My Games

I’ve worked on a wide range of projects, from triple-A console shooters to educational and social games.

If you need design help with a game project, feel free to email me at ben@dashjump.com.

Commercial | Educational | Indie | Game Jams

Commercial

The Vampire Diaries: Get Sucked In

Facebook game based on the popular TV series.

• Role: Contract Designer/Writer
• Highlights: Scripted levels in XML, balanced experience curves, wrote mission copy

Dragonica Online (aka Dragon Saga)

Fast-paced F2P action MMO in the vein of Maple Story for the PC.

• Role: Product Manager
• Highlights:  Managed complete English localization of in-game text from the Korean, managed in-game events, managed American localization of game content, co-authored internal story bible, demoed game at internal, press and consumer events
• Reviews:
  • (MMORPG) “One bit of praise I must toss out. Bravo THQ:Ice for the excellent localization effort.”
  • (MMOHUT) “The solid translations also add to the overall enjoyment of the game, which I feel is well worth pointing out…”

TimeShift

360/PS3/PC FPS that lets you slow, stop and reverse time to conquer your enemies.

• Role: Associate Producer/Designer
• Highlights:  Wrote in-game scripts, marketing copy and walkthroughs; managed motion capture process; primary publisher liaison for the production team; organized focus groups; demoed game at press and consumer events

Educational

Past/Present

PC/Mac educational title designed to teach history to middle school students.

Indie

I Am Trying to Tell You Something

A brief experiment in branching game narrative (PC, GameMaker).

• Role: Sole developer
• Your friend has something important to tell you. How you treat him affects how much he’s willing to share.
• Download (Zip)

Game Jams

Funemployment

Physics platform game made in 24 hours for AOL’s Games.com game jam (Android, Lua/Corona).

• Role: Game / Level Design
• Jam Theme: Launch
• Gameplay video
• The recession has hit. You’re a retired janitor who is determined to climb back into the corporate world.
• Fling yourself up to gain promotions. Better jobs earn more money, which is used to buy more double jumps.
• Watch out for pink slips!
• Winner of the Corona Labs Award
• Runner up for the Millenial Media Award

Don’t Fuck Up

Casual pong-like twitch 2-6 player game made in 48 hours for the Grasshopper NYC Game Jam (Touchscreen devices/Unity).

• Role: Game Design
• Jam Theme: Use the Grasshopper Table
• Score points by shooting the ball into your opponent’s goal.
• Touch anywhere within your crease to grow a protection sphere.
• The longer you hold, the bigger the sphere, the faster the ball bounces off. Anticipate the ball’s path to best defend yourself.
• Whatever you do – Don’t Fuck Up!
• Third Place Winner

Gird Up Your Loins

Bacon-oriented platformer made in 48 hours for the 2013 Global Game Jam at NYU (HTML5, Construct 2).

• Role: Game / Level Design
• Jam Theme: Heartbeats
• You must eat bacon to survive. However, eating bacon makes you fat, which lowers your jump height.
• Run on treadmills to lose weight, but watch your pulse to avoid heart attacks.
• Traverse a treacherous world defined by rampant consumerism.

Temple of the Gopher God

Zelda-style dungeon crawler with a musical twist made in 48 hours for Whammy Jammy 2012 in NYC (PC, Game Maker).

• Role: Game / Level / Sound Design
• Jam Theme: Music
• Your movements and actions create musical tones in time to the beat.
• Download (Zip)