professional experience

Staff Area Designer | Obsidian Entertainment | The Outer Worlds 2

• Designed the layout of a frequently returned to location within tight constraints
• Developed 4 quests, built their associated play spaces, and scripted quest logic
• Iterated on a crit path narrative and combat space after designer hand off
• Assisted in construction of level geometry creation tools with external studio

Feb 2021-Present

Contract Area Designer | Obsidian Entertainment | The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos

• Resolved bugs and iterated on crit path scripting, encounters and layouts
• Designed found exploration content within key locations with art support
• Polished and bug fixed side quests with scripting and set dressing
• Implemented key end game cinematic sequences

Sept 2020-Dec 2020

Level Design Intern | Gearbox Software | Project 1v1

• Drafted compact and tactical asymmetrical multiplayer maps
• Blocked out playspace and aesthetics with BSP for playtesting
• Iterated level designs based on sightlines, movement loops, and elevation
• Analyzed existing levels critically to improve project design vocabulary

June-July 2019

Project experience

Masters Thesis: Using Perk Choice to Personalize RPG Content

Fallout 4 Creation Kit | PC | solo development

• Researched examples of and key elements to video game personalization systems
• Designed a Fallout dungeon that modifies itself to promote a player’s preferred playstyle
• Scripted systems to modify enemy composition, room layouts, and item spawns according to perk choice
• Organized playtests to determine the accuracy of playstyle predictions within the dungeon modifications

June 2019 – May 2020

Level Designer | Bummer Camp

L4D2 Hammer | PC | solo development | L4D2 Level

• Designed, scripted and iterated Bummer Camp level from concept to release
• Developed custom materials and texture swaps to elevate level theming
• Wrote scripts to modify AI spawning creating intense gameplay moments
• Used displacements and custom sky-boxes to create organic environments

Jan 2019 – May 2020

Level Designer | Rhome

UE4 | PC | 14 developers – 3 level designers | Atmospheric Horror Game

•Designed, scripted, and iterated level 2 of 5 from concept to release
•Implemented and iterated 4 seamless level transition sequences for all levels
•Polished all 5 puzzles in the game with additional haptic, audio, and visual feedback
•Built tools used throughout game for optimizing the construction of impossible spaces

July – Dec 2019