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Chris Molina
Phone: 310.562.2056
E-mail: chris.auburn.sky@gmail.com

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Superbot Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA, 08/11– 11/12                                    
Play Station All-Stars Battle Royale (PS3 & Vita)
Senior Level Designer           

• Delivered level pitches and treatments to adhere towards celebrating Sony Playstation IPs satisfying criteria to exist within the brawl genre.
• Conceptualized level layout mark ups using Illustrator and Photoshop suites.
• Performed white box and level event scripting using Maya and proprietary state machine tools.
• Led level pod scrums in delegating daily action items among artists, animators, and programmers.
• Worked close with combat team in balancing and iterating level gameplay to align with fight systems
• and mechanics.
• Supported A.I. team with stress testing bot behavior and troubleshooting path node scripting.
• Participated conducting offsite focus testing and feedback sessions at Sony Santa Monica Studio.            

Sony Online Entertainment/SCEA, San Diego, CA, 04/08 – 07/11                                          
Free Realms (PC & PS3)
Game Designer                                                                                                           

• Fostered level design, map making, & design document standardization for global combat zones.
• Conceived and implemented original concepts for MMO combat encounters which included behavior scripting, AI , boss mechanics, and dialogue, using  proprietary tools as well as direct database access.
• Served as art-environment liaison for combat team, communicating vision to environment artists and troubleshooting between both disciplines to achieve expected results.
• Performed world-building tasks using proprietary art terrain editor tool and Maya.
• Mentored two junior designers with content, tools, game and level design methodology.
• Supported world team with content implementation and scripting ambient behavior sequences.
• Nurtured social relations with player community by maintaining dialogue through the online forums while compiling data feedback for creating housing system based activities.
• Compiled data and conducted combat, mini-games, and platforming playtest agendas for onsite lab focus testing sessions.
  
  

Sormfront Studios, San Francisco, CA, 01/07 -01/08                                                                                          
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Xbox 360, PS2, Wii, PC)
Level Designer                                                                                                           

• Constructed level prototypes and final levels iterations using 3DS Max.                                    
• Specified scripting, triggers, AI, and other in-game elements using in house proprietary tools that managed persistent storage for a small-scale open world progression.
• Collaborated with level artists and animators to maintain integrity of both gameplay and aesthetic presentation.
• Formulated design documentation outlining mission objectives, pacing, and level specs for third person action adventure title.
• Worked with programmers to build custom tools needed to produce gameplay spaces and events.
• Balanced and tuned gameplay to adhere to the targeted player audience.

Climax, Santa Monica, CA, 04/06 -01/07                                                                                                                  
Demo (PS3), Silent Hill Origins(PSP), Steel Horizon (PSP)                                                                                   
Jr. Designer/3D Artist 

• Designer on PS3 Demo which included creating story development, game/level design,high res textures/ 3D models and audio for over-the-shoulder survival horror title.
• Conceptualized/laid out and implemented gameplay using map entities.                                                                                    
• Integrated game ready assets using Unreal 3 editor and Maya. 
• Applied scripting/gameplay functions using Unreal 3 Kismet script and matinee editor.
• 3D and 2D artist for two PSP titles, tasks included creating realistic and stylized models & textures as well as generating localized 2D art screens in four foreign languages