tomwiththeweather@comcast.net
AIM: tomwithweather
ICQ: 58664841

Purpose: To pursue a job or career in the field of game development; more specifically, Unreal engine level design.

Work Experience

Gearbox Software - Plano, TX
Contract Level Designer for Brothers in Arms

• Singleplayer squad-based tactical gameplay design
• UnrealScript

Epic Games - Raleigh, NC
Contract Level Designer for Unreal Tournament 2004

• Assault gameplay design
• Map layout design
• Map optimization and bug fixing
• Visual design, particle effects, scripted sequences

Half Hour Photo - Goldsboro, NC
Photo Lab Technician

• Photo development and processing
• Digital color correction
• Various computer tasks
• Minor Adobe Photoshop 7 and Paint Shop Pro 8 experience

Unreal Engine Skills

• Experience in mapping for Unreal Tournament and Unreal Tournament 2003/4 with plenty of recent experience in Assault mapping, level balancing, scripted sequences, emitters, and AI
• Experience with professional game development work flow and working with other professional game developers
• Single Player FPS gameplay design
• Basic UnrealScript knowledge and usage

Other Games

• Recent non-professional experience in plug-in creation, world design, and scripting for Bethesda Softworks Morrowind: The Elder Scrolls
• Miscellaneous Doom1 and Doom2 maps
• Minor experience in DoomEdit for Doom3

Various Computer Skills

• Experience in Cisco routing and switching
• Windows 2000 Server/Client setup and configuration
• Experience with server/client setups, Active Directory, wiring, etc.
• Minor Adobe Photoshop 7 and Paint Shop Pro 8 experience
• Currently learning/researching 3ds max 5 for use in the future
• Computer hardware installation and troubleshooting
• Miscellaneous Microsoft Office skills.

Education

• 1999 - 2003 Wayne Community College Goldsboro, NC (Associates Degree in Computer Networking)
• Completed Cisco courses 1 – 3
• Completed other courses such as Visual Basic 6, Microsoft Office, Internet technologies, and Basic Web design
• A/B average student throughout college and high school

Interests

• Unreal Engine level design
• Digital photo manipulation
• Digital photography
• Video games
• Computer hardware

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