Jeffrey Browne - Level Designer - www.jjbrowne.com
jjbrowne03@alumni.amherst.edu
7909 Coriander Dr #304
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
(240) 723-0513


SKILLS
 
Editors/Software
·Hammer      
·UnrealEd
·CoD Radiant / Q3Radiant
·3DStudioMax
·Photoshop
·MS Office
	- Visual Sourcesafe
	- Word, Project, PowerPoint
	- Excel, Frontpage

Level Design
·BSP and mesh geometry
·Lighting
·Scripting Gameplay Sequences
·AI pathing
·Trigger systems
·Communication Across Disciplines
·Documentation
·Asset and Development Planning
·Project Planning


GAME EXPERIENCE

Eclipse – Half-Life 2 Total Conversion (Single Player) Dev Time: 5 months
Co-Game Designer/Level Designer – CelTech Studios
·	3rd Person Action Adventure that features tactical, puzzle based combat
·	Chosen by faculty to be Game Designer
·	In charge of game design document / Balanced gameplay
·	Designed and built a level
	- Documentation / block out / detail work
	- BSP / displacement construction / placed mesh geometry
	- Added scripted sequences / triggers / enemy placement / AI pathing / sounds
	- Lighting / 3D skybox

Dark Territory - Unreal 2K4 MOD (Multiplayer) Dev Time: 2.5 months
Team Lead/Level Designer – Trebuchet Games
·	Winner in the NVIDIA “Make Something Unreal Contest” Educational Category
·	Created the intro cinematic for the mod using Unreal’s machinima tools
·	Designed and built 2 levels
	- Documentation / block / detail work
	- BSP / terrain construction / created and textured over 20 static meshes
	- Added gameplay triggers / sounds / lighting / skybox

Rathe of the Wolf – Fakk 2 Total Conversion (Single Player) Dev Time: 5 months
Game Designer/Level Designer – Hep Games
·	3rd Person Action Adventure Pirate Mod
·	In charge of game design document
·	Balanced gameplay
·	Designed and built 2 levels
	- Documentation / block out / detail work
	- BSP construction / created and placed mesh geometry
	- Added scripted sequences / triggers / enemy placement / AI pathing
	- Lighting / skybox / sounds

“Night of the Headcrabs” Map Pack – Half-Life 2 (Single Player) Dev Time: 3 months
Level Designer/Scripter
·	Designed and built “The Auditorium” level
	- Documentation / block out / detail work
	- BSP / displacement construction / placed mesh geometry
	- Added scripted sequences / triggers / enemy placement / AI pathing / sounds
	- Lighting / 3D skybox

Jayden’s Time – Scripted Cinematic using Fakk 2 Dev Time: 3 months
Scripter/Level Designer
·	15 minute cinematic that focuses on intense action sequences
·	Designed and built a level
	- Documentation / block out / detail work
	- BSP construction / created and textured mesh geometry / created shaders
	- Added scripted sequences / triggers / lighting / skybox

The Enchanted Forest – 2D Platformer (Single Player) Dev Time: 2.5 months
Game Designer/Level Designer
·	Side-Scrolling Action Adventure
·	Designed and implemented the gameplay
·	Designed and built the levels
	- Documentation / block out / detail work
	- Scripted all gameplay sequences / created most environment textures


WORK EXPERIENCE

Integrated Systems - Rochester, NY   2001, 2002, 2003
Network Infrastructure Technician
·	Involved in daily implementation and maintenance of network backbone infrastructure
·	Multivender support for fiber, copper, and wireless based technologies

Education
The Guildhall at SMU - Dallas, TX
·	Level Design; Graduate Certificate 
Amherst College - Amherst, MA
·	BA in Computer Science, Concentration in Economics
University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh, Scotland
·	Six-month study abroad


OTHER

First Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do
Travel – Eastern and Western Europe including British Isles and Ireland