Introduction: I once again had the opportunity to work for DICE LA. This time round I was given additional ownership, and made contributions in Battlefield 5’s content Chapter’s 3 and 4.

Platform: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 | Time: 1 year |  Role: Multiplayer Designer | Team Size: ~100

Design Goal: Support Battlefield 5’s live service pipeline with high quality content for players.

My Contributions

Chapter 3: Trial by Fire

Firestorm

• Augmented EA Criterion’s design of Lake Village a major point of interest in Battlefield 5’s Firestorm game mode.
  • Using Confluence I created level design notes for implementation by level artists of natural areas, major and minor POI’s in a several 1km areas of the Firestorm launch map.
  • The note format prepared in confluence was set by EA Criterion as a standard for level designers on the project.

Mercury

• Initial fortification design, then iteration with a senior designer.
• Level design feedback – cover, sightlines, layout.
• Map maintenance assistance.

Chapter 4: Defying the Odds

Marita

• Level design feedback.
• Squad conquest layout proposals, and implementation.

Provence

• Iteration of the Provence map.
• Scheduling playtests and conducting post playtest feedback discussions.
• Map maintenance – spawn points, floating objects, blocking off areas.
• Supported level design with visual scripting efforts implementing:
  • Fortification prefab clusters that were used in multiple levels.
  • A means of blocking off second story floors.

General

• Gathering telemetry to present to senior and lead designers.
• Writing and iterating documentation to improve work processes.
• Fixed bugs reported by QA on JIRA.

Introduction: Over the summer of 2017 I interned at DICE LA, a studio of Electronic Arts. My time was spent working with DICE LA to ship the downloadable content In the Name of The Tsar for Battlefield 1.

Platform: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 | Time: 12 weeks |  Role: Game Designer | Team Size: ~90

Design Goal:

• Deliver high quality level content through iteration.
• Develop my ability to analyze and critique level design in a professional environment.
• Practice supporting the efforts and vision of senior designers on the team.

My Contributions:

• Bolstered Battlefield 1’s DLC content with map analysis. This took the form of:
  • Collecting, processing, and documenting Battlefield 1 level data for use by senior level designers.
  • Offering map feedback on flow, map features, cover, spawn placement, and play space volumes.
• Used Frostbite’s visual scripting language to implement:
  • Content bug fixes from JIRA tickets.
  • Then iterate based on feedback of game modes such as Supply Drop, Team Death Match, War Pigeons, and Domination for multiple levels in the DLC pack.

• Created exploratory paper maps for Battlefield 1’s Apocalypse DLC.

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