sorting
Co-founder, Vice Chairman, Amorphous Entertainment Student Animation Group, MSU, East Lansing, MI
Member, Spartasoft Game Development Club, MSU, East Lansing, MI
References
Available upon request