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WEB : JOHNPDORAN.COM John P. Doran

Level Designer / Technical Designer

Objective Highly motivated and passionate level, system, and game designer, seeking summer internship as level designer/scripter. Profile · Have designed and built 4 year-long videogames, on teams of 2 to 7 · Fluent in C++, ActionScript 3, UnrealScript, and Python · Lifelong boardgame and D & D player · Excellent visual & cinematic sense (8 years as award-winning video editor) · Good at finding what’s fun, prototyping quickly, playtesting, and balancing Project Experience System/Game Designer, Team of 2 Aug 2010 – Dec 2010 FlowShooter Senior Project § Created and implemented system for dynamically generated enemies based on player skill level. Used Unity and Javascript. Game Designer, Team of 7 Aug 2010 – Present Lunaris Senior Game § Designed all levels and gameplay elements, scripted player behaviors § Designed and implemented UI for level editor to be used by players § Created and defined behaviors in GDD during development using a Wiki § Worked with 6 C++ programmers to develop tools and custom scripting language Lead Designer, Team of 4 Junior Project Fire Campaign Unreal Tournament 3 § Led team of four to develop a third-person platforming game in the Unreal Engine § Designed entire level; implemented custom game type, checkpoint system, and behaviors in Kismet and UnrealScript Game Designer, Team of 4 Apr 2007 – May 2008 Tim-E Sophomore Game § C++ game programmer on a team of 4, building a time-travel-based 2D platformer § Programmed game behaviors and AI. Wrote particle system, sound, and input. § Wrote and maintained a GDD throughout the game cycle in Microsoft Word Relevant Work Experience T.A. (Game Mechanics I, II; 3D Game Design; Game History) Sep 2009 – Present DigiPen Institute of Technology Redmond, WA § Created and delivered lectures about the Unreal editor, Kismet, and UnrealScript § Answered students’ UnrealEd questions in a lab setting; graded papers & projects Contract Graphic Artist June 2004 – Present Power of Pride Promotions / Monarch Promotions North Vernon, IN / Las Vegas, NV § Designed website in Flash/Actionscript; designed products and logos in Illustrator § Designed/recreated logos for client approval and organized presentations Videographer Apr – Aug 2009 DigiPen Institute of Technology Redmond, WA § Created videos for school website. Created treatments, filmed, edited in Premiere Education DigiPen Institute of Technology Redmond, WA Bachelors of Science in Game Design Dec 2011

Knowledge/Skills Programming/Scripting Visual Studio (4 years) C/C++(4 years) Actionscript 3 (3 years) UnrealScript (2 years) Python (2 years) Javascript HTML DirectInput SDL TinyXML FMOD Level Editing Unreal Editor Unity Hammer Editor 3DS Max 2010 Graphic Design Photoshop Illustrator Flash Premiere InDesign After Effects Encore DVD Essays On http://johnpdoran.com: Creating Flow by Dynamically Changing Enemies 12 Tips for Starting Game Designers Level Design and Its Applications In Affecting Emotions and Actions Analyzing: Café’ World Awards 2007 -Telly Award 2006 - Communicator’s Award 2005 - Videographer’s Award