University Of Advancing Technology

City College Of San Francisco

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Breda, North Brabant Province, Netherlands

As a lecturer in BUas's Academy of Digital Entertainment's International Game Architecture and Design program my responsibilities include lecturing, coaching, and mentoring students in the development of the professional skills and knowledge required for success in the game industry. I have also contributed heavily in the implementation and refinement of an entirely new project-based curriculum involving an innovative educational model that focuses on role-based competency assessment.

Breda University of Applied Sciences

Lecturer

As senior producer / product evangelist I am involved in all aspects of the game's design, development and marketing, as well as community management. From defining and communicating the game concept and vision as well as collaborating with the dev team to design, implement, and optimize the player experience. The game is Starfighter Inc (working title), an online multiplayer space combat simulation with a hard science fiction setting where corporations war over the resources of our solar system. Please visit <a href="http://www.impellerstudios.com">www.impellerstudios.com</a> to follow development.

Impeller Studios

Senior Producer / Product Evangelist

Politically Incorrect Games is an independent game development studio whose primary purpose is to create core games with mature themes.

Politically Incorrect Games, LLC

Owner - Studio Director

Taught a summer session course: Game Design I (Game & Interactivity I) that introduces students to the fundamentals of game design through tabletop game design challenges in which they work alone or in two-person teams. The ten students in the class produced 25 original designs.

Cogswell Polytechnical College

Adjunct Instructor

Develop and teach courses in game design and development. These include Game Design Experience, Game Design Practicum, and Game Design Studio I and III (the beginning and end of the senior capstone project sequence.) Guide and mentor students. Direct student game projects. Advise on curriculum and program development. Collaborate with corporate liaisons on sponsored courses. Participate in special events and community outreach.

University of California at Santa Cruz

Lecturer in Computer Science

I was invited to lecture at the Jilin International Summit Forum of Game Education and Industry, China 2012 hosted by JAI and was appointed as a Guest Professor while I was there. In addition to speaking about teaching game design I participated in a symposium of game faculty and had meetings to discuss student/teacher exchanges, and future collaboration between JAI and UAT on joint projects.

Jilin Animation Institute

Guest Professor

My responsibilities involve creative direction of video game projects developed by small teams consisting of senior students and recent graduates from UAT. I guide each team in clarifying their vision of the game and defining its scope and goals, as well as tasking and scheduling. I also provide mentorship and leadership as needed.

Primeval Games

Creative Director

Develop and teach a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in game design and development. Advise on curriculum and program development. Collaborate with other game faculty to build a "Game Studio" environment to model real world game development. Direct student game projects. Mentor students and advise on student innovation projects and portfolios. Sponsor several student clubs. Participate in special events and community outreach.

University of Advancing Technology

Professor

Contributed in all areas of game design for a training simulation and a follow on entertainment product. Assisted on a tactical shooter project. Primary focus during last 4 months was audio design and integration, plus voiceover work. Helped the dev team transition to agile development methods. Conducted valuable subject matter and competitive product research. Organized and wrote much of the company's Wiki pages.

Destineer Studios

Senior Game Designer

Part-time in-class instructor in game level design. Guest lecturer for other classes. Consulted on curriculum.

Art Institute of California - San Francisco

Instructor

Taught an intensive 5-week course in game concept design for their online program. Was nominated for a Learning Award in recognition of the extra effort and inspiration I brought to the class.

Lead game designer and audio lead on Death Jr. 2:Root of Evil for the PSP. I oversaw all aspects of the game design for the first half of the project, building up a design staff of 5 before switching to audio lead for the second half of the project. As audio lead I was responsible for all in-game sound effects and managing external sound design contractors. I was credited with vastly improving the audio over the first game.

Backbone Entertainment

Senior Designer

I provide expertise in game design and development and help design curricula for schools developing game design programs. Clients included the University of Advancing Technology, Houston Community College, Bay Area Video Coalition (<a href="http://www.bavc.org">www.bavc.org</a>), Art Institute of California - San Francisco, and Ex'pression College for Digital Arts.

David Wessman Game Design

Consultant

My roles included Lead Designer and Senior Designer on Saints Row, an open world driving and combat game for the Xbox 360. I oversaw all aspects of the game design during pre-production, and built up a design staff of 4 before trading places with the multiplayer lead. I was later responsible for all free play activities in the single player game – the early implementations of which helped secure the green light for production. I also provided some minor character voices for The Punisher.Saints Row has garnered great reviews, “Finally a game that out-Grand Theft Autos Grand Theft Auto.” It debuted as a top-10 seller, #1 rental and #1 demo download on Xbox Live Arcade.

Volition, Inc.

Led design during critical Alpha stage. Oversaw revision and refinement of entire game, including significant improvements to the combat and stealth action elements as well as the user interface and control scheme. Participated in major green light presentation to publisher.

Starbreeze AB

Lead Designer

I was the lead designer for Army Men: Air Cavalry, an action and strategy game based on combat helicopters planned for the Xbox, PS2 and GameCube. I was responsible for all aspects of design. The project was cancelled when Check Six suddenly closed down.

Check Six Studios

Designed or oversaw all design aspects of Blood Wake, including much of the actual implementation and tuning. This fast-action boat combat game was an Xbox launch title and became a Platinum Series hit. I joined the team during the prototype stage and worked through the end and onto the sequel that was cancelled when the business negotiations fell through.

Stormfront Studios, Inc.

I joined Lawrence Holland's independent development team as an independent contractor to lead internal testing, (we incorporated as Totally Games in 1994), and soon began working on mission and story design for X-Wing. I became the lead mission designer, and later became the gameplay and story lead for the rest of the X-Wing/TIE Fighter series. I had a hand in the design and implementation of all aspects of the game from basic mechanics and interface issues, to detailed specifics of all craft and weapons, as well as writing most of the story. My last project was a fantasy creature-based aerial combat game that was to be an Xbox launch title.

Totally Games

Gameplay & Story Lead

Functional and playability testing on Falcon 3.0 Patch D, Operation Fighting Tiger, Chessmeister 5 Billion and 1, Tetris Classic for Windows

Spectrum Holobyte

QA Tester

Did QA and gameplay testing on Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, and Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe plus all four Tour of Duty expansion disks.