Valerie Kromas

About Valerie Kromas

Unique and extensive game development and design experience with an emphasis on implementation and content creation. A \"Swiss Army Knife\" game designer with an abundance of expertise in the following areas of design development:World Builder and Content Design: Level planning, grayboxing, user flow iteration, story creation, quest scripting, content quest and player engagement planning/implementation.System Design: inventory management, statistic driven balancing for items, crafting materials, and economy values.Writing: Quest dialog, story lore, world map points of interest descriptions, and inventory item flavor text.Cut Scenes and Interactive Environment: Extensive experience in narrative framing using dialog camera angles, splines, cinematic scripting, and environmental staging.Strike Team Management: Collaboration, task tracking, iteration, and cross discipline communication to develop and support a live product release.For more information and example works, please visit my portfolio: https://mcastronaut.com/

Experience

1. Senior Game Designer

   Otherside Entertainment

   Sep 2023 — Present

Education

• Austin Community College

  Associate of Arts - AA, General Studies

  2016 — 2017

• Texas State University

  Bachelor of Arts and Science

  2017 — 2020

Skills

• Directx
• Gamebryo
• Kismet
• Multiplayer
• Mobile Games
• Texturing
• Content Design
• Game Mechanics
• Video Game Production
• Game Development
• Computer Games
• Quest Design
• Uv Mapping
• Console
• Mobile Game Development
• Game Testing
• Ps3
• Testing
• Unreal Engine 3
• Game Design Documents
• Casual Games
• Devtrack
• Xbox
• Game Design
• Roller Derby
• Mmo
• Game Programming
• Environment Art
• Game Balance
• Xbox 360
• Lua
• Low Poly Modeling
• Gameplay Programming
• Social Games
• Alienbrain
• Unity3d
• Seapine Test Track Pro
• Scripting
• Gameplay
• Online Gaming