Harley Gomez
Frisco,TX
Summary
Dynamic Game Developer with extensive experience leveraging cutting-edge technologies to deliver engaging, high-quality games. Known for meticulous attention to detail and a deep understanding of gaming trends. Well-versed in all aspects of the game development life cycle; including prototyping, design, development, environment art, scripting, and marketing, driving innovative and successful projects.
Overview
1826
1826
years of professional experience
Work History
Game Designer/Environment Artist/Programmer
Indie Project
11.2022 - Current
- Design, develop, and implement the entire game world via 3D level editor.
- Fully art the environment and ensure quality across the different biomes, points-of-interest and themes.
- Design, develop and implement the in-game mechanics via node graph scripting.
- Manage and promote upcoming playtesting with the community to increase engagement with product.
- Further promote the project via "dev-log" update videos via YouTube and Twitter/X.
- Conduct research and information gathering to troubleshoot and improve content quality.
- Optimize performance of the game by optimizing scripts, reworking mechanics, and/or deciding to cut certain mechanics as needed.
- Manage and communicate with team members to ensure project stays within scope and tasks are prioritized and completed on time.
Quality Assurance Analyst
File & ServeXpress
10.2022 - Current
- Support company in maintaining work environment focused on quality, communication, collaboration, integration, and teamwork.
- Report progress, test metrics and results to product owner.
- Develop and maintain defect tickets for known issues.
- Monitor resolution of bugs, test fixes, and help developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
- Author and maintain well-organized, efficient and successful manual test cases for entire team.
- Operate under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
Product Support Engineer
AccuV, Inc.
09.2019 - 08.2022
- Resolved system and customer issues by troubleshooting and providing effective solutions using SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, Salesforce/Rootstock, and Power BI.
- Monitored the health of multiple Power BI dashboards and fixed data as needed.
- Managed and analyzed data across multiple servers using SQL and Cosmos DB.
- Modified and ran functions in Azure for data clean up.
- Worked directly with the developers to report bugs when data showed a pattern of an issue.
- Developed and maintained documentation in Confluence for team needs.
Playtest Intern (Borderlands 3)
Gearbox Entertainment
02.2019 - 02.2019
- Developed and maintained long-form written feedback, and submitted additional feedback via surveys.
- Communicated directly with the User Research team, Creative Director & developers about my feedback for Borderlands 3.
- Helped meet changing demands by recommending improvements to the game.
Playtest Intern (Battleborn)
Gearbox Entertainment
03.2016 - 03.2016
- Developed and maintained long-form written feedback, and submitted additional feedback via surveys.
- Communicated directly with the User Research team, Creative Director & developers about my feedback for Battleborn.
- Helped meet changing demands by recommending improvements to the game.
Application Support Analyst
File & ServeXpress
01.201 - 09.2019
- Collaborated with developers, analysts, and project managers to expedite incident resolutions.
- Managed, analyzed, and corrected data across multiple servers using SQL.
- Modified XML and JSON files for data correction and clean up.
- Resolved service desk tickets via troubleshooting using SQL & Azure.
- Monitored and analyzed the performance of various services and nodes.
- Developed and maintained documentation for team needs.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Game Design
09.2013
Skills
- Game Design
- Level Design
- Environment Art
- Graphic Design
- Video Editing
- Basic programming
- Unreal Engine
- Forge Level Editor
- Adobe Suite
- Creativity
Accomplishments
Swiftly built a community of over 2,500 followers for my indie game project by creating engaging dev-log videos and consistent content updates; collaborated with key community influencers and esports organizations to amplify promotion and drive dynamic engagement on platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter/X.
Timeline
Game Designer/Environment Artist/Programmer - Indie Project
11.2022 - Current
Quality Assurance Analyst - File & ServeXpress
10.2022 - Current
Product Support Engineer - AccuV, Inc.
09.2019 - 08.2022
Playtest Intern (Borderlands 3) - Gearbox Entertainment
02.2019 - 02.2019
Playtest Intern (Battleborn) - Gearbox Entertainment
03.2016 - 03.2016
Full Sail University - Bachelor of Science, Game Design
Application Support Analyst - File & ServeXpress
01.201 - 09.2019
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