Experience

Fly Guy Interactive                                                                                              July 2020 – December 2021

2D Artist & Programmer

CIS (Communities in Schools) Project – Delivered 50% of 2D character art and rigging along with 100% of 2D environment art for educational tool designed to assess students through character interaction in different scenarios. Implemented standardized tile sets to increase efficiency of delivery for go forward releases. Applied environmental FX polish to animated energy beams and distracting elements in the classroom environment including meteor showers outside the window, paper airplanes in the room. Led source control implementation enabling secure remote work for team members. As art and implementation work completed, my role shifted to QA to identify bugs and implement fixes. (Photoshop, Unity, GitHub, Sourcetree)

Abomination Fight Pit Delux – Collaborated with co-worker on one of their games in development to complete 2D art, environment art and animation resulting in 34 character animations and 228 frames of animation. (Photoshop)

Other Notable Experience

Character Artist & Programmer                                                                                                             2020

Under Siege (Capstone Project) - Modeled, rigged, animated and implemented 3d characters for side scrolling puzzle platformer. Developed a visual shader to create cel shading effect using the dynamic lighting that applied to all visuals in the game. Conceived and implemented core gameplay mechanic allowing the player to create a body double which could be directly controlled or follow a player recording. In quality checks, ensured that collision detection between players and their body doubles were meeting expected results. (Unity)

VR Programmer                                                                                                                                            2020

Neon Highway – Developed and implemented gameplay programming for High Octane VR driving shooter game. Created a form of player mobility which limits motion sickness and enhances gameplay experience approximating the actions of driving a car. Established workflows and trained artists to submit completed assets to be implemented into the game. (Unity, Sourcetree)

Independent Studies                                                                                                                         2022

Prototyping with Unreal Engine - Spent time doing research and learning to port my own projects into the Unreal engine as a way to build experience with the product. Created prototype for 1st person action game, Kickjump, where the core ability was to kick enemies, objects and the ground to launch yourself progressing towards victory. (Unreal Engine)

Board Game Designer & Graphic Artist                                                                                   2022 - 2023

The Big Score (Independent Effort) – Designed, completed artwork for game assets, managed playtesting iterations of development for a fast-paced game for 3 – 6 players. Currently completing playtesting and iterations of development. Plan to begin pitching at conventions in 2024.

Major Retail Drug Store (Walgreens)                                                             May 2021 – November 2022

Team Leader

Joined as sales associate; advanced to team leader in 6 months. Trusted and capable leader supervising staff, opening and closing store. Worked closely with the store manager to address problems, hire new staff, cover challenging work schedules. Interacted with customers to ensure their needs were met. Addressed issues and complaints.