VivianWong

Hardsuit Labs Seattle, WA March 2017 - Present

Lead Technical Designer — Unreleased

• Manage a small team of technical designers focusing on empowering and educating content creators.
• Coordinate with multiple departments to assist in delivering systems, levels and narrative experiences.
• Collaborate with cinematics department to create and maintain a workflow process for scripting.
• Design and upkeep "encounter manager" system to enable custom and portable scripting of content.
• Championed a blueprint review process to spread knowledge and increase scripting quality.

Technical Designer — Unreleased

• Facilitated communication between level design and engineering departments.
• Created scripting tools to provide designers easy access to frequently used functions and properties.

Level Designer — Unreleased

• Designed and scripted levels supporting different approaches to overcoming obstacles.
• Scripted combat and non-combat encounters for both hub and spoke-type levels.

Monolith Productions Kirkland, WA December 2015 - September 2016

Associate Designer (Contract) — Middle-earth: Shadow of War

• Primary tutorial designer, responsible for implementing new tutorials and updating legacy content.
• Collaborated with other departments to create a mini-game, focusing on usability for designers.

Uber Entertainment Bellevue, WA April 2015 - October 2015

Puzzle Designer (Contract) — Wayward Sky

• Primary level and puzzle designer for a virtual reality "point and click" puzzle game.
• Collaborated with project lead to design new mechanics to shape the game’s tone and progression.

Carbine Studios Aliso Viejo, CA May 2013 - April 2014

Associate Content Designer (Contract) — WildStar

• Created the tutorial quest that game directors selected as a template for all four introductory zones.
• Designed quests, events, NPCs, challenges, and achievements conforming to the WildStar tone guide.