Curriculum Vitae
Welcome to my portfolio. My name is James, but feel free to call me Jim. I am a level and narrative designer living in the Greater Vancouver Area of British Columbia, Canada. Before games I spent more than 6 years…
Leading the Player Abilities team
Project: MythForce Engine: Unreal Editor 4 Feature: Player Abilities After unexpected attrition on the design team, I was quickly offered a chance to lead the Player Abilities team towards a critical milestone. This lightweight group made excellent progress in these two…
Action Verbs for the Ultimate Archer
Project: MythForce Engine: Unreal Editor 4 Character: Hawkins, the Ultimate Archer Teamplay Archetype for Hawkins Ranged Initiator and Escape Expert These three player abilities are the most impactful verbs for Hawkins’ portrayal Design Intentions Hawkins uses strong bow weapon attacks, as…
Modding support for Tuning Packs
Project: Company of Heroes 3 Engine: Essence, a proprietary engine at Relic Feature: User Generated Content (UGC) It was just over a month until Launch day, and I discovered our public editor was missing features. There was little production team knowledge…
Technical Gameplay and Level Design
I joined the team in mid-production, a bit over 6 months before this release candidate build.Initially, I audited project workflows and architecture; to improve consistency and advocate better for designer empowerment.
Company of Heroes 3
Released: Spring 2023 From 2022 through 2023, I supported LiveOps features as a Technical Designer Limited Time Game Modes Playlists feature and data authoring Modding Tools, especially Tuning Packs Relic’s official Day 1 mod examples on Steam workshop Cosmetics and…
