Responsibilities

Verant Austin / SOE Austin

• Wrote gameplay and design documentation for several key MMORPRG systems, including Chat/Prose, Resources and Harvesting, Creature AI, Creature Lairs, Dynamic POIs, among many others

• Key contributor to the game vision and design bible, and pitched game systems like HAM (health/action/mind) 

• Prototyped server-side game systems in Java including Creature AI and Lairs, and the Chat/Prose/Mood system, helping the team win PC Best of Show (E3 2001)

• Researched and created asset lists for droids, NPCs, commodities, foods, and more within Star Wars canon

• Liason with LucasArts Continuity Manager

• Improved Designer scripting productivity by developing Java tutorials and coding guidelines, and creating test scripts to evaluate and generate daily build reports