Kevin Bryan
System Designer
Skills
Game Design
Encounter Design
Narrative Design
World Building
Systems Design
Documentation
Programming
Unity
C#
UnityXR
Github
Perforce
Unity VFX Graph
Unity Shader Graph
Production and QA
Jira
Testrail
Bugzilla
Hacknplan
Slack
Discord
Education
Academy of Interactive Entertainment
Aug. 2019​ to Current
Advanced Diploma Game Design and Production 2021​
Guilford College
Aug. 2003​ to July 2007​
BA Political Science 2007​
Employment
Designer / Producer for Rubberside Down
Designer and Producer, Unannounced App
Feb. 2021​ to Current

Designer and Producer for unreleased travel-related mobile app.

  • Researched Maps API and Unity Plugins to find the fastest development options
  • Recruited programmer and UI artist to work on Unity development
  • Refined from loose concept to design documents and tasks
  • Set up and ran HacknPlan for Art, Design and Programming tasks
Freelance Unity Programmer and Designer for Symbion Project
Unity Programmer and designer for (m)ORPH
June 2020​ to Feb. 2021​

Unity Developer and Game Designer working on (m)ORPH

  • (m)ORPH is a VR interactive music experience for Oculus Rift and Quest
  • Developed input, shader, physics, and 3D sound systems in C# for Unity
  • Updated project to pass Oculus compliance
  • Did additional game design and programming for upcoming updates.
Snapchat AR Creator Residency
Programmer and Game Designer for MyTomato
Sept. 2020​ to Oct. 2020​

Created the MyTomato AR Virtual Pet Lens for Snapchat as part of their AR Creator Residency Program in a small team.

  • Created the initial pitch to Snapchat
  • Learned how to code in JavaScript, learned a new engine, and completed the finished lens in the allotted time
  • Programmed a full plant-sim that interacts with the Snapchat API to create a growable pet
Freelance Writing and RPG Designer
RPG Designer
Jan. 2018​ to Sept. 2020​

Paizo Publishing - Huskworld and The Forever Reliquary and Bestiary 3 Contributing writer. 

Bestiary of Babylon Self-published book of monsters for Chronicles of Darkness

  • Researched Babylonian monsters and legends to reimagine them for the modern day.

Open Gaming Network - Monster Mondays
ENWorld TRAILseeker - The Envious
Eat the Rich Anthology: What We Eat

Parker Staffing
Experienced Tester / Lotcheck Tester
May 2019​ to Mar. 2020​

Compliance testing for the Nintendo eShop

Checked builds for stability on multiple specifications
Documented violations to be forwarded to the developer

VMC at Airtight Games
Functional Tester
Nov. 2013​ to Feb. 2014​

Performed black box functional testing for Murdered: Soul Suspect

Ran test cases, build verification tests, ad hoc testing and regressing previous bugs
Tested for Windows, Playstation and PC

VMC
Xbox 360 Certification Compliance Tester
July 2013​ to Nov. 2013​

Performed Compliance testing for Xbox 360 Certification

Checked builds against the Test Certification Requirements on multiple specifications

  • Worked in small teams to identify violations.

Documented violations to be forwarded to the developer

Projects
Student Project: The Forgotten Circus: System Designer & Programmer
Mar. 2021​ to Current

The Forgotten Circus is a stealth-horror game  developed in Unity where you sacrifice friendly toys to escape from invulnerable monsters.

  • Designed and programmed sound system for AI detection.
  • Designed and programmed toy mechanics.
  • Worked with programmers to integrate systems with AI and player controller.
  • Worked with team to develop compelling toys and monsters.
Student Project: Rise to the Top - Level and Encounter Designer
May 2020​ to July 2020​

  • Rise to the top is an imaginary FPS where a child must use their rocket launcher and sword to ascend the tower and rescue their cat, Princess.
  • Worked in a team of eleven as a level designer and encounter designer across four sprints
  • Designed the level to focus on and show off player rocket-jumping to bypass enemies or to knock enemies to their death
  • Developed multi-stage boss fight with destroyable boss shields, teleporting enemies, and collapsing terrain.
Game Jams as Programmer and Designer

  • Don't Touch the Penguin  - You are a penguin so you should bite the delicious hands of children in this 3D arcade game
    Programmer and Designer - Started using Scriptable Objects.
  • Burning Horizon - Try to repair a space station during a meteor storm while it is on fire in this 3D arcade game
    Shader Programmer and Level Designer
  • Snooze Button - Try to get five more minutes of sleep... while the world is trying to wake you up  in this 2D arcade game
    Programmer
  • Mr. Gorbachev Tear Down This Wall! - Tear down the Berlin Wall in this 3D Pinball / Blockbreaker hybrid.
    3D Modeler and Texture Artist
  • Eco Yeti - You are the Yeti who eats Skiers - in this 3D Arcade game.
    Programmer and Level Designer - First character controller and spawning system
Activities
Tabletop Games and Larps · Game Master / Event Runner
Sept. 2003​ to Current

  • Run both premade games and custom plotlines for a variety of game systems and settings
  • Developed original content, monsters, NPCs encounters, and settings
  • Ran games from between 2 and 40 participants
  • Developed games for both Player Vs Environment and Player Vs Player focus