Epic Games
Unannounced Disney Project
Gameplay Engineer II
Professional Experience
AAA game development across industry-leading studios
Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft Rumble
Senior Software Engineer
Key Projects:
- Game Simulation - Inherited core gameplay combat simulation, extending support for the newest units.
- Events - Designed multiple seasonal events, increasing player engagement month-over-month.
- Feature Development - PvP ladder, Guild Chat, Dungeons, Raids, and Special Rewards.
Blizzard Entertainment
Hearthstone
Software Engineer
Key Projects:
- 10th Class - Retrofitted screens to support the 10th (and beyond) class, Demon Hunter.
- Duels - New Game Mode - Primary engineer for Hearthstone: Duels.
- Battlegrounds Parties - Upgraded Hearthstone's 1v1 System to supprt parties and private lobbies.
- Infinite Decks - Added ability for client to support infinite decks.
ArenaNet
Unannounced Action Game
Technical Game Designer
- Authored a modular event-based skill system with multiple layers of interactions for an action RPG.
- Prototyped a variety of skills, quests, NPC behaviors, and open world puzzles.
- Designed a framework for world NPC dialog to be dynamically altered and deliberately chosen from across thousands of lines based off of the current game-world state.
- Inherited and extended a unit and spell system for a mobile deck-building strategy game, simultaneously creating cards and the tutorial content to teach the nuances of each card’s mechanics.
Amazon Game Studios
Breakaway
Software Test Engineer
- Developed and executed automated test scripts for core game systems
- Delivered bi-weekly analysis reports on network bandwidth usage and performance metrics
- Provided bi-monthly assessments evaluating game mechanics and balance changes
Red 5 Studios
Firefall
Technical Game Designer
Scripting for open world encounters, quest systems, seasonal events, and PvP game modes.
Key Projects:
- ARES Job System & Editor - Built foundational LUA libraries for dynamic quest generation, enabling hundreds of quests in 6 months
- Chosen Invasion Event - "Kill the Devs" event that resulted in peak lifetime concurrency
- Broken Peninsula PvP - Implemented PvP job system, bounty mechanics, upgradable bases, and vehicle systems
- Arena PvP Modes - Team Deathmatch, Jetball, and Hunters vs Ghosts
- Seasonal Events - Night of the Melding (Halloween) and various open-world encounters
Multiverse Games
Puzzle Nebula
Game Designer
A mind-bending puzzle game set in the far corners of space
- Designed the final platform mechanic (Roman Numeral shared platform)
- Created approximately one-third of the game's 80 levels
Obsidian Entertainment
South Park: Stick of Truth
Quality Assurance
RPG developed with South Park Digital Studios
Worked during final quarters of degree at UC Irvine during Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity Kickstarter campaign
- Extensive main story playthroughs on PC
- Input verification testing
- Minor content bug fixes using the level editor
