Joseph Peter Waring

Games Design
Address: 38 Town Road, Croston, PR26 9RB
Email: j.waring93@gmail.com

Phone: +44 (0)7476308044

Portfolio Website: www.j03w93.weebly.com

I thoroughly enjoy designing games, every aspect from programming to art, the end result
always feels like a success. I would like to help create games in any way I can but one day I
would enjoy to become a Games Designer in some way to share my visions with the public.
Skills

Autodesk Maya 2015 & 2016

Unity 5 2D & 3D
Unreal Engine 4
UDK Editor
Adobe Photoshop CC
Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft Word
Prezi
Adobe Illustrator

C++, C# & JavaScript

Modelling & Texturing
Level Design
Documentation & Project Planning
Game Design Documents
Logic Pro X
AutoCAD 2013
Adobe Dreamweaver
Fuse Mixamo

Previous Projects
The Trials of the Gods (PC) 2015-2016 Unreleased
Roles: Narrative Design, Gameplay and Mechanics Design & Project Manager
Language & Engine: C#, Unity5
3D Action RPG taking inspiration from Diablo. 5 person project.
Assisted with design of gameplay and mechanics.
Design and creation of narrative.
Created documentation and presentations for the team.
Maintained organisation throughout as project manager.
Ninja Cat (PC) 2015 Unreleased
Roles: Programming and Design
Language & Engine: JavaScript, Unity2D
2D side scrolling platformer with basic combat. Solo project.
Programmed all aspects of the game.
Designed level layout.
Input audio and artwork, outsourced for free.
Work Experience
The Grapes, Croston & The Dog and Partridge, Charnock Richard
Job Role: Chef de Partie Part Time
Date: April 2016 Present
My most recent job role is as a Chef de Partie at multiple different restaurants, whilst working
under the same management.
Working as part of the kitchen team cooking and preparing food.
Quickly and efficiently cooking whilst maintaining a high quality of work.
Cleaning down kitchen surfaces after work to maintain high hygiene standards.

Inscape Interiors, Chorley

Job Role: CAD Technician Full Time
Date: January 2012 August 2013
Created detailed CAD plans for specific rooms based on architects drawings.
Communicated with clients via phone and email.
Resolved issues related to the job which the client may have had.
Education
University of Bolton, Bolton, BL3 5AB
Date: September 2013 July 2016
Specialised in Games Design
Achieved BSc Second Class Honours, First Division (2:1) in Games Design.
Learned about various aspects of games design from developers.
Created levels and games using Unity and Unreal 4 Engines.
Took part in multiple projects as a team and an individual.
Learned different programming languages.
Used Maya to create 3D models.
Created textures for models using Photoshop with different methods.
Made narrative design documents
QA tested different games.
Runshaw College, Leyland, Lancashire
Date: September 2009 August 2011
Specialised in Graphic Design.
Achieved BTEC ND in Graphic Design.
Created various projects using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
Developed web page using basic Java.
Studied photography.
Created stop motion animation.
Miscellaneous
I took part of the closed beta testing for FIFA 15 and FIFA 16, this was a good experience as
I got to play part of the game early but I also learned about play testing and what information
was necessary to send to the developer so they could improve on their games.
References
Andrew Williams FHEA
School of Creative Technologies
University of Bolton
BL3 5AB
01204 903839
A.Williams@bolton.ac.uk
Dr. Chris Bateman
Games Researcher and Senior Lecturer
Creative Technologies
University of Bolton
BL3 5AB
01204 900600
C.Bateman@bolton.ac.uk