New Game Released

Fall '24

GAMES

Created for the Civic Engagement Game Jam '24. A short adventure game in which you manage your "court", a group of judges which venture out and battle the monsters plaguing the kingdom.

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Smoke Break Cover Image
A game screenshot of 'Smoke Break!' showing the player character, a puff of smoke, sliding through a wall grate in a brightly-colored pie factory. Text on the bottom of the screen reads 'GRATES: You can move through grates to move, but bakers cannot.' A game screenshot of 'Smoke Break!' showing the player character, a puff of smoke named Applewood, staring longingly at a burnt pie behind a window. Above Applewood's head is a thought bubble with a drawing of the smoldering pie and some red hearts. A game screenshot of 'Smoke Break!' showing the player character, a puff of smoke, scurrying away from two enemies in a colorful pie factory. The enemy nearest to Applewood has an exclamation point above its head, and a bright red sight cone in front of it. A game screenshot of 'Smoke Break!' showing three enemies in baker outfits standing in a circle in front of an open door, with a glowing white light behind it.

Smoke Break!

2025

Award Laurel: GAME OF THE YEAR (SAGE Awards 2025) Award Laurel: 1ST PLACE DESIGN (SAGE Awards 2025) Award Laurel: 1ST PLACE INTERACTIVE (CGC Awards 2025) Award Laurel: 2ND PLACE CINEMATIC (CGC Awards 2025) Award Laurel: FEATURED AT GAME DEVELOPERS OF COLOR EXPO (2025) Award Laurel: FEATURED AT USC GAMES EXPO (2025)

Smoke Break! is an award-winning lighthearted 3D stealth puzzle game where you play as Applewood — a living puff of smoke. By breaking machinery, dashing past bakers, and using smoke to grow, you can hunt down the elusive burnt pie!

Before winning multiple awards, including the SAGE Awards Student Game of the Year, Smoke Break! was showcased on KTTV 11 (FOX News) and featured at the USC Games Expo for more than 3,000 attendees. It was developed over the course of a year by a team of more than fifty students as part of USC's Advanced Games Project program, simulating a studio environment with large teams, frequent deliverables and stakeholder presentations, and a full release on commercial platforms.

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My Role

Designer

  • Designed core size/health system
  • Designed, prototyped, and implemented major features
  • Iterated based on user testing
  • Designed and implemented puzzles
  • Developed initial enemy AI and behavior
  • Developed initial game audio framework
  • Revised designs based on feedback

Most of my work involved development and implementation of core game systems and level layouts using Unity, C#, and Perforce, as well as planning and paper prototyping with other designers and members of the team.

Cover image for Scrapped
A game screenshot of Scrapped, showing a desk cluttered with pieces of artwork. On the left is a square canvas, with some artwork arranged on it. On the right is an older, boxy computer showing a preview of the art on the canvas. A game screenshot of Scrapped, showing an old CRT computer monitor. On the screen are three windows. One lists a commission, which reads 'Make a design that I can use to advertise my plant nursery. It should have a bunch of plants flowers and insects'. Another is a list of keywords, which reads 'Plant, Flower, Butterfly, Insect, Green'. The third window shows a collage, which includes two cats and multiple butterflies among a series of bright flowers. A game screenshot of Scrapped, showing a paper paycheck. The paycheck lists three collages, each with a base score - labelled 'how well you fulfilled the commission' - and a series of bonuses. At the bottom is the player's total score for the three collages, next to a green stamp reading 'Great Work!' A game screenshot of Scrapped, showing an old CRT computer monitor. On the screen is a text messaging interface between two characters, Cubicle #242 and Manager. Underneath the interface, the player is in the process of writing their own message in a text box.

Scrapped

2025

Award Laurel: FEATURED AT USC GAMES EXPO (2025)

SCRAPPED is a first person simulation game where you work as an "art-generator" at Gestalt Industries. Make collages based on commissions delivered to your anachronistic computer, using more than a hundred assorted pieces of media to meet these requests. After work, chat with your coworkers at the "Digital Water Cooler" - under the watchful eye of your superiors.

Over a strict 6-month development period, my partner and I took Scrapped from an idea through prototyping, successive rounds of development and iteration, and dozens of user tests up to a full release on commercial platforms.

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My Roles

Co-director, Producer

  • Developed core game idea and plan
  • Managed tasks and deadlines to hit release
  • Oversaw hybrid team of designers, writers, and composers

Designer, Engineer

  • Designed + built core game systems
  • Revised based on dozens of user tests
  • Built development tools + pipeline
  • Implemented telemetry to track key stats

My design partner and I divided ownership of the key game systems - I primarily designed and built the main collaging gameplay, the unlockable art library, and the general game flow / progression.

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Pack the Court Cover Image
A game screenshot of Pack the Court, showing a group of knights in judge's robes facing a large blue lion dressed like a robber, with a striped outfit, face mask, and bag of money. In the bottom right of the screen is a large medeival-styled letter B, next to a bar chart representing the colors of the knights' armor. A game screenshot of Pack the Court, showing the makeup of the player's court of justices. Each justice is represented with a knight's helmet with a colored feather plume. On the left of the screen, a wizard stands over a yellow crystal ball, and a text box reads 'The crystal ball foresees your court will face many Yellow challenges'. A game screenshot of Pack the Court, showing a scoring screen that lists five colored monsters. Next to each monster is either the letter C or D. At the bottom of the screen is a bronze medallion showing the letter C A game screenshot of Pack the Court, showing a thinned-out crowd of knights in judge's robes. On the top left othe screen are three buttons, reading Remand, Recuse, and Undisclosed Gift. On the bottom right is a bright yellow letter A showing the player's current rank.

Pack the Court!

2024

Award Laurel: WINNER OF THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT GAME JAM (2024)

You've been elected president of the kingdom! Now, along with your Wizard of Judicial Affairs, you'll need to help your court tackle each slate of "cases": mythical beasts spawned from the worries of your citizens. The better you tailor the makeup of your court to the desires of the populace, the better you'll score at besting these monsters. And, after each slate of beasts, you'll unlock new spells and, of course, seats with which to PACK THE COURT!

In just three weeks, a partner and I developed Pack the Court! for the 2024 Civic Engagement Game Jam, with the goal of crafting an engaging, accessible browser game that could encourage citizen participation in democracy.

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My Roles

Co-director, Producer

  • Oversaw tasks and deliverables on a short deadline
  • Managed general game direction

Designer, Engineer, UI Artist

  • Designed + built core game systems
  • Iterated game loop based on user testing

With a short three-week development timeline, we focused on a short game experience with an emphasis on polish and accessibility.

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12/23

Liquid Assets

Uncover and explore a society developing in the sewers

Rise through the ranks of the Slime Market and work with the shadowy Rat King to escape the sewers!

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11/22

P.S.I.

4th Place Creativity Winner, 2022 BenBonk Jam

A fully functional first-person 3D mystery narrative game, running natively on the original Gameboy!

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4/23

Outerlands Express

Aerial deliveries in an Adriatic paradise on the brink of war. Advance relationships through deliveries, affecting the political forces at work across the islands. The future of the Outerlands is in your hands.

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10/23

Coast Starlight U

THE ONLY TEXT ADVENTURE GAME ON WII U.

A text adventure with full 3D graphics, an expanded story, new gameplay mechanics, and full use of both the gamepad and TV.

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cat1 cat1

10/23

Go Out Swinging

5 MINUTES until an enormous meteor hits the Earth.

The more you destroy, the more your combo builds, the more you earn for your destruction - all before the meteor makes impact.

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8/23

HEALSICK

"Disturbing" - my mom

SEE CONCERT

SICK BLOCK

GET PILL

HEAL SICK

SEE CONCERT

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Award

Fall 2019

Manzanar Committee

STUDENT AWARDS PROGRAM

2nd Place Winner

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Design

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Fall 23

A MAN WHO COURTED IT

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SITE
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August 23

LIBRARY

A collage made entirely from artwork in informational pamphlets produced by the USC Libraries.

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Fall 23

WEIRD HOT SEXUAL NIGHTMARES

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Fall 23

MY SON

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June 24

France Scrapbook

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2019

Virtual Worlds

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Spring 24

100 % Virgin

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Web Design

5/24

Photography Portfolio

A portfolio site I made for my photography in May 2024.

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2024

"Scrapped" Game Site

A website I made for my game Scrapped, with information about the game, links to storefronts, and credits for the team.

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2024

Windows 7 UI Study

A website I made mimicking the UI styles and interaction of Windows 7, to test my HTML, CSS, and Javascript abilities. I used the real Windows 7 UI Styleguide as a basis for my CSS, and wrote all of the Javascript with the exception of the draggable windows.

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