Designer with a passion for games, art, and media.
A seasoned game designer with deep expertise in the following areas:
Content Design: Story beat creation and breakdown, quest scripting, content quest and player engagement planning/implementation. Specialization in FTUE and onboarding development.
System Design: Progression and character leveling mechanics, gear/tool design, balancing.
Gameplay Design: Core character feature ownership and tuning.
Level Design: Level planning, grayboxing, user flow iteration, point of interest/scene storytelling staging, level scripting.
Writing: Quest dialog, story lore, world map points of interest descriptions, and inventory item flavor text.
I’ve shipped titles across small indie teams and large studios, supporting both launch and live ops. Proficient in Unreal Engine, Unity, visual scripting, Adobe Creative Suite, Atlassian, and Figma.
Full List of Released Titles:
Thick As Thieves (PC), EverMerge (Android and IOS), Star Stable Online (PC and IOS), Crowfall (PC),Wizard 101 (PC), Wizblocks (IOS), Area 51 Blacksite (PS3, Xbox 360, PC), MATXP (PSP), Area 51 (Xbox, PS2, PC, PAL), Medal of Honor: Spearhead Expansion Pack (PC), Battlefield 1942 Expansion Pack (PC), the Sims Online (PC), the Sims for PS2 (NTSC and PAL)
Employment History:
OtherSide Entertainment 9/2023 – 7/2026
Principal/Senior Game Designer
Blind Squirrel Games 2/2022 – 9/2023
Senior Game Designer
Big Fish Games 2/2021- 1/2022
Senior Game Designer
Star Stable Entertainment 8/2020- 2/2021
Senior Game Designer
ArtCraft Entertainment 2/2017-8/2020
Senior Game Designer
KingsIsle Entertainment 5/2010–5/2016
Game Designer II
*Promoted from Associate Game Designer to Game Designer 1/1/12.
KingsIsle Entertainment 10/2007– 5/2010
Quality Assurance Lead
Midway Studios Austin (formerly Inevitable Entertainment Inc.) 7/2004 – 10/2007
Quality Assurance Lead
Electronic Arts: Redwood Shores 7/2002 – 11/2002
Game Tester
Education:
Texas State University: 1/2018-5/2020
Bachelor’s of Arts and Science
Austin Community College: 8/2016-12/2017
Associate of Art in General Studies