Microsoft Office Project

Kevin James Wong

Award-Winning Game Design and Production

EDUCATION

• USC School of Cinematic Arts

Interactive Media, BA, 2016

PROFICIENCIES

• Unity3D

• Unreal 4

• C#

• Asana

• Photoshop

• Premiere Pro

• Maya

• Perforce

• Twine

• Audacity

• PlayStation 4

• Microsoft Office

SELECTED EXPERIENCE

Chambara – Project Lead/General Director (January 2014 - Ongoing)

- Award winning stealth game for PS4, XB1, and PC.

- Managed team, coordinated meetings, and set milestones using spreadsheets.

- Set creative/thematic direction & general workflow with project leadership.

- Wrote documentation, trailers, and marketing materials.

- Coordinated exhibitions at festivals worldwide.

- Assisted with engineering, art, and design as necessary.

- Served as central contact with publisher, first-party, legal, events, and PR.

- Managed team culture and climate.

Vanishing Point – Lead Designer (September 2014 – April 2015)

- Unreal 4 Puzzle-Platformer

- Recruited diverse team of junior level designers.

- With creative director, led the design of a short puzzle-platformer,

- Grayboxed levels based off paper designs using Unreal Blueprints

- Iterated designs based off playtest feedback using Unreal 4.

- Built collision geometry for all game objects in Maya.

- Lit levels using Unreal 4's lighting engine

- Coached junior level designers through Unreal/P4 workflows. MEGA – Community Organizer (March 2014 – March 2015)

- Organized over 30 weekly events (game jams, game nights, speakers, etc.) with small team at student club with over 1000 members.

- Coordinated the largest Global Game Jam in the United States by gathering sponsors, advertising and resources.

- Initiated annual campuswide interdisciplinary “Teach-In” skillsharing event.

- Founded Videogame Bookclub series and led lively conversations about current short games. AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

- BAFTA Ones to Watch Award (Won) (2015)

- IGF Best Student Game Award (Nominated) (2016)

- E3 College Game Competition (Nominated) (2016)

- Best of the MIX – E3 2016 Judge's Pick (Won) (2016)

- USC Discovery Scholar (2016)

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