NBA Live 18

Role: Associate Designer (Full-Time Conversion)

• Transitioned from Front-End (FE) team to Gameplay (GP) team to improve overall game quality
  • Won Internal Award Ceremony for “The One”
• Things I’ve done on Gameplay for 18
  • Learned ANT (having no prior knowledge of the toolset)
  • Implemented and tuned various animations within Gameplay to raise quality bar
    • Dunks, Dunk-Ons, Layups, Block-Ons, and Hard Fouls.
• Created and implemented system and controls for Shot Stick feature
  • Input system that allowed more “granular” selection of what asset to play
• Worked with engineers to better develop tools to debug, collect information, and increase productivity in implementing animations
• Worked with engineers through requests to help evolve our defender system and animation gathers for n-man situations
• Things I worked on for Front-End for 18
• Loot Crate System
  • Initial design and then provided feedback once I switched to GP on iteration
  • With an emphasis on “fair-play” to avoid “gambling” fatigue
• Player Progression
  • Collaborated with another designer on design and final implementation
• Traits
  • Gameplay enhancements that trigger based on certain conditions being met that the User has performed
  • Designed, tuned, and implemented all traits.
• Signature Abilities
  • Signature abilities are more powerful versions of traits, with more complexity, and exclusivity based on what playstyle they have chosen.
    • Designed, tuned, and implemented all signature abilities.
• Create Player Customization
  • Implementing all gear, hair, facial hair, head models, and animations that would end up available for NBA Live 18.
• The Rise
  • Helped set up rosters, provided feedback, and helped tune difficulty.
• Franchise
  • Initially wrote all initial designs and documentation for Franchise, prior to moving to GP team.
• Rising Star
  • Initially wrote all initial designs and documentation for Rising Star, prior to moving to GP team.
• Worked within database and trained new employees about workflow pipelines and provided support for FE and GP teams.
• Provided support for trailer and marketing asset creation
• Attended conferences, performed presentations, interviews, and tech setups.
  • Public Showcases – (EA Play)
  • Internal Showcases