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Naomi Thomas

(903) 530-9979

naomielainethomas@gmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/naomi-thomas-733255116/

• Designed and prototyped narrative tools, including a CRPG style dialogue system that enables dialogue and cutscenes to be played from anywhere in map.

• Utilized AI voiceover tools to generate a variety of voices to be used as voiceover within the demo due to lack of budget and scope for professional voice actors

• Authored cinematics of multiple control levels, ranging from full player control within cinematics to on-the-rails cinematics with no player control.

Unannounced UE5 Investigation Game Project

• Laid out story beats, wrote scripts, and implemented said story beats and scripts into functioning narrative moments within the hand authored portioned of the demo.

• Utilized AI Voiceover tools to generate and implement all voiceover content within the hand authored portion of our demo due to lack of budget and scope for professional voice actors

• Generated ancillary lore content, such as journal entries and environmentally triggered barks, all of which fit into the larger lore of the established intellectual property the project was based on.

• Developed tools that made life easier for artists and designers, such as a volume able to select all assets within it and a tool that merged multiple splines into a single, performative spline.

• Developed interactive objects (puzzle content and all environmental and non-character based scripting) from conception to completion

• Worked within interdisciplinary team to produce content that replicated properly, was performative, and easy for content art, VFX, and audio teams to slot in their work.

• Developed interactive objects (puzzle content and all environmental and non-character based scripting) from conception to completion

• Worked within interdisciplinary team to produce content that replicated properly, was performative, and easy for content art, VFX, and audio teams to slot in their work.

• Worked in tandem with both in house developers (Lost Boys Interactive) and clients/developers from the base game (Gearbox Software) to deliver content at a satisfactory level of polish

Shipped Student Games

• Cleared blockers for, supported, and managed team of four level designers

• Planned sprints, maintained crucial development documents, and provided critical feedback on levels

• Worked with other departments’ leads to ensure that level designer asset requirements were met

• Worked closely with external teammate for trailer by providing direction and required materials

• Responsible for synthesizing and compiling audio effects used within the game

• Worked with Audio Programmer in order to find the most efficient ways to implement sounds

• Balanced audio volume mixes for all game modes

• Worked with external composers to get appropriate background music for all elements of the game

• Oversaw and developed levels from conception to completion

• Diligently tested all levels for both critical and minor bugs

• Helped maintain crucial development documents.

Solo Student Projects

• Designed and implemented an island city that fits within the world of Neverwinter Nights

• Crafted and scripted combat encounters that created a feeling of player growth

• Wrote and implemented original dialogue, quests, item descriptions, and lore objects that fit within the context of the larger Neverwinter Nights world

• Designed and implemented an original series of quests and areas inspired by Norse mythology

• Created, implemented, and balanced four bosses in a manner that allows for both player growth and challenge

• Designed and implemented an original vault that fits within the world and lore of Fallout

• Designed and implemented multiple quests surrounding Vault 327

• Wrote and implemented many supporting lore receptacles telling Vault 327’s story prior to the game

Published Written Works

• Fantasy Novella with themes of grief, childhood trauma, and hope

• Written and published as part of undergraduate capstone class

• A young man named Thym must come to grips with his rage and grief after the destruction of his village.

• Magical Realism flash fiction piece

• Initially written as part of a class assignment, but revised extensively in subsequent years.

• Original draft also published in Glyph 2015 Santa Fe University of Art and Design’s student literary magazine

• A rock breathes new life into a sailor cast adrift from his ship.

Education

Engines

• Unreal 4

• Unreal 5

• Lumberyard

Skills

• Single Player Design

• Multiplayer Design

• Technical Design

• Narrative Design

• Scripting

• Visual Scripting

• Creative Writing

• Script Writing

• Agile Development

• Testing and Iteration

• Rapid Prototyping

• PC Development

• Console Development

• Mulitplatform Develoment

• Documentation

• Project Planning

Tools

• Eleven Labs

• Twine

• Final Draft

• Celtx

• Perforce

• Hansoft

• Jira

• UE4 Sequencer

• Visual Studio

• Ableton Live

Scripting

• UE Blueprint

• Papyrus

• Lua

• Script Canvas

• C#

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