A lifetime of gaming informs my sense of design and creativity. Innovation and experimentation are the way to move the game industry forward, which is why I truly enjoy the challenge of designing, implementing, and testing new and interesting features in games and applications. To contact me, visit the Contact page!
Industry Roles & Experience – Twitch Streaming Experience – Skills & Proficiencies
Industry Roles & Experience
Assistant Director – Monster Bath Studios (formerly Causal Bit Games), 2018-Present
Projects:
– Deathwish Enforcers: Special Edition (2024, Steam)
– GuardGrave (2023, Steam and itch.io)
– Deathwish Enforcers (2023, Switch and PS4)
– Super Battle Princess Madelyn (exA-Arcadia)
– Battle Princess Madelyn: Royal Edition (2019, Switch)
– Battle Princess Madelyn (2018, Steam, XB1, and PS4)
Roles: Assistant Director, Core Gameplay & Level Designer, Producer, Quality Assurance Engineer, SFX Designer, Voice Actor
Tasks: Designing and tuning gameplay features and levels from concept to release, building and maintaining issue lists in spreadsheets and tracking apps, daily collaboration with teammates, researching similar arcade products, assisting with UI and print material layouts, utilizing feedback from playtesters, leading thorough blackbox and whitebox testing, working entirely self-directed with minimal oversight.
Product Lead & Game Designer – MyDream Interactive Inc., 2014-2020
Projects:
– The Adoraboos (2020, iOS and Android)
– VR Toolbox (2017, Steam Desktop VR)
– Candy Squad (2017, Mobile VR)
– Siege Hammer (2016, Steam and Mobile VR)
– MyDream (2016, Steam)
Roles: Core Gameplay & Level Designer, Education System Designer, Producer, On-Site Convention Manager, Quality Assurance Engineer, Community Manager, Voice Actor
Tasks: Designing and tuning gameplay for VR and puzzle-based projects, issue tracking across multiple projects, collaborating daily with art and engineering, researching VR best practices and usability for assistive technology, managing convention booths and events, designing a progressive vocabulary education system, and interfacing with players, investors, and media for feedback and updates.
Consultant – Skyward* Corp, 2016-2020
I was brought on to help the Skyward* team develop the content, rules, and mechanics for the Theleston tabletop RPG project (still in development), and testing & feedback on the Theleston Divination Cards app.
Level Designer – Tic Toc Games – 2013
Tic Toc Games hired me to design and decorate new level segments for Pug Run, as well as designing new standards for how level segments should be composed, and teaching those level design standards to the technical artist. Pug Run made it to #1 worldwide on the iOS app store during the initial week of release.
Solo Developer – Reese Holland Games – 2010-2013
After graduating from CSUN, I started learning ActionScript 3.0 to develop my own games completely solo, including assets, using Adobe Flash CS4, and publishing them to MochiGames, Newgrounds, and Kongregate. I also made two collaborative games with artists in Stencyl during this period.
QA/Production Intern – Nickelodeon Virtual Worlds Group (formerly Neopets) – 2009
I joined the Nickelodeon Virtual Worlds Group team as a Quality Assurance and Production intern, then again as a Production-only intern, working on puzzle-based MMO Petpet Park, online board game KeyQuest, and the site games and events for Neopets.com.
Quality Assurance Tester – THQ – 2003
This was my first official industry job, and the team was quickly set to 88 hours weeks with 2 days off per month. I was responsible for blackbox testing, language VO usage verifications, and regression testing.
Twitch Streaming Experience
Affiliate Co-Host – Theory Forge – 2014-Present
Theory Forge was formed at fan festival SOE Live 2014, covering EverQuest Next/Landmark, Revival, Theleston, Chronicles of Elyria, and Ashes of Creation as major focuses of the channel. I’ve run streams and shows, provided discussion content, found and hosted guests for the shows, and ran a small TTG campaign.
Partner – Who’s Gaming Now Network – 2014-2019
I was invited in 2014 to take over the streaming branch of Who’s Gaming Now?!, a review service that elevated projects through Steam Greenlight until that program ended. I became the Streaming Team Captain late in 2014, taking on more streaming, team management, business development, and getting us partnered.
Skills & Proficiencies
Systems Design – Prototyping, creating, revising, and rebuilding systems for games of all genres, sizes, and platforms, allows me to approach systems design critically and effectively, whether the goal is to build up features, pare down from having too many, or revise the ones that exist to better match their gameplay use.
Content Design – 2D and 3D level design, world design, story and narrative design, and quest content. I enjoy and excel at weaving together assets, lore, and features into high-quality, memorable gameplay experiences.
Audio Design – Developing the audio aesthetic, using sound and music to create believable and cohesive environments, and maximizing immersion and solid gameplay interactions through audio cues and reactions.
Quality Assurance – Testing in blackbox and whitebox environments, designing and updating issue tracking lists, designing and running thorough test plans, and testing new features in detail before being committed. I am a QA miracle worker, and I regularly save entire sprints by tracking down elusive and insidious issues.
Project Management – Managing issue trackers like JIRA and Airtable, managing kanban boards like Trello, identifying blockers and assigning them as tasks, attending stand-up meetings, and meeting with investors.
Scripting – Working with C#, JS, and JSON files to create, shape, and extend gameplay content and features.
Conventions – Successfully set up, organized, and been in charge of running professional booths for desktop, mobile, VR, and Mocap products at GDC, E3, Siggraph, SXSW, PAX East/West, SVVR, and VRLA.
Other Skills – Unity 2017-20, Adobe Creative Suite, Community & Social Media Manager, Tutorial/UX Design, Convention Booth Management, Business Development, Developing for PC, VR, Mobile, and Consoles.
Education – California State University Northridge – 2010 – B.A. in Art (Animation, focused on Production).