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|Michael Ammer								Level Designer|
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|MCAmmer146@gmail.com				  	  5000 Whitestone Ln, Apt 1527|
|(412) 952-4519							       Plano, TX 75024|
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					SKILLS
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| * Editors & Engines: Unreal Technology 3 (Unreal Tournament 3, Gears of War),	      |
|   Radiant (Doom 3, Call of Duty 4), Gamebryo (Morrowind, Oblivion),                 |
|   Hammer (Half-Life 2), Unity 						      |
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| * Scripting/Programming: OblivionScript, DoomScript, JavaScript, C#, Unreal Kismet  |
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| * Art Asset Creation: 3D Studio Max, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Texture Maker	      |
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| * Office Applications – Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project,		      |
|   Adobe Acrobat Professional							      |
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| * Written & Verbal Communication Skills:  Very strong written and verbal	      |
|   documentation and  communication skills   					      |
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				   DESIGN SPECIALTIES
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| * Architectural Design Skills			    * Level & Environmental Scripting | 
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| * Strong BSP Creation & Editing 		    * Machinima/Matinee		      |
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| * Modular Level Construction/Detailing	    * Art Asset Creation	      |
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| * Terrain Creation and Editing		    * Level & Gameflow Planning	      |
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| * Atmospheric Lighting and Sound		    * Concept & Design Documentation  |
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			      GAME DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE
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| * The Ghost Ship – Standalone Doom III mod (Masters Project)	          Jan-Apr '09 | 
|   Level Designer, Scripter							      |
|	* Created a self-contained, standalone story-driven level within the Doom III |
|         engine to determine the effects of camera perspective on player investment  |
|	* Wrote a custom 3rd-Person camera mod to test against standard 1st-Person    |
|          perspective								      |
|	* Designed, BSP blocked out, textured, decorated, lit, and placed enemies for |
|	  10 minutes of gameplay  						      |    
|	* Wrote several custom scripted sequences within DoomScript designed to	      |
|	  maximize player immersion/investment within the space			      |
|	* Interviewed playtesters who playtested both perspectives on the level,      |
|	  analyzed and organized data, presented results as a Master’s Thesis         |
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| * Leviathan – Unreal Tournament 3 Total Conversion (Team Project)     Dec 08-Apr '09| 
|   Special Effects and Matinee Artist						      |
|	* Worked directly with Art Lead to create the textures, materials, and	      |
|	  emitters necessary for game particle systems 				      |
|	* Worked extensively with Unreal material editor and Cascade to create	      |
|	  engaging and realistic particle effects, as well as dynamic and adaptive    |
|	  in-game materials							      |
|	* Worked with Level Design Lead to create atmospheric, environmental, and     |
|	  story-advancing Matinee sequences 					      |    
|	* Designed, directed, and created game-opening tutorial Matinee sequence      |
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| * Nightbear: The Stuffening – UTIII Mod/Gametype (Team Project)          Aug-Oct '08| 
|   Game Designer and Weapons Artist						      |
|	* Concepted and designed gameplay for a custom multiplayer UTIII gametype     |
|         and mod 				     				      |
|	* Documented & pitched game design, oversaw production 			      |
|	* Modeled, unwrapped, rigged, animated and imported each of the game’s 6 guns |    
|	* Worked to create high-detail, high-poly first person meshes for guns, as    |
|	  well as low-poly 3rd person versions   				      |
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| * Moriarcis: City of the Dead – Oblivion Mod			           Mar-May '08| 
|   Level Designer, Scripter							      |
|	* Created a completely autonomous city of undead skeletal citizens	      |
|	* Designed layout and flow of underground ruined city, as well as 2 new       |
|	  dungeons 			      					      |
|	* Populated city with custom skeletal NPCs, complete with daily Radiant AI    |
|	  schedules 								      |    
|	* Wrote 7 custom spells with OblivionScript, each with a unique scripted      |
| 	  spell effect, such as the summoning of skeletal companion NPCs	      |
|	* Wrote scripts for custom-made placable, posable, and equippable skeletal    |
|	  mannequinss	   							      |
|	* Created 2 retextured armors						      |
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					EDUCATION
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| * Masters of Interactive Technology				  The Guildhall at SMU|
|   Specialization in Level Design					      May 2009|
|   Gearbox Scholarship Award Winner						      |
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| * Bachelor’s Degree in Integrative Arts 	     The Pennsylvania State University|
|   Specialization in New Media						      May 2007|
|   Minor in Architecture							      |
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