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Associate Game Designer

  • Designing level blockouts on Layout Design team
     

  • Giving direction and feedback to Environment Art team on level hand offs
     

  • Cross disciplinary collaboration with Design, Production, Art, and Sound to fulfill experiential goals for levels

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Associate Game Designer

  • Designed multiplayer level blockouts on Layout Design team
     

  • Gave direction and feedback to Environment Art team on level hand offs
     

  • Cross disciplinary collaboration with Design, Production, Art, and Sound to fulfill experiential goals for levels

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Area Design Intern

  • Implemented open world combat encounters, set dressing, and loot to populate level and world
     

  • Designed and Iterated on level layouts, combat, and narrative elements for POIs in Unreal Engine 5
     

  • Utilized proprietary tools to implement narrative barks and examinable elements

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Game Design Intern

  • Completed various First Person Shooter level blockouts for combat encounters and traversal segments
     

  • Utilized visual scripting to implement various gameplay mechanics and narrative sequences
     

  • Ideate on weapon and combat mechanics

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Game Design Intern

  • Worked alongside senior level designers to perform design analysis and ideation in fields related to puzzle and level design
     

  • Created detailed research documents on various game design topics.
     

  • Proposed fully developed pitch decks of design ideations for new puzzles and levels

About
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Hey! I'm Darren Kwan, a game and level designer currently working at Naughty DogI'm passionate about creating projects that capture impactful & engaging moments for audiences.  

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When I'm not working, you can find me climbing, spending time with my dogs & loved ones, supporting my favorite sports teams, looking for the latest eats, or building keyboards!

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