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Quenton Blake

1701 Albemarle Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11226

(347) 336-0931 | Quenton.Blake@mail.citytech.cuny.edu

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Enthusiastic Game Design  College Senior eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills. A clear understanding of concepts around game design and training in storytelling. Motivated to learn, grow, and excel in the video game industry.

EDUCATION

New York City College of Technology, CUNY                                                                                              Brooklyn, NY                                                                                                          

Bachelor of Technology, Emerging Media Technology                                                                                                06/2022

Relevant Coursework:

Game Design and Media Skills Lab Culmination Project Mixed Reality Immersive Worlds
Media Computation Skills Lab Game Design and Interactive Media
Technical Production Nonlinear Narrative 3D Animation and Modeling

 

SKILLS

Software: Microsoft Office, Maya, Unity, Photoshop, Audition, Blender

Languages: Python, JavaScript, Unity, Java SQL.

Other Skills: Game Prototyping

 

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

New York City College of Technology                                                                                                            Brooklyn, NY  

Culmination Project: Battle of the Elements Senior Project                                                             08/2021 – 12/2021

  • Led a team of four people to develop a 2.5D Fighting Game for our Senior Project.
  • Formulated Research into how to make a 2.5D fighting game could be made.
  • Constructed a Functional Pause Menu, Main Menu, Start Game, and End Game scripts for the project.
  • Made a User Interface to show the player’s health.
  • Formulated the game’s backstory and developed up to five characters for the game.

Narrative Designer – Class Team Project                                                                                         08/2021 – 12/2021

  • Worked with a team of Eight people to develop a horror game.
  • Studied topics on how to convey a creepy feeling through reading text with no vocal dialogue.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Unity Project: Rest – Tech Production                                                                                         08/2021 – 12/2021

  • Worked in a team of six to construct a 3D installation within Unity
  • Conducted research on what the structure could look like with fellow teammates and professors to establish a theme we wanted to tell within the story.
  • I used 3d assets to construct a Lobby setting within Unity.

Unity Island Project – Tech Production Project                                                                               02/2021 – 05/2021

  • Collaborated with a team of four to construct an island from scratch.
  • Conducted research into an ideal island that is located within the Caribbean
  • Used Unity Assets to make foliage, Trees, and Boulders to make the Island more alive and used Blender to 3d model an Island from a picture.
  • Presented Island to Classmates and professors within the class.

Storywriter: Circle of Salt – Tech Production                                                                           08/2020 – 12/2020

  • Collaborated with a team of four to create a story from scratch with a beginning and end.
  • Analyzed many significant cities within America and how impactful each major city could lead to the game’s ending.
  • Created dialogues, characters, and location descriptions of each area within America.
  • Help formulate how each location can benefit the character to lead from one place to another to achieve their end goal.

EXPERIENCE

14 Parishes Nola                                                                                                                                        New Orleans, LA                                                                                                                                                               

Kitchen Assistant                                                                                                                                        06/2017 – 08/2017

06/2018 – 08/2018

12/2018 – 01/2019

04/2021 – 08/2021

  • Helping the cooks with preparing and cooking the food.
  • Transferring the food from the kitchen to the plating area for the waitress
  • Bring supplies from the owner’s car to the kitchen to be organized in the storage rooms.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

New York City College of Technology                                                                                                            Brooklyn, NY                                                                                                                          

  • Member, City Tech Esports Club                                                                                               09/2017 – Present