YHMT’s flagship title: a competitive, social MMO built around a player-fed economy. As Game Design Director, I focused a sprawling game concept into a clear vision with actionable priorities, milestones that de-risked key gameplay concepts, and builds that could be presented to investors and players.

(PC)

An experiment in utilizing voice and touch control for a game on Alexa screen devices. I led design from R&D to soft release, where it resulted in the highest player retention of any Volley product by approximately 5x.

(Alexa)

The classic gameshow, now as a smart-speaker experience. I contributed to its live-servicing by re-designing core systems (matchmaking, etc) and reworking user flows and other features to both improve the player fantasy and increase retention.

(Roku, Alexa)

I led an overhaul of Volley's flagship title. I focused on increasing multiplayer dynamics with new PvP mechanics, creating a safer testing ground for new mechanics in the form of a second, "alternative" game mode, and improving content curation in order to better match musical tastes and difficulty levels.

(Roku, Alexa, Fire TV)

An extraction shooter set in the universe of New Eden. As one of four designers, I helped push Vanguard—then "Project Atlas"—over the line into greenlit status. This was the first time in over six years that CCP greenlit a project. I sadly then needed to leave for family reasons, but during my tenure I owned design of meta-game, progression, and mission systems.

(PC, Console)

Following the highly-successful “Invasion” arc, my co-designer and I were tasked with creating evergreen content out of the mechanics and systems we had developed. This resulted in a true game expansion, complete with new play spaces and content that still comprise a highly-popular aspect of the game.

(PC)

A two-year event arc for EVE Online which I co-designed with my design partner. It reshaped the game world, and introduced more emergent systems and dynamic content that would eventually be adapted to become evergreen features. During the height of this arc, we saw EVE’s highest concurrent user count in five years and engaged close-to-record percentages of the active player base.

(PC)

An educational browser game that puts players in charge of The American Revolution. As its lead level designer, I meticulously researched and filled it with hundreds of moments and decision points pulled from actual history.

(Browser)

An NIH funded free-to-play mobile game exploring how games can be used as part of a unique smoking cessation approach. Core gameplay featured a mix of gem-matching and tower-defense mechanics. As lead level designer, I meticulously designed and balanced hundreds of levels, enemies, and player abilities.

(Mobile)