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I am currently seeking a new, full-time career challenge in Game Design; looking to direct my skills into a role which would incorporate all of my personal strengths and eager to learn new skills. My love of digital entertainment has certainly steered me towards a career in games. I am a highly dedicated, reliable and passionate individual, who is comfortable working in a team or independently when necessary. One who enjoys building on existing skills and developing new ones to preserve and enhance the high standard that has been upheld throughout my personal working life.

Game Designer, Jan 2015 - Present - Oysterworld, Cardiff

  • During my time here I have developed a wide scope of design skills for a range of game genres, proving myself to be a versatile Designer.

  • For the last 5 months I have been acting-lead for a small Design team on a 3D puzzle-adventure title for a leading license.

  • Wrote thorough GDDs and also created more concise documentation to hand-off to code and art teams.

  • Balanced gameplay and managed the economy database for F2P game .

  • Assisted in writing the narrative, dialogue and expanded lore for

  • Worked closely in-engine with the code team to learn basic scripting and helped develop a high level logic/component system that could be used by Designers without Programmer aid.

  • Worked on Level Design and interactive storytelling through the use of environment.

  • Prototyped levels and tested game mechanics on paper and in engine.

  • Designed and tested bespoke Unity3D Editor tools for the creation of 2D&3D HOPA titles to make our pipeline more efficient and to simplify development for external teams that would use our toolset.

  • Wrote a number of design proposals for investment.

  • Wrote the specifications for mobile achievements and analytics.

 
Freelance Unity3D UX Designer, Feb - July 2014 - Athgo Global, California [Remote]

  • Responsible for building scenes and implementing assets for a 3D Business-Networking Environment using Unity3D.

  • Worked with a UI artist to design the 3D menu interface.

  • Researched UX and wrote proposals for new ways to update our current menu systems and accommodate for our user-requirements.

  • Prototyped the UI using wireframes [Axure] to explain functionality to the rest of the team, which directed our workflow and helped us plan the next sprint.

  • Implemented UI art and used NGUI to create assets, then hooked these up using components from the programming team to generate a working application.

  • In charge of testing functionality and logging issues or tasks for improvement.

  • Gamified interface to improve user experience.

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Warehouse Operative, Aug - Dec 2013, M and M Direct, Hereford [Christmas Temp]

 

Freelance Designer and 3D Environment Artist, Apr - Aug 2013, Aphelio, London [Remote]

  • Worked on Level Design for a 3D arena game to be played in the browser.

  • Assisted in creating and implementing low poly, 3D environment assets.

  • Communicated ideas to a large network of people remotely. Keeping up regular communication with to get the best results.

 

Customer Service Provider, October 2012 - January 2013 - Argos, Hereford [Christmas Temp]

 

PUBLISHED TITLES

  • Pooka: Magic and Mischief

    • Currently in soft launch (Canada and Australia, 2016), available on all Apple devices.

 

 

 

Skills

 

  • Experience working as part of a development team

  • Highly Organised and concise

  • Excellent written communication

  • Experience writing detailed Game Design Documents

  • Reliable team member who is able to work to deadlines in order to meet targets with positive results

  • Experience using Unity3D - alongside NGUI and Shader Forge extensions

  • Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Visio, Excel, Powerpoint)

  • Used version control (GIT) and (SVN) for both personal and professional projects

  • JIRA, Trello and Hansoft used to log bugs and track tasks

  • Used application emulators and relevant hardware when building and testing applications (PC/ HTC Trophy) across a number of Operating Systems (Windows/ iOS/ Android)

  • Proficient in Maya and Photoshop

 

 

University of South Wales, Newport

​2009 - 2012

​Achieved: ​1st Class Degree in BA (Hons) Computer Games Design

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Herefordshire College of Art and Design

2008 - 2009

​Achieved: Merit Diploma in Foundation Art Studies

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Herefordshire Sixth Form College

2006 - 2008

​Achieved: x3 B A2 level grades in English literature, Statistics and Film Studies

Achieved: 1 C AS level grade in Computing

 

Aylestone High School, Hereford

2001 - 2006

​Achieved: 12 GCSEs graded A - C

About Me

Objective

 

Work​

experience​
 

Education

In addition to playing a variety of games – ranging from first person shooters to card games – I also enjoy making games in my spare time. Currently I am collaborating with a small group of people to build a small phone game called Shooshi. My main role in our current project is assetisation and UX design, though I hope to be able to put my 3D skills to use in future projects. I also help to organise and communicate with the team to make sure everyone keeps up to date and meeting deadlines. I am a diligent team member, though my extra curricular activities have given me confident administrative qualities.

 

Outside of computer-related hobbies my interests include cooking, camping and papercraft. I am also an avid reader of fantasy novels.

 

Interests

 

Extra

I won a placement at Dare 2 Be Digital [June 2011 – August 2011 ] to develop a game through a 3 stage process of creating a design proposal, interviewing and presenting in front of a board of games' industry professionals. I took on the role of team leader and designer. We created a prototype game in realistic game development conditions with industry support and mentoring, which was then demonstrated to the public and judged by industry professionals from Crytek and Rockstar North. During my time there I developed the following skills:

  • Improved organisation

  • Working efficiently to a deadline

  • Good communication skills

  • QA testing

  • Experience in leading a team

  • Reliable team member

 

My student game 'Tamoanchan' was nominated for Best Student Game at the TIGA awards.

 

​I like to work in small teams in my spare time to design/develop prototypes and tools for games. I have been working with a colleague on a competitive particle system, Hydra Particles (Unity 3D), to be released on the Unity asset store.

 

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