Zoo Tycoon 2 • Mechwarrior 3 • Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species • Mechwarrior 3: Pirate's Moon • Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania • The Next Tetris • Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection • Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania • Zoo Tycoon: Dino Digs • Zoo Tycoon • Diva Life • Rat Race • Band of Heroes • Yakuza Lords • Zoo Tycoon 2 • Mechwarrior 3 • Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species • Mechwarrior 3: Pirate's Moon • Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania • The Next Tetris • Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection • Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania • Zoo Tycoon: Dino Digs • Zoo Tycoon • Diva Life • Rat Race • Band of Heroes • Yakuza Lords • Zoo Tycoon 2 • Mechwarrior 3 • Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species • Mechwarrior 3: Pirate's Moon • Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania • The Next Tetris • Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection • Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania • Zoo Tycoon: Dino Digs • Zoo Tycoon • Diva Life • Rat Race • Band of Heroes
The resumé of
Shawn D. Stone
3500 Harbison Dr., Apt. 103
Vacaville, CA 95687

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Game
Development Work Experience

LOLapps, Inc.
Game Balance/Retention – San Francisco, CA (08/09 - Present)
  • Used Excel to Balance data for several xwars games for Facebook
  • Integrated art assets into game pipeline
  • Used python scripts to import and diff game data from Excel to Facebook
  • Suggested design changes and discussed implementation
Shattered Reality Interactive
Game Designer – San Francisco, CA (01/09 - 08/09)
  • Designed, laid out and built web site for web-based game
  • Used Ruby on Rails to script dynamic, interactive web site
  • Took art assets from .psd to on-page .gif, .png and .jpg formats
  • Created hundreds of weapons and armor for a one-on-one asynchronous combat game
  • Balanced item attributes and character abilities
  • Designed, laid out and built web site for web-based game
Super-Ego Games
Level Designer – San Francisco, CA (07/07 - 01/09)
  • Used XML and Lua to script multiple installments of an episodic 3rd person action adventure game
  • Scripted simple object manipulation puzzles using Lua
  • Implemented numerous object instances with various interactions
  • Balanced many AI interactions between entities
  • Worked closely with professional comedy writers, audio designers and artists to create appropriate content
  • Maintained database of all speech/text for game, editing thousands of lines of text and verifying quality of audio
  • Maintained dictionary of phoneme/viseme definitions for lip sync data
    • Rat Race (PS3, PC) [Unpublished] – Designer
Blue Fang Games, LLC
Senior Game Designer – Waltham, MA (06/01 - 07/07)
  • Worked on six shipped Zoo Tycoon products in five years that have sold a combined total of over 3.6 million units.
  • Managed design team efforts on several projects
  • Wrote design documents for multiple projects
  • Coordinated with artists and engineers as design lead or co-lead
  • Worked closely with the publisher on game design, balancing, and testing
  • Designed game systems and content
  • Implemented AI behaviors and entity definition data for over 100 unit types
  • Conducted in-depth research on animals, dinosaurs, zoos, animal training, etc.
  • Worked on multiple projects at once, worked on demos and patches
    • Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania (PC) – Lead Designer
    • Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species (PC) – Game Designer
    • Zoo Tycoon 2 (PC) – Game Designer
    • Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection (PC) – Lead Designer
      • Winner of the 2004 AIAS Computer Family Title of the Year
    • Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania (PC) – Co-Lead Designer
    • Zoo Tycoon: Dino Digs (PC) – Co-Lead Designer
    • Zoo Tycoon (PC) – Game Designer
Beta Breakers
QA Tester – San Rafael, CA (05/00 to 09/00)
  • Tested web sites for functionality and compatibility with various browsers and platforms
  • Tested games for video and audio hardware compatibility
  • Tested applications for proper functionality
  • Familiarized with many different operating systems and browsers
    • RC Copter Challenge (PS2)
    • Lego: Alpha Team (PC)
Mindscape/Mattel Interactive
QA Tester – Novato, CA (01/00 to 04/00)
  • Regressed game patches against reported issues
  • Tested functionality and multiplayer/network stability of games
  • Suggested AI behavior and game balancing for games
  • Tested foreign language versions of games for proper language content
    • Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War (PC)
    • Close Combat III: The Russian Front (PC)
    • Petz 4 (PC)
    • Dogz 4 (PC)
    • Catz 4 (PC)
Microprose/Hasbro Interactive
QA Tester – Alameda, CA (02/99 to 12/99)
  • Suggested play balancing and design changes
  • Tested game patches against reported issues
  • Tested foreign language releases for proper language content
  • Tested game functionality and compatibility with video and audio hardware
    • Mechwarrior 3: Pirate’s Moon (PC)
    • Mechwarrior 3 (PC)
    • The Next Tetris (PC)


Other Work Experience

Virtual Ink Corp.
QA Tester – Charlestown, MA (02/01 to 05/01)
  • Created multiple restores of various PCs with Norton Ghost
  • Tested software in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian for content and functionality
  • Tested software on various Apple Macintosh computers
  • Entered and updated issues using TeamTrack
Viveca, Inc.
QA Tester – Boston, MA (10/00 to 02/01)
  • Proofed data within an XML environment
  • Performed quality assurance reviews on data in various stages of conversion to XML
  • Manipulated data in many formats including Excel, Access, XML Writer and MS XML Notepad


Technical Skills

Office
Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, SmartDraw, Outlook
XML Applications
XML Writer, Microsoft XML Notepad, Helios Textpad, Altova XMLSpy, HTML-Kit
Scripting Languages
Lua, custom XML-based "Action System"
Graphic Design
Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, 3D Studio Max (basic use), Maya (basic use), GameBryo Asset Viewer and Anim Viewer
Version Control Software
WinCVS, Perforce, SVN Tortoise, Git Extensions
Level Editors
Gamebryo Scene Designer, CryTek Sandbox, Valve Source Hammer
Issue Reporting Software
Bugzilla, Tracker, Microsoft Raid and Product Studio, Serena Team Track
Web Design
XHTML, HTML, XML, Cascading Style Sheets, basic Javascript and Ruby on Rails use, Wiki, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, FTP applications
General Purpose
Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Hardware installation and configuration, Direct X and driver installation, Norton Ghost use


Education

University of California at Berkeley
BA (05/98)
  • Major: English, Emphasis in Medieval Literature
  • Minor: Education
Solano Community College
Transfer (06/96)
Vacaville High School
Diploma (06/94)


Hobbies & Interests

Video Games
Especially action, adventure, RPG, fighting, racing, FPS, puzzle, builder/management, turn-based strategy, MMORPG
Traditional Board & Card Games
Especially Settlers of Catan, Carcasonne, Kill Doctor Lucky, Ticket to Ride, Bang!
Plus
Role Playing Games, Collectible Card Games, Guitar, Cooking, Baking, Grilling, Music, Comic Books, Anime, Manga, Movies, TV