Tools Intern

Infinity Ward

• Implemented UI using PyQt to represent level content in a spatial hierarchy, making it easy to find and select content.
• Responded to bug reports by reproducing and fixing issues then following up with reporters, ensuring tool stability.
• Optimized level baking by batching calls to C++ engine code and multithreading Python code, reducing iteration time.

Stumblebumps Unite

Design Director

• Prototyped concepts during a game jam, pitched to faculty, and got chosen to lead a 15-person capstone project.
• Set and translated vision into design goals; met those goals by evaluating and iterating features against playtest data.
• Designed UI wireframes and used playtest data to iterate those designs, conveying ideas to artists and engineers.

Wash Away

Solo Project

• Consolidated a workflow for editing multiple actors by creating a one-stop interface with Unity C# property drawers.
• Increased accuracy and speed of collision data creation by implementing a 2D collision algorithm and in-engine editor.
• Modified open source, C++/Qt drawing software Krita to support dual-layer editing, eliminating pipeline bottlenecks.