HI THERE, I'M MARK

As part of the Maestros team, I joined as a dedicated User Interface / User Experience engineer. I joined the project as an intern with no knowledge in Flash/Scaleform or Unrealscript, and within six months, I had completed a top to bottom rehaul of the game menus and in-game HUD.

Project Responsibilities:

• Worked with Flash and Scaleform to rebuild and design new, user friendly, and graphically appealing interfaces
• Integrated a brand new progression system from scratch in the UI and in any pertinent front-end code
• Worked with our network engineer to design and integrate a new account creation system with functional user verification

Icarus is a VR locomotion prototype intended to demonstrate tracking lean motion. The player is given control of a jetpack, which they can fly by throttling the controller and leaning in their direction of flight. This is done by dynamically estimating their lean origin, while still allowing for free movement, all while leveraging leaning to minimize motion sickness.

Icarus is still a work in progress and is developing from a proof of concept into a playable game reminiscent of classic arena shooters.

Project Responsibilities:

• Iterated on locomotion controls to find a comfortable movement scheme that minimized motion sickness.
• Integrated Photon PUN Networking API for multiplayer
• Designed a level that takes advantage of flying afforded to the player while creating areas requiring skillful maneuvering on the part of the player.

Echo is an Android app that allows people to quickly build a digital business card, effortlessly exchange information with people, and build a portfolio of connections through Bluetooth technology.

Project Responsibilities:

• Created wireframes, flow diagrams, and final interface designs in Android Studio and XML with Photoshop
• Developed an intuitive, reactive button-based interface to highlight the exchange of information over Bluetooth
• Contributed to documentation for front-end and application deployment

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WideAwake is a minimalist alarm clock for iOS designed to wake you up both physically and mentally. Once the alarm goes off, the user is unable to turn it off until they complete a short physical and a mental challenge. This forces people, like me, who have trouble getting out of bed to get moving and get thinking so they can wake up.

Project Responsibilities:

• Coordinated visual design with a brand bible and design direction to ensure a cohesive, user friendly application
• Integrated iOS CoreMotion framework for driving physical activity sensors
• Developed wireframes and flow diagrams for an intuitive, user-driven UI

This prototype is intended to demonstrate a possible concept for a character selection screen in VR. Dynamic character profiles are spawned throughout the playspace, which display spatial interfaces when picked up by the player. These are fully animated in UMG and display unit types, pictures, and biographies. Characters must place their chosen profile into the podium, which lights in three stages to confirm the selection. In a game build, profile blocks would be replaced with character-specific statues.

Project Responsibilities:

• Developed dynamically populated Profile interface with UMG and Photoshop
• Controlled motion transitions and animation through scripts in Unreal
• Built an implementation that's scalable for up to 20 characters with interaction that takes advantage of the physicality of VR hardware

Platform: PC

Engine: Unreal Engine

Languages: Blueprint

Additional Tools: Adobe Photoshop

Date: May 2017