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Alicia Yeargin - Game Designer
http://www.AliciaYeargin.com
206-910-0095, Alicia@AliciaYeargin.com
8500 148th Ave NE, Q3052, Redmond, WA 98052



Objective

  • To learn new tools and use everything I have in order to create unique game content.




    • Technical Skills

  • Level Design: Experience with Unreal Development Kit, Unreal 3, Unity, Flash, RPG Maker.

  • Programming: Proficient in C/C++; experience with Kismet, ActionScript, JavaScript.

  • Graphic Design: Experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Paint Tool SAI, Paint.NET.

  • Miscellaneous Design: Experience with 3ds Max, Microsoft Visual Studio, Tortoise SVN, Doxygen, FontCreator, Mixcraft 5, Audacity, HTML, CSS.




    • Design Skills

  • Design: Level design, content design, interface design, UX design, graphic design.

  • Writing: Story-writing, content, dialog, tutorials, documentation.

  • Communication: Worked with multiple student teams of varying disciplines.

  • Prototyping: Able to use paper or software to quickly demonstrate concepts.




    • Education

  • DigiPen Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science in Game Design - May 2012

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    Game Experience

  • Dark Day
    Solo Project (DigiPen), Spring 2012, UDK, 3D First Person Survival Horror
    Level and experience design, Kismet scripting, various mesh creation, documentation.

  • Explosive Dawn
    Little Black Dress Productions (DigiPen), Spring 2011, 2D Calligraphy-style Shooter
    Game design, UI design, created all art assets, wrote game/playtesting documentation.

  • Unreal Robot Unicorn Attack
    Student Design Team (DigiPen) Fall 2010, Unreal 3, 3D 3rd Person Music-based Platformer
    Level design, created third level, in charge of Kismet scripting for whole project.

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    Other Experience

  • Instructor, ProjectFUN Workshops, DigiPen Institute of Technology, May 2011 - August 2011
    Taught Online Video Game Programming Level 1 to students in middle and high school.

  • Web Designer & Developer, Medina High School, September 2007 - June 2008
    Designed and developed the school website in HTML.



    • Accomplishments

  • Winner of the Editor's Choice Award in the International Open Amateur Poetry Contest
    from Poetry.com for the poem "Modern Day Romance" resulting in publication - 2007

  • Finalist of the Believing in Greatness contest from Elder & Leemaur Publishers for the essay
    "The 'Great' Menagerie" resulting in publication - 2007


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    Contact

    If you wish to contact me, feel free to e-mail me at alicia@aliciayeargin.com.


    Current

    I am currently a student at DigiPen Institute of Technology. I am a Senior getting a Bachelor of Science in Game Design.


    About

    I was born in Kirkland, WA, and lived in Washington until about 6 when my family moved to Plano, TX. After few years of easy suburban life, we moved to Bandera, TX onto a 200-acre wildlife ranch that become home to 3 horses, 3 buffalo, and several varieties of exotic deer. I was a cowgirl, ranch-living woman.

    After selling the ranch, we moved to a tiny Texas town nearby called Medina, which is where I attended and graduated high school with a class of 25 people. It wasn't until my Senior year that I decided what I wanted to do after high school. I sent one application to one college and only one, DigiPen. I was accepted and happily moved back up to Washington in order to pursue the things I love most.

    Writing has always been an interest of mine. When I first learned how to write my first words, I put them down on paper together to create little stories. I continued to do this until the stories got bigger and bigger. I have written countless short stories over the years and even one full-size novel. I don't want to write novels though; I want to write games.

    Games were not always an interest of mine. It wasn't until middle school that I ever played anything other than a Mario game or Barbie game. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and Halo completely drew me in. I was shocked and astounded by what was capable in video games and how fun they could be. It wasn't until high school that I really considered gaming a serious hobby. Now, I'm making them a career thanks to those two games.



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