wade@darktreemedia.com |
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CURRENT OBJECTIVE
game or level design position |
| SKILL SET: Game and Level Design | ||
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❖ Game mechanics design ❖ Level design(3D & 2D) ❖ Product testing on high value IPs |
❖ Design documentation ❖ Menu systems ❖ Rapid prototyping |
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| SOFTWARE + SCRIPTING | ||
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3D: Unity, Valve Hammer Editor, UDK + Kismet, QuArK 2D: Game Maker, ProjectFun, LemEdit, ChatMapper Scripting: C#, GML, HTML, CSS Familiar with: Radiant, Flash + AS2/3, Zero Engine, Multimedia Fusion 2 Editing: Premiere/AfterEffects, Photoshop, Virtual Dub Other: Asana, Office, SVN |
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| Pocket Family | Aug 2015 - Aug 2016 | ||
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House building children's sim game for mobile
➢ Contribution: Producer, quest design, feature design, and economy balance ➢ Utilities: Asana, Photoshop, Office |
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| Save the Cave | Apr 2014 - Aug 2015 | ||
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Multiplayer tower defense for mobile tablets
➢ Contribution: Producer, level design ➢ Utilities: Proprietary map editor, Asana, Photoshop |
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| Tasty: The Search for the Mending Blend | Aug 2011 - May 2012 | ||
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3rd-person puzzle adventure (student team project)
➢ Role: Design Lead ➢ Contribution: Game design, level design, scripting, playtesting, design docs ➢ Utilities: UDK, Kismet, UnrealScript, Photoshop, After Effects |
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| TESTING | ||
| Nintendo Switch | Oct 2016 - Current | |
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Nintendo's hybrid video game console
➢ Contribution: Script debugging, test plan execution, feature suggestion ➢ Utilities: Visual Studio, video software, Office, JIRA |
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| Super Mario Maker 3DS | Aug 2016 - Oct 2016 | |
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Side-scrolling platform video game and game creation system.
➢ Contribution: Text check, gameplay bug checking ➢ Utilities: Proprietary bug tracking software, video hardware and software, Photoshop, Office |
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| Mario Party: Star Rush | Jul 2016 - Aug 2016 | |
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A party video game developed by Nd Cube
➢ Role: Completionist ➢ Contribution: Completion, text check, bug reporting, weekly reporting ➢ Utilities: Proprietary bug tracking software, video hardware and software, Photoshop, Office |
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| WORK | ||
| Associate Product Tester II | Jun 2016 - Current | |
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Parker at Nintendo ≡ Redmond, WA
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➢ Identify and report programming errors and anomalies
➢ Script debugging in Visual Studio ➢ Execute test-plan assignments and test cases ➢ Provide support to entry-level testers |
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| Associate Designer/Producer | Apr 2014 - Aug 2016 | |
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Kooapps ≡ Redmond, WA
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➢ Feature design for mobile titles
➢ Manage international art and dev teams ➢ Level design for mobile tower defense ➢ Economy balancing on a sim game |
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| ProjectFun Assistant Teacher | Summer of 2010 | |
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DigiPen Institute of Technology ≡ Redmond, WA
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Taught middle to high school-level students how to use DigiPen's in-house game development software. I also helped organize and develop the Game Design summer course material.
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| Multimedia Fusion 2 Instructor | Summer of 2009 | |
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Chase Middle School ≡ Spokane, WA
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Taught middle school students how to use the game making software Multimedia Fusion 2 during a six-week course with the company TinCan.
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| EDUCATION | ||
| Bachelor of Arts in Game Design | Class of 2013 | |
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DigiPen Institute of Technology ≡ Redmond, WA
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| Courses in Business Computers, Project Management | 2005-2007 | |
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Spokane Community College ≡ Spokane, WA
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| ACCOLADES | ||
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Chosen for the DigiPen GDC Showcase Demo Reel (Water Power, 2011) Nominated for TWHL’s ‘Map a Puzzle’ competition (Barrel Destroyer, 2008) Highest rated Half-Life mod on TWHL for 2 years (Dungeon Death, 2004) |
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Click here to download the résumé as PDF |
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