Quest & Narrative Designer

Nicholas E Thomas

(903) 530-9979

nicholasearlthomas@gmail.com

Projects

 

Lead Level Designer

Cyberdrome

UE4

7 Month
Project

16 Devs

Steam Launch:

1/1/19

  • Cleared blockers and managed small team of level designers

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

  • Worked with other leads and other disciplines to ensure overall game quality was up to par

  • Communicated with and collaborated with external teammates for trailers

 

Lead Audio Designer

Interstellar Racing League

UE4

4 Month Project

60 Devs

  • Responsible for generating audio effects used within the game

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

  • Worked with GDs, other leads, and other teammates to develop sounds that fit the vision of the game best

  • Communicated with outside composers in order to get the best music for the game.

 

Level Designer

Jami the Jelly

Unity 5

3 Month Project

5 Devs

  • Designed, implemented, and iterated upon levels in order to make a fun experience

  • Diligently tested all levels for both critical and minor bugs

  • Communicated and collaborated with team in order to see project through to completion

Published Works

 

A Song of Solitude: A Prelude

Createspace Independent Publisher

April 21st, 2017

  • 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.

 

Jetsam

Under the Same Sky Magazine

Issue # 5 March 2017

  • 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

Professional Certificate in Level Design | May 2019 | SMU Guildhall | Plano, Tx

BA in creative writing and Literature | May 2017 | Santa Fe University of Art and Design |Santa Fe, Nm

Engines

  • Unreal 4

  • Unity 5

  • Creation Kit

  • Aurora Toolset

  • Lumberyard

 

Design Skills

  • Single Player Design

  • Narrative Design

  • Quest Design

  • Scripting

  • Visual Scripting

  • Debugging

  • Combat Design

  • Character Design

  • Agile Development

  • Scrum

  • Testing and Iteration

  • Rapid Prototyping

  • PC Development

  • Cross-Discipline Communication

  • Documentation

  • Planning

 

Tools

  • Final Draft

  • Celtx

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Adobe Audition

  • Adobe Premiere

  • Maya

  • 3DS Max

  • ZeroBrane Studios

  • Visual Studio

  • Löve 2D

  • Perforce

  • Hansoft

  • Jira

  • Slack

  • Microsoft Office

 

Scripting

  • UE4 Blueprint

  • Papyrus

  • Lua

  • Script Canvas

  • C#