Skills involved: Level Design, World Building, Story Boarding, Narrative Outlining, Object Descriptions, Workshopping Narrative, Writing Dialog, Writing Poetry, Coordinating with Lead Designer, Mechanical Design, Documentation Generation.
Lead Writer(Contract) – Midboss, 2064: Read Only Memories
Skills involved: Character Workshops, Writing Dialog, Coordination with Design Team, Script Doctoring, Content Negotiation
Design Internship – Rob Daviau
Skills involved: Rapid prototyping, extensive playtesting, paper prototyping, documentation of player feedback, organization, communication, iterative design, word, excel, InDesign
Head Team Adviser – National Student Leadership Conference (Game Design)
Skills involved: Managed a staff of 6 other people, and together we managed 70 high school students over a space of 10 days. Communication, Education, Game Design Instruction, Public Speaking and Presentation, Documentation, Team Building Exercises, Organization and Planning, Leadership Training.
2015
Crew Member – SCRAP Real Escape Games
Skills involved: Memorization and Detail-Oriented Planning, Customer Service, Dungeon Mastering, Theatrical Performance, Instruction, Public Speaking, Communication, Game Testing, Game Balancing.
Skills involved: Dialog writing, Object descriptions, World Building, Character Workshops, Script Doctoring, Song Writing, Communication with Sound and Game Designers.
Education
M.F.A in Game Design, NYU Game Center Class of 2017
B.A in Sociology, Willamette University Class of 2015
Academy of Arts Summer Program: August 2011
Public Speaking
2017
ECGC 2017: Autobiographical Game Design
PAX DEV 2017: A Conversation About Crunch (Moderator )
2015
Sexism and Gaming – Guest Seminar, Willamette University
Conference Associate (CA) serving GDC in both 2016 and 2017
Was a Student in WIGI’s Game Mentor Online Program to John Ryan, who focused his lessons on game writing, casting sides, battle chatter, character development, dialogue, player choice and agency, world development, and more
