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Robert M. Baker
Salt Lake City, UT.
(813) 220-9999 ~ Email: bake002000@yahoo.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Passionate, well versed, well rounded, adaptable, high energetic, MOTIVATED super skills and RESULTS oriented Video Game Designer; Polished, multi faceted, and test proven for different roles on many different game TITLES- seeking employment with a motivated top notch game company that can benefit from my extensive game design and game production expertise and that I can benefit from in terms of professional growth.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Designer/Producer worked on a casual/social based game for Facebook including design, economy systems and game flow
• Lead designer on legendary NBA JAM title from the early 90’s which pioneered the arcade sports genera resulting in a new drawn interest for sports arcade titles and millions of copies sold 1999-2000 for N64.
• As a Designer I’ve worked on many household brand name titles for Sega Sports and Nintendo. Need for speed Undercover (DS)
• As a Lead Designer I created one of the first two games in one with NBA JAM 99, for Arcade and Simulation, as well as pioneered the first full blown fantasy draft-GM mode, complete with a points system, trades and free agency.
o “NBA Jam 99 is actually two and a half games in one, so the best way to review this game is to address each one separately” ‘gamespot review for NBAJAM99’
o “The game's bread and butter is its NBA play simulation mode. It's rich in features and options, the most notable being a fantasy draft in which you can rebuild the NBA with custom rosters, then trade and create players under a bonus points cap. The 80-plus plays are easy to customize and call on the fly.” ‘gamespot review for NBAJAM99’
• Created and incorporated new design control mechanism for NBA Courtside 2002 featuring Kobe Bryant
o “Additionally, the game's developers have put the analog C stick on the GameCube controller to excellent use by giving the player the option to use it to pass.” ‘CNET editors write up’
• Created online leagues and tournaments for MMO Baseball featuring ‘Cal Ripken’ enhancing community interest and bringing in new sign-ups up to a 30% increase.

SKILLS

 Maya (Building game data, Level Layout, Designing Tracks)
 Perforce (Scripting Lua files)
 Unity
 UDK
 Prototyping
 Hammer Editor
 MS Office, MS Project, Visio
 Photoshop
 Various proprietary tools and scripting
 Storyboarding
 Proficient with confluence
 Proficient with Jira
 Google docs
 In house tools
 Creating Design Documents
 Wiki
 Story writing
 Dialog Keys

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Heartlands Dec2013-Present
Producer
Fantasy Adventure Action Based Online PC Game
 Managing Project Through Scrum
 Create milestone task list
 Scheduling/Tasking
 Oversee the progression of the project
 Assist in Design of core game mechanics
 Assist in Design UI Layout
 Assist in Design Stats, Mission Data and Economy Systems

Independent Consulting Work, Colorado DEC2012-Present
Game Designer/Consultant
Sci-Fi Theme Based CollectiveTrading Card Game
 Prototyping the visual walkthrough for the entire project
 Designed wire-frames and mock-ups
 Unannounced Trading card game
 Design Consulting for core game mechanics
 Design UI Layout
 Design Stats, Mission Date and Economy System

Playlore Inc, JUNE 2011-2012
Lead Game Designer
Soccer Town (FB)
 Created Game concepts and GDD
 Created all game assets list 2d and 3d
 Created power-ups for core game play side
 Scripted and created story dialog keys for each game slice
 Created all wireframes and mock ups
 Created all roster player
 Created all design elements

Playdom, AUG 2010-2011
Designer/Producer
Unannounced Title (FB)
 Created Game concepts and GDD
 Managed UI team
 Economy Systems
 Assisted in Designing new core game play system
 Created wireframes and mock ups

Independent Contract Work, Los Angeles, CA NOV2009
Game Designer
 Prototyped the visual walkthrough for the entire project
 Designed wire-frames and mock-ups

Gorilla Systems, Tampa, FL April 2008 – March 2009
Lead Game Designer
Unannounced Music Based Adventure Title (DS)
All Star Cheer Squad Title (DS)
 Created Game concepts and GDD
 Mentored junior designer’s
 Story Board Building
 Designed new core game play system

Netamin Communication Corp., Diamond Bar, CA April 2005 – April 2008
Lead Designer/QA Manager/Community Leader /Producer
Cal Ripken Baseball (MMORSG); Unannounced Football Title (MMORSG); Unannounced Baseball Title (MMORSG); Unannounced Soccer Title (MMORSG)
 Created Game concepts and GDD
 Designed and created revolutionary online economy
 Designed and created revolutionary online leagues and tournaments

Community Lead
 Responsible for organization and building community
- Hosting live events leagues and tournaments
- Organizer and director Game Masters

QA Manager
 Responsible for all QA operations with internal team and development team
Netamin Communication Corp. (Continued)

Producer
 Responsible for production responsibilities between headquarters and development

Gameloft Montreal QC June 2004 – April 2005
Lead Designer
Real Football 2005 (Mobile); Various Unannounced Sports Titles (Mobile)
 Created Game concepts and GDD
 Designed in house play and stat editor to drive the game and sound
 Organized sound and animation lists
 Doubled up help on the baseball title

Kush Games Inc, Camarillo, CA Jul 2002 – Feb 2004
Game Designer
NCAA Basketball 2K3 (Xbox, GameCube, PS2); NCAA Basketball 2K4 (Xbox, GameCube, PS2); NCAA Football (Xbox, GameCube, PS2); College Football 2k4 (Xbox, PS2); World Series Baseball (Xbox, PS2)
 Created Game concepts and GDD
 Organized mo-cap list and directed each session
 Scripting of all plays audio design using the VC tool/play editor

Left Field Productions, West Lake Village, CA March 2000 – July 2002
Lead Designer | Assistant Producer
Backyard Sports Football (GameCube)
 Created Game concepts and GDD
 Designing tools play editors to implement plays, play calling, audio etc.
 Responsible for overall core game play system

Lead Game Designer |Assistant Producer
NBA Courtside 2002 (GameCube)
 Created Game concept and GDD
 Designer on new and innovative core game play elements
 Responsible for all Mo-Cap design and direction
 Designer of 3D menu system

Acclaim Entertainment/Iguana/Sculptured Software, Salt Lake City UT 1993 – 2000
Designer/Lead Designer/Assistant Project Manager/Tester
NBA JAM 2000 (N64); NBA JAM ‘99 (N64); Space Jam (PC, Saturn, PSX lead design); NBA Jam Extreme (Coin-op); NFL Football (SNES); Tony Meola Soccer (SNES); Looney Tunes Basketball (SNES); NBA Tecmo Basketball (Genesis); Bart Simpson’s Nightmare (SNES); Legends of the Ring (SNES, Genesis)
 Designer and assistant on all titles responsible for game concepts, core game play systems, GDD, and Mo-Cap

EDUCATION

•Full Sail University – Game Designer-enrolled in the online program.2010-2013
•University of Utah – Salt Lake City, UT. Fulfilled Undergrad requirements in Exercise Sports Science working towards getting certified to teach 83-90

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