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…

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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…

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…

MythForce

Early Access release Spring 2022 Page Link: MythForce