2013 - 2021

• Designed and iterated all world environments on NEO: The Worlds Ends With You from concept to ship.

• Created 1/3 of all cinematics for NEO: TWEWY using a proprietary dialog system and Unity's Timeline.

• Implemented and tuned all open-world camera behavior for NEO: TWEWY using Cinemachine.

• Designed and pitched unique IP game concepts to executives and secured permission to prototype them using Unreal Engine 4.

• Created and translated documentation on Unreal Engine 4 best practices and design workflows so that other designers could develop games faster.

• Developed a VBA tool to enhance content production speed by 10x.
  Created content for Aikatsu, a Bandai Namco rhythm game, based on a famous anime series.

• Translated email, technical documents, and legal contracts from English to Japanese.

• Translated all front end and in-game text for the game Gabbuchi.

Roles
Lead Level Designer
Senior Technical Game Designer
Rhythm Game Designer

Achievements Summary

NEO: The World Ends With You
(Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Windows)

• In direct collaboration with the Game Design Lead and Publisher correspondent, I blocked out, textured and iterated on every single game environment, along with all landmark set pieces from prototype stages up until final art passes.

• Created over a quarter of all cinematics in the game, involving the implementation of state machines to control branching based on mission progress, hand-crafted animations of 2D object and texture parameters, and skillful manipulation and choreography of VFX, SFX, and scores of art assets.

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Level Design

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Cinematics

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Combat

Diving Game
(Android/Apple, Windows)

• Details Coming Soon (Diving Game)

• Details Coming Soon (Petanque)

Petanque
(Vive, Oculus)

• Details Coming Soon (Rocket Umbrella, Steam Gun)

Rocket Umbrella
(Vive, Oculus)

• Details Coming Soon (Zombie Office)

Zombie Office
(Vive, Oculus)

Disney Magical World 2
(Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch)

I automated a manual data-entry task using an Excel VBA script, leading to a massive increase in speed and efficiency for preparing data used in the game.

• Automation & Efficiency: I developed and implemented a solution that completely automated the transfer of critical game data from an external program into our Excel system.

• Technical Skill (VBA): I utilized Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to create a custom macro within Excel that seamlessly imported the external label/data file.

• Result & Value: This change eliminated a bottleneck—the slow, manual data entry process—allowing the data to be rapidly prepared, converted to binary, and utilized in the final game. This significantly accelerated our production pipeline.

Aikatsu
(Arcade)

• Working closely with the lead content manager, created new and innovative rhythm tracks for Aikatsu, running on Bandai's Data Carddass machines, that adhered to a strict set of rules, customs, and quality standard that had been expected by the loyal fan base.