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Minecraft

VR/AR

Get right inside the world of Minecraft with virtual reality. Build, explore and battle mobs - do all the things you know and love - but from a fresh perspective. With a VR headset on, coming face- to-face with monstrous mobs takes on new meaning; creeping into dark caves inspires even greater trepidation thanks to 3D audio; and the light of a gorgeous sunrise seems to envelop you more completely.

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PRIOR PROJECT >

VR/AR GAME DESIGNER & LEVEL DESIGNER

• Worked with the Design Team and Creative Leadership to develop the product vision and designed compelling gameplay to meet those goals.
• Designed new, intuitive gameplay controls for Minecraft Augmented Reality experience on the Hololense and the Virtual Reality experience on the Oculus Rift/Gear VR.
• Designed the Oculus Touch (hand motion controller) interactions within the Minecraft VR experience.
• Wrote and maintained Game Design documentation and verified features as they came online.
• Attended multiple UR sessions on Minecraft VR and studied the positive and negatives effects of Virtual Reality.

• Worked with the Hololense, brainstorming Minecraft ideas, designing flowcharts for new features, and providing demonstrations.

• Created Minecraft levels that showcase the new VR experience and presented them at various trade shows such as the Microsoft 2016 Spring Showcase, GDC 2016, Minecon 2016, and to top Microsoft executives.
• Designed levels showcasing the new Minecraft “Add on” feature update (Alien Invasion, Villains, and Halloween House of Horrors levels).
• Wrote code in .JSON to change and tweak enemy behavior in order to create new “add on” enemies.
• Provided game design input at daily bug/feature triage meetings for the current status of the Minecraft build.