// Education //
Building a foundation for meaningful
and creative work.

The University of Utah                                          

of Science in Games (Accelerated, will complete degree requirements in 3 years)
 • GPA: 3.67/4.0 | Dean’s List for 3 consecutive semesters 

 • GRE: 333 (V: 163 (91%), Q: 170 (91%), AWA: 3.5 (43%))

• Participated in two original Unity- and C#-based 2D games and designed synergistic skills mechanics for  characters, creating a 3 skill-combo system where the first skill applies a buff to empower the second.
 • Validated the system through collecting and analysing players’ feedback, recognizing a pain point that the  confusion of timing of skill usage was due to unclear UI tips. 
 • Optimized the skill trigger pipeline with a revamped and guided UI system, calibrating cooldown timing to  maintain engaging gameplay, ensuring strategic counterplay.  
  • Contributed 2 vital self-developing modules to the project prototype; the subsequent demo received high  praise from the project manager during internal reviews and external presentations.