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Education

Relevant Coursework: Object Oriented Design, Algorithms & Data, Computer Systems, Distributed Systems, Rapid Idea Prototyping, Game Studio, Level Design & Game Architecture, Narrative for Games, Music & Audio for Video Games, Designing Imaginary Worlds, Game Artificial Intelligence, Game Concept Development

Activities: Northeastern Shakespeare Society (President, Head of Marketing), Music Production Club, Game Development Club, FIRST Robotics

Work Experience

• Maintained and wrote copy for 4 social media accounts for indie video game publisher Akupara Games
• Wrote promotional material and social media posts for upcoming games & other company concerns
• Spearheaded multiple social media initiatives, including takeovers, shoutouts, video clips, and content calendars
• Credited on Rain World, Airframe Ultra, GIGASWORD, Echo Weaver, Montabi, Dead Pets Unleashed, and Future Vibe Check

• Performed administrative and operational duties as support to the D’Amore-McKim School of Business undergraduate office program coordinator, later as support to the Music department
• Provided front-desk help for people visiting the office and assisted with department communications

• Completed daily IT support tasks and resolved help requests from students and teachers
• Managed a total reset/cataloging of all school devices for students to use the following year

Projects

• Designed, programmed, and created a trailer for a short narrative rhythm game in collaboration with classmates
• Released the game on Steam as a free download

• Joined an ongoing game project, working on a puzzle-platformer in a studio environment
• Acted as QA Lead for the project, managing and overseeing quality assurance for the project
• Utilized an Agile/Scrum workflow and tracked tasks using Jira

• Published a Resident Evil-style narrative exploration game with a fixed camera system and a focus on environmental storytelling
• Designed systems in C# for tank movement, camera switching, and post processing effects
• Created and implemented all the music and sound effects for the game

• Authored and programmed a text-based roguelike fantasy RPG entirely in Python
• Developed a genetic algorithm to find the optimal stat distribution for a player character
• Iterated on the designs of both the game and the algorithm several times, incorporating player feedback through several playtests

Skills

General

marketing, games, audio, etc.

Technical

Credits

Akupara Games

• Rain World - Marketing Intern
• Airframe Ultra [Unreleased] - Marketing Intern
• Dead Pets Unleashed [Unreleased] - Marketing Intern
• Echo Weaver [Unreleased] - Marketing Intern
• Future Vibe Check [Unreleased] - Marketing Intern
• GIGASWORD [Unreleased] - Marketing Intern
• The Immortal John Triptych - Marketing Intern
• Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter [Unreleased] - Marketing Intern
• Montabi [Unreleased] - Marketing Intern

Other

• Pigeon Coo-lette - Programmer, Trailer and Music

Other

Interests