Portfolio

Kingdom Boss (iOS, Android)

From the iTunes App Store: "Take command of powerful forces and restore the Empire to its former glory! Capture resources to strengthen your armies! Build an invulnerable castle! Summon mighty Heroes to your banner and lead the Empire to control all of Dominus!
An evil Blight crawls across Dominus, corrupting the land and spawning Shrouded monstrosities. The King is missing, the military is in disarray. Someone must step forward to unify the factions, rebuild the Empire, and command its armies to victory!"

Get the game: N/A - Currently in soft launch with limited availability

Responsibilities

  • Led strike teams in the development of new major features
  • Architected combat and itemization systems
  • Developed a finely tuned game economy, designed to meet outlined business goals
  • Owned the creation of the initial roster of playable heroes

    • Screenshots

    Arcane Legends (iOS, Android)

    From the iTunes App Store: "Explore a breathtaking 3D fantasy world with pets and friends in this massive award-winning game from Spacetime Studios. Build your character, adventure through a massive fantasy world, and quest alongside thousands of other players online. Your quests will take you and your friends through castles, forests, and dungeons as you fight dragons, orcs, and other evil forces attempting to destroy the kingdom of Arlor."

    Get the game: iOS App Store -- Google Play Store

    Responsibilities

  • Led design team in the development of game features and systems
  • Architected new itemization system to ensure a smooth, predictable power curve and reduce development time to create items

    • Screenshots

    Video

    Various vidoes of gameplay can be found on YouTube.

    Arcane Battlegrounds (iOS, Android)

    From the iTunes App Store: "Arcane Battlegrounds is a fun and addicting real-time combat strategy game where you lead an army across a breathtaking fantasy world. Build your Kingdom, train your troops, and fight against players worldwide to conquer the realm of Arlor!"

    Get the game: iOS App Store -- Google Play Store

    Responsibilities

  • Assumed role of Lead Game Designer and headed development team
  • Architected game economy and combat balance
  • Worked with other team leads to ensure a timely release (less than 3 months development time)

    • Screenshots

    Video

    Various vidoes of gameplay can be found on YouTube.

    FrontierVille / Pioneer Trail (facebook)

    Build your very own settlement in the unexplored frontier! Create your avatar, decorate your homestead, tend to animals, harvest crops, and build up your settlement to be the best in the west!

    Responsibilities

  • Designed features and gameplay systems, including:
    • Greenhouse (instanced player world)
    • Bulletin Board (dynamic questing system)
    • Buildings 2.0
  • Lead team of designers to implement game features for high-paced release cadence
  • Mentored new designers, educating them on best practices
  • Helped develop design documentation practices
  • Worked with developers to create FrontierVille's first GUI-based game editor for designers

    • Screenshots

    Video

    Various vidoes of gameplay can be found on YouTube.

    WordCrafter (mobile)

    A fun adventure where words are your key to success! Adventure through five themed worlds, placing letters to build words to form a path to the goal.

    Official website: http://www.gameloft.com/mobile-games/wordcrafter-follow-the-letters/

    Responsibilities

  • Assumed role of Lead Game Designer and headed development team
  • Designed core gameplay systems
  • UI design for all game screens
  • Level design for all maps

    • Screenshots

    Video

    Various vidoes of gameplay can be found on YouTube.

    Texas Hold'em Poker 2 (mobile)

    Create your own avatar and progress through the ranks to become the top poker player in the world! Play in locations such as Paris, Macau, Dubai, and Las Vegas.

    Official website: http://www.gameloft.com/mobile-games/texas-holdem-poker-2/

    Responsibilities

  • Assumed role of Lead Game Designer and headed development team
  • UI design for all game screens
  • Developed lessons and quizzes to assist poker novices
  • Improved AI over previous game versions

    • Screenshots

    Video

    Various vidoes of gameplay can be found on YouTube.

    Vampire Romance (mobile)

    You are Emma, a high school student whose classmates are anything but ordinary. Little do you know, you might not be so normal yourself. Follow Emma's story of life, love, action, and suspense.

    Official website: http://www.gameloft.com/mobile-games/vampire-romance/

    Responsibilities

  • Gameplay and cinematic scripting
  • Level design for High School (interior and exterior), Emma's House, Town, Library, Cemetery, Mansion (exterior)
  • Contributed to story development
  • World population (NPC placement)

    • Screenshots (widescreen version)

    Screenshots (small version)

    Bailout Wars (iPhone)

    A castle defense-style game for iPhone that tasks the player with defending the White House and bailout money from the money mongering bankers.

    Official website: http://www.gameloft.com/iphone-games/bailout-wars/

    Responsibilities

  • Assumed role of Lead Game Designer and headed development team
  • Provided art direction for bankers and weapons
  • AI design for bankers
  • Weapon mechanics and functionality
  • Difficulty balancing
  • Creation and maintainance of all game documentation

    • Screenshots

    Video

    Various vidoes of gameplay can be found on YouTube.

    Spider-Man: Toxic City (mobile)

    The player assumes the role of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man and must take out baddies and well-known villains in a mobile beat-em up.

    Official website: http://www.gameloft.com/mobile-games/spiderman/

    Responsibilities

  • Level design for 'Rooftop Party', 'Blow Out at the Bugle', 'Carrion and Clarion', 'Fists Full of Dollars', 'Air Tight'
  • Enemy placement on various levels
  • Event design and implementation on various levels
  • Boss mechanics of Electro & Doctor Octopus

    • Screenshots

    Video

    Various vidoes of gameplay can be found on YouTube.

    CSI: NY (mobile)

    Join the CSI: NY detectives as they investigate the death of an up and coming supermodel in a mobile murder myster.

    Official website: http://www.gameloft.com/mobile-games/csi-ny-the-mobile-game/

    Responsibilities

  • Game scripting of all conversations and interrogations
  • Design and implemention for object and hot-spot interactions.
  • System design for evidence collection and tracking systems
  • Contributed to story development
  • Created and managed all game documentation

    • Screenshots

    New York Nights 2 (mobile)

    A mobile social sim that unleashes the player in New York City with ambitions of fame, fortune, and love.

    Official website: http://www.gameloft.com/mobile-games/new-york-nights-2/

    Responsibilities

  • Scripted events, including dating system and progression cinematics
  • Stat point allocation balance
  • World population (NPC placement)
  • Contributed to level design of all locations
  • Management of all game documentation

    • Screenshots

    Video

    Various vidoes of gameplay can be found on YouTube.