Senior Level Designer
John Fitzgibbons
I am a passionate level designer with a broad skillset seeking a position which both rewards my talents and challenges me to develop them further. As a level designer, I want to create distinctive game environments and memorable game experiences that support the vision of the game as a whole.
Experience
Fullpower Technologies, 2008-Present
iPhone Game & App Development
Designed and lead two shipped game projects, MotionX Poker and MotionX Poker Quest. Performed all aspects of game and systems design, as well as UI design, art direction, testing, tuning, and programming as needed. After a shift in business focus, lead and developed MotionX GPS Drive, which is currently the #1 navigation app on the App Store. (Platform: iPhone)
Perpetual Entertainment, 2005-2007
Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising
Was responsible for seven overland zones, five cities, and four dungeons through much of their development process, including paper designs and maps, initial rough-out terrain, gameplay design, object placement, spawner placement & tuning, and the beta process. (Platform: PC)
TKO Software, 2004
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
Designed four of the game's twenty-plus multiplayer levels. In addition doing paper designs, 3D block-outs, entity placement and scripting, also functioned as an artist when needed, working in Photoshop, Maya, and 3DS Max to create game-ready assets to supplement those created by the art staff. (Platforms: PS2, Xbox, GameCube)
TKO Software, 2003
Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Breakthrough
Designed and built two single-player and two multiplayer levels for Breakthrough. Starting from the initial concept for each, developed paper maps, blocked out the levels in 3D, created the final geometry and lighting, and conceived of and set up all of the gameplay events. (Platform: PC)
2002-Present
Programmed numerous major updates and bugfixes for this modern, optimized Quake client.
2001-2006
Created levels, 2D and 3D art for Cube, an independent FPS game, and its sequel, Sauerbraten.
1998-1999
Painted over 600 textures and graphics as lead 2D artist on this third-party Quake 2 mission pack.
Skills
- Level design and game design for diverse genres including FPS, MMORPG, and casual/puzzle.
- 2D and 3D art for games, including textures, level geometry, and UI elements.
- Programming for games & web using C, C++, Objective C, OpenGL, PHP, SQL, ASP, and JavaScript.
- Software: Radiant, Maya, Max, Renderware Studio, Photoshop, Visual Studio, Xcode, MS Word, Excel, AlienBrain, Perforce, SVN, CVS, VSS, Mediawiki, and Confluence.
Education
1996-1999
University of Washington
Three years of undergraduate study.