Professional Experience

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Calico

Summary:
Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given an important and adorable task: rebuild the town’s cat café and fill it with cute and cuddly creatures! Build up your café by filling it with cute furniture, fun decorations, yummy pastries, and get it bustling with animals again!

Responsibilities:
Game Design, Narrative/Quest Design

Platforms:
PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox

Duration:
October 2023—Present

Website

Steam

Nintendo Switch

PlayStation

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Deepcover

Summary:
As a secret agent, embark on missions around the globe and play various spy-themed minigames, all while learning how to identify and avoid real-life financial scams.

Deepcover was developed as part of the Deception Awareness and Resilience Training (DART) platform created by the University at Buffalo Center for Information Integrity (CII). Its goal is to educate older adults who are especially vulnerable to scams. Adaptive difficulty settings and bite-sized informational videos ensure that anyone can have fun playing and learning.

Responsibilities:
Game Design

Platforms:
Mobile

Duration:
December 2022—January 2023,
October 2023—Present

Website

App Store

Google Play

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Whalefall

Summary:
Recruit friends, make enemies, build romances, and explore your way through a three-act, full-length indie JRPG from Whitethorn Games.

Responsibilities:
Game Design, Engineering (Unity/C#)

Platforms:
PC, Switch, Xbox

Duration:
January—May 2023

Steam

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Trials of Midnight

Summary:
In this board-based deckbuilder roguelike, take on the role of Midnight, a lost nightmare trying to escape a child's dream world. With nightmare minions at your disposal, battle your way through legions of dream protectors!

Responsibilities:
Game Design, Player Experience, Engineering (Unity/C#)

Platforms:
Mobile

Duration:
May—August 2021

itch.io

App Store

Google Play

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AI-Learners

Summary:
AI-Learners is a Google-funded company which creates personalized educational games for children with cognitive, behavioral, and/or physical disabilities. By using data analytics and artificial intelligence, the company is constantly improving its teaching methods so that every child has an opportunity to learn. Game topics include arithmetic, logic, shapes, and more.

Responsibilities:
Icon Art, Character Design, Game Design, Accessibility

Platforms:
Web

Duration:
May—August 2021

Website

Facebook

Instagram

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Bewitching Boba

Summary:
Use your witch powers to magically create boba and run your shop! Tap to generate drinks, choose upgrades to boost your sales, and watch your shop grow in real-time!

Responsibilities:
Object Art, Icon Art

Platforms:
Mobile

App Store

Google Play

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Danger Ducklings

Summary:
Help Olly and Opal get through their 9-5 in this cutesy puzzle game! These adorable ducklings are hard workers and will proceed in every direction you swipe, but they’re still greenhorns, and they think every instruction you give is for the both of them! It's up to you to help them avoid hazards, perfect levels, and clock out!

Responsibilities:
Character Art & Animation

Platforms:
PC, Mobile

Steam

App Store

Google Play

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Interwoven

Summary:
Interwoven is a collaborative board game which guides players to work together in order to create a fair and generative economy. With themes of sustainability, community, and regeneration, Interwoven is a fun social experience that also reframes players' mindsets about the economy and the environment.

Responsibilities:
Game Design, Concept Art

Platforms:
Tabletop, Web

Website

Instagram

Game Jams

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Suitor Shooter

Summary:
Drive away unwanted suitors with old-timey insults! In this local multiplayer bullet hell, one player types insults, which get stored as attacks, while the other moves the character around the screen, dodging and attacking suitors.

Responsibilities:
Game Design, Art

Platforms:
PC

Duration:
5 days, December 2023

itch.io

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Good Knight Moon

Summary:
Play as the moon protecting the Earth! Shoot down your enemies, gain power ups, and prevent anyone from hitting your home! 

Responsibilities:
Game Design, Programming (Unity/C#), Particle Animation

Platforms:
PC

Duration:
3 days, December 2021

itch.io

Student Projects

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Astrid

Summary:
Constellations have been corrupted by evil spirits! Your reflexes and strategies will be put to the test in order to bring light back to the universe. Guide the celestial being Astrid through the galaxy and heal the night sky. Dash through the corrupted constellations’ attacks to absorb their energy. Once you’ve gathered enough energy, tap on the boss to deal a devastating blow! 

Responsibilities:
2D Animation, Character Design, Game Design

Platforms:
Mobile

Duration:
January—May 2021

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Parole-in-One

Summary:
In a world where golfing is illegal, one minigolf star must live out their dream behind bars. Outwit guards, sink contraband golf balls, and cause the greatest prison break of the century!

Responsibilities:
Game Design, Level Design, Concept Art, Environment Art

Platforms:
PC

Duration:
January—May 2020

itch.io

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