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RYAN WALTER SALOMON LEVEL DESIGNER I am a level designer based in the United States who is open to all related opportunities. My motivation to work in the games industry has helped me develop a strong work ethic, self-confidence, and a wide variety of interpersonal skills. I have a background in architecture, which helps me better understand the spaces in which I create. As a member of your team, I will provide a creatively different perspective to each level developed from conception to completion. CONTACT INFO RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE Design Lead - ‘‘The Last Spark’’ - Electronic Revolution Studios (2020 - Present) - Total Team Size: 15 People · Lead the design team (five members) in the production of a GDD and the full creation of all three levels within the game from conception to completion · Lead individual playtesting sessions for around 40 playtesters and gathered all feedback for later implementation · Debugged and optimized game in collaboration with the Lead Programmer · Worked with the Lead Artist to help determine art direction · Fully designed and implemented the second level of the game in engine · Hand drew eleven action blocks on paper utilizing the game’s mechanics and built each one in engine, tested them, and iterated on them · Created a level layout and pacing diagram for the second level of the game · Whiteboxed the entirety of the second level of the game, and iterated the spaces based on playtesting feedback · Replaced all whitebox walls, floors, ceilings, columns, etc. with finalized assets · Continued to populate the spaces throughout the set dressing process, adding in elements as small as rubble, and as large as water tanks · Implemented lighting, fog, and post-processing into the scene Level Designer - Personal Projects (2020 - Present) Whiteboxed and Set Dressed ‘‘The Frigate’’ · Adjusted the operating parameters of the asset pack’s Blueprints in the whiteboxing phase to create and adjust for the combat in the level · Optimized the lighting in the level to be less expensive. This was done primarily by using the Light Complexity viewmode, and adjusting the attenuation radius, of all point lights, and the outter radius of all spotlights. · Incorporated post-processing by creating a Color Lookup Table and adjusting the parameters of auto-exposure, bloom intensity, vignetting, and grain · Set dressed the level using multiple asset packs · Created a level layout with Illustrator and Photoshop Whiteboxed ‘‘Dagrun Grotto’’ · Used Maya to model a proxy version of the cave, the swinging axes, wall torches, about 10 rocks, the pullable chain, as well as all of the furniture · Used the landscape tool to sculpt the interior of the cave by using two separate landscapes - one for the ceiling and one for the floor · Used the foliage tool to paint the stalagmites and stalactites into the cave · Altered asset pack Blueprints to provide balance to the level’s gameplay · Used Illustrator and Photoshop to create a detailed bubble diagram and level layout, as well as a reference board Whiteboxed ‘‘Puzzle Whitebox’’ · Utilized Illustrator to create layouts for each of the three major spaces · Utilized asset pack Blueprints to help create the puzzles · Generated three major Blueprints - the launch pad, the box spawner, and the kill box that kills the player and respawns them · Whiteboxed entire level, and iterated based on limited playtesting TECHNICAL SKILLS Orlando, FL (954) 918 - 5775 [email protected] www.ryansalomon.com www.facebook.com/rwsalomonation www.linkedin.com/in/rwsalomonation University of Central Florida Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy M.S. Interactive Media - Level Design 2020 - 2021 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY B.Arch. - Minor in Business Management 2015 - 2020 EDUCATION
