• About

    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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    An image of a bright green frog with orange eyes in a cute 3d model style. It has a big smile on its face. The tile of the student project "F.R.O.G." is displayed.
    Leadership

    Mentoring at Vancouver Film School

    Role:     Mentor for student’s final projects Engine:    Unity and Unreal Editor 4 When:    Once a week over ~4 month period, from 2016-2019 Let’s focus on F.R.O.G., which is a VFS student project made in Unity. It is one of many games to…

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    Concept Art of the Cannery including a boat and stilted buildings over a frozen ocean. Wolves walk near a collection of wood detritus on the ice.
    Design Open World Design

    Bleak Inlet

    Project:  The Long Dark / Survival Mode Engine:    Unity 3D Timeline:    In Fall 2019 for the Errant Pilgrim update My Role on Bleak Inlet — Open World Designer Level Design progression in Last Resort Cannery My initial mockups were completed…

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    "The Long Dark" logo with stylized hatchet. Astrid's face is shown as a close up with a red and blue sky background. The crashed airliner is in the foreground, with characters like Father Thomas and Molly in the midground as well as a scene showing a wolf jumping up towards Astrid as a hurt survivor holds their arm in a sling..
    Project

    The Long Dark

    Multiple post-launch releases from Fall 2018 until Fall 2021 Page Link: The Long Dark

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