Résumé

Skills

Programming

• C, C++, C #
• Direct X
• OpenGL
• MFC, .NET
• ActionScript 2.0/3.0

• A*
• Greedy
• Breadth First
• Uniform Cost
• Finite State Machine
• Flocking
• Decision Trees
• Neural Networks

• UDP
• TCP
• Server/Client

• Tile Editor
• Unit Editor
• Particle Editor

• Occlusion Culling
• Scene Graph
• SIMD
• Batching

• MS Visual Studio 2005
• V-Tune
• Visual Paradigm
• Alienbrain, SVN
• Flash, Flex

• Algebra
• Trigonometry
• Calculus
• Physics

Education

Full Sail University                                                            Winter Park, FL
Bachelor of Science in Game Design and Development      April 2008              GPA:                                                                                3.03                       

Contraption

• Role : Gameplay Lead    Team Size : 5
• Implemented core gameplay logic involving the Grid System and Game Rules by contributing to the design and following the system architecture.
• Created intuitive user controls by setting up test sessions and applying user feedback.
• Designed tutorial levels to help communicate and teach the player how to effectively create complex contraptions while keeping the energy and drive of the building block atmosphere.
• Met development milestones by contributing to scheduling and task management.

Knight’s Revenge

• Role : Gameplay Lead    Team Size : 4
• Designed and implemented character classes using high level game concepts such as class hierarchies, abstract factories, and utilizing polymorphism.
• Implemented core gameplay logic involving Input, A.I., Graphic Effects, Weapon Behavior, and Game Rules by use of event dispatchers, message systems, and state machines.
• Created tools to create and import units using C# and XML in order to streamline production.
• Designed level bosses that required unique tactics for every character class to overcome by outlining boss behavior, attributes, and states.
  

A Lizard’s Tail

• Role : Level, Character, and Gameplay Designer     Team Size : 5
• Developed character bio and game specific behaviors by detailing character attributes and personality architecture.
• Designed tutorial and final levels providing a unique environment by detailing environmental aspects, verbal maps, attributes and behaviors of the level.

Country Gas – 2001-2006

• Role : Fill Station Manager