Educational Game Design Intern/Game Designer (Contract)

I spent the summer of 2023 working for Epic Games as an Educational Game Design Intern in the Fortnite Ecosystem. I created templates islands and other example game designs in Fortnite Creative aimed at teaching creators how to use the system to create engaging game experiences. I also worked with new music devices to create a template island with an adaptive soundtrack, and my work released in November of 2023.

Contributions

• I collaboratively brainstormed, prototyped, created, and tested a multiplayer third person experience in Fortnite Creative that educated creators on engaging multiplayer design using tanks.

• I independently brainstormed, prototyped, created, and tested  a single player heist game with an adaptive score. 

• I created and documented "Design Examples" that demonstrate unique uses for different Fortnite Creative tools as well as core design principles. 

• I worked with numerous contributors company-wide to ensure projects were completed to a high standard of polish.  

• I engaged with the 10+ person education team in frequent meetings to maintain our Agile production schedule. 

• I collaborated with designers and programmers to identify innovative design solutions for a number of different games. 

Design Examples

One of my responsibilities is creating Design Examples, or bite-sized tutorials showing off interesting design ideas that can be implemented with Fortnite Creative devices. My work can be found in the bottom sections of these documents, labeled "Design Examples".

• Speaker Device

• Siege Cannon Device

• Teleporter Device

• Perception Trigger Device

• Elimination Manager Device

Yacht Heist Template Island

At Epic, I used new Patchwork music devices to create an Island with a fully adaptive score. The Island and supporting tutorial documentation were aimed at teaching creators about fundamental adaptive music principles as well as good practices in game design and development. The tutorial documentation can be found here, and my presentation of the Island can be viewed in the video to the left.