UEFN Game Developer & Designer

• Sep 2023 - Present

- Work in Unreal Editor for Fortnite to develop upcoming games for Fortnite 2.0. - Lead rapid prototyping for an upcoming game in-engine and write quality documentation. - Work in Unreal Editor for Fortnite to develop upcoming games for Fortnite 2.0. - Lead rapid prototyping for an upcoming game in-engine and write quality documentation.

Founder & Director

• May 2023 - Present

Started this brand because of my passion for storytelling in both games and films. Projects: - Blindsight: War of the Wardens (video game) - Coming soon... Blindsight: War of the Wardens is a USC Games Advanced Games Project (AGP) and 3D action-adventure game, where players play as Iggy, a blind martial artist with echolocation abilities must retrieve a stolen family heirloom that may bring doom to the universe and threaten the lives of those he love. Blindsight started out as an Advanced Games Project capstone at USC Games and was accepted into the USC Games Summer Bridge for further development. - Started a brand to further develop Blindsight: War of the Wardens from its USC Games' Advanced Games Project state to a full-fledged product. - Partnered with Red Bull for sponsorship at Play NYC 2023 which drew over 1,000 attendees. Show less

Director of Games

• May 2023 - Present

- Continue to build an initiative to bring game development and game narrative to the Asian Pacific Cinema Association.- Reach out to games students at USC to encourage them to join APCA.- Hosting a Writing for Games workshop to get people interested in game narrative design.- Developing a robust program for members to flesh out game narrative ideas and prototype them in Twine.

Games and Animations Director

• Aug 2022 - May 2023

- Create an initiative to bring games and animation to the Asian Pacific Cinema Association.- Reached out to games and animation students at USC to encourage them to join APCA.- Hosted a Writing for Games workshop to get people interested in game narrative design, which garnered over 30 attendees in-person and online.- Hosted an introduction to animations workshop to teach people animations principles with an animator.

Game Designer, "Bugnauts"

• Apr 2023 - Present

-Led the Enemy Pod to create combat and enemy systems.- Designed and implemented Enemy AI in Unreal Engine 5

Director, “Blindsight: War of the Wardens”

• Apr 2022 - Present

Blindsight: War of the Wardens is a USC Games Advanced Games Project (AGP) and 3D action-adventure game, where players play as Iggy, a blind martial artist with echolocation abilities must retrieve a stolen family heirloom that may bring doom to the universe and to those he loves.- Conceptualized the idea, developed characters, and prototyped for a 3D 3rd-person action-adventure game combining echolocation with intense martial art combat and successfully pitched it to get greenlit.- Drive and communicate the creative vision to lead an international multidisciplinary team of 70+.- Design and balance player combat, counterattacks, finisher systems, and player abilities to maximize player agency and expression.- Create 2D sketches, greyboxes, combat encounters, and level flow breakdowns to develop iconic story beats to communicate ideas and execution with teammates. Developed the Yin House/Tutorial level.- Led stand-up meetings, look and feel, and department leads meetings.- Recruited extensively throughout the school and online for design, narrative, engineer, artists, audio, usability, and QA, open roles. Worked with a casting director and a voiceover director to cast voiceover actors to bring characters' voices to life.- Directed actors for motion capture sessions to produce lively performances and animations. Show less

Game Designer, "The Veiled Ones"

• Apr 2023 - Sep 2023

The Veiled Ones is a first-person 3D horror game where you play as a Muslim scholar trying to save your son from a jinn possession.- Designed and iterated Father Jinn's Behavior Tree to track down players based on noise, sight, and checking hiding spots.- Created 2D Sketches for different house layouts for Summer Prototyped, greyboxed, and iterated based on weekly playtest feedback.

Diversity & Careers Development Representative

• Aug 2022 - Sep 2023

- Assist students with their professional endeavors by helping them with resumes, cover letters, and interviews. - Worked with Gordon Bellamy to connect students with University Recruiters.

Lead Producer, "Skylost"

• Aug 2021 - May 2022

"Skylost" is an exploratory crafting game where players must glide and ascend through sky islands to find the character’s loved one who is lost on an expedition.As the Lead Producer on this Advanced Games Project, I lead a cross-discipline team of 30+ on a year-long production that follows the model of the AAA industry. I assist the director and the team with day-to-day production activities. I organize team meetings, help to keep the scope of the game, communicate with the team, faculty, and advisors, prioritize tasks on Jira for an agile workflow, follow up on tasks, generate reports, identify and resolve issues. - Led production for 30+ multidisciplinary teams both in-person and remote.- Created actionable tasks with clarity and context, both written & verbal.- Helped to coordinate production schedule, team all-hands meetings, individual department meetings, and look and feel meetings while taking detail-oriented notes for future references.- Assisted in recruiting various artists on the team.- Helped plan team events.I also designed a campfire save system and a cave island but they didn't make it to the final game. Show less

Student Assistant

• Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

I was a Student Assistant for Kyle Ackerman's Tabletop Games Mechanics Seminar (CTIN 411).Prepared in-person and remote classes, troubleshot software, took notes, and tracked tasks.

Game Designer

• Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

- Designed and implemented dynamic NPC AI Fear System using Behavior Trees and scripting scalable tools for designers to create distinctive fear profiles for our diverse range of characters. - Designed Assassin Android enemy type and balanced enemies. - Planned and executed level design breakdown and combat encounters for Kazai Castle area. - Created dialogue trees and wrote dialogue for Ronin Bouncer in Kazai Castle Bar. - Animate in Maya a dance emote (The Griddy) - Designed and implemented dynamic NPC AI Fear System using Behavior Trees and scripting scalable tools for designers to create distinctive fear profiles for our diverse range of characters. - Designed Assassin Android enemy type and balanced enemies. - Planned and executed level design breakdown and combat encounters for Kazai Castle area. - Created dialogue trees and wrote dialogue for Ronin Bouncer in Kazai Castle Bar. - Animate in Maya a dance emote (The Griddy)

VALORANT Esports Caster

• Nov 2021 - May 2023

- Shout cast multiple VALORANT Professional matches for USC Trojan Esports Valorant Team for in-person and online tournaments. - Worked with esports producers, observers, and other shout casters to provide VALORANT specific gameplay and strategy insights to our audience while keeping them engaged at all times of the match. - Shout cast multiple VALORANT Professional matches for USC Trojan Esports Valorant Team for in-person and online tournaments. - Worked with esports producers, observers, and other shout casters to provide VALORANT specific gameplay and strategy insights to our audience while keeping them engaged at all times of the match.

Production Chair

• May 2021 - Jan 2023

As the Production Chair at Delta Kappa Alpha, I oversee DKA's film production and help members get the resource and knowledge they need to bring their films to life from pre-production to release. - Organize sessions for members to take 2 official SCA Safety Seminar as a requirement before working on DKA Productions. Active member of the Alpha Chapter (USC) Transferred from Gamma Chapter (NYU) As the Production Chair at Delta Kappa Alpha, I oversee DKA's film production and help members get the resource and knowledge they need to bring their films to life from pre-production to release. - Organize sessions for members to take 2 official SCA Safety Seminar as a requirement before working on DKA Productions. Active member of the Alpha Chapter (USC) Transferred from Gamma Chapter (NYU)

Game Designer

• Jan 2022 - Sep 2022

- ​Created a design pipeline process for designers to be streamlined into production such as executive summaries and design specifications. ​- Conceptualized and designed unique playable characters and bone sets that allowed for different playstyles and balanced them.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Designed initial mechanics and characters for the Scorpion, Squid, Blobfish, Monke, and Wolf. - ​Design to create opportunities to incorporate Web3 and monetization features. Show less

Affiliate Streamer

• Sep 2020 - Aug 2022

Technical Game Designer & Level Designer

• Feb 2022 - May 2022

- Used Unreal Engine 4 to bring cinematic elements into an immersive environment for storytelling. - Worked in-engine to dress the set, implement assets, and create animation sequences.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​- Collaborated and facilitated communications between filmmakers and game developers.​​​​​​​​​​​​ - Used Unreal Engine 4 to bring cinematic elements into an immersive environment for storytelling. - Worked in-engine to dress the set, implement assets, and create animation sequences.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​- Collaborated and facilitated communications between filmmakers and game developers.​​​​​​​​​​​​

Conference Associate

• Mar 2022 - Mar 2022

Communicated and coordinated with a team of over 400 Conference Associates during the week of Game Developers Conference. Helped scan attendee badges, facilitated speaker talks, and assisted 17,000 attendees of the conference with the experience of a lifetime. Communicated and coordinated with a team of over 400 Conference Associates during the week of Game Developers Conference. Helped scan attendee badges, facilitated speaker talks, and assisted 17,000 attendees of the conference with the experience of a lifetime.

Actor

• Jul 2021 - Jul 2021

I worked as a background actor for HBO Max's Love Life Season 2 Episode 6. I worked as a background actor for HBO Max's Love Life Season 2 Episode 6.

Actor Model

• Jun 2019 - Jun 2019

Actor playing the role of the patient’s best friend. Actor playing the role of the patient’s best friend.

Actor

• Feb 2019 - Feb 2019

Actor for a SeatGeek commercial. Actor for a SeatGeek commercial.

Actor

• Oct 2018 - Oct 2018

Actor playing Peter Parker’s classmate in the art class scene. Actor playing Peter Parker’s classmate in the art class scene.

Singer

• Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

I sang, recorded, and performed “I Have A Voice” for Broadway Kids Against Bullying. I sang, recorded, and performed “I Have A Voice” for Broadway Kids Against Bullying.

Actor

• Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

Original Broadway Ensemble, Prince Chulalongkorn understudy, and child swing on The King and I Broadway. Original Broadway Ensemble, Prince Chulalongkorn understudy, and child swing on The King and I Broadway.