Steve Massey
Level Designer
www.madmassey.com
      
903.366.9164
steve@madmassey.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Level Designer
Infinity Ward

•	Primarily responsible for 6 multi-player maps: Crossfire, Downpour, Broadcast, Countdown, Bog, and Showdown
•	Built half of the final geo for single-player maps Safehouse / Heat, and initial TV Station geo for Charlie Don’t Surf
•	Did bug fixes, optimization, and portaling for most multi-player maps
•	Documented multi-player mapping and other CoDRadiant topics for online IW Wiki

STUDENT EXPERIENCE

Combine Facility (Half-Life 2 Map Pack) – Level Designer

•	Single-player, three-map pack utilizing Half-Life 2 assets, theme and gameplay
•	Did all work on first map; including BSP construction, scripting and entity placement

Nitrate (Half-Life 2 Mod) – Level Designer	

•	Vehicular, objective-based custom multiplayer mode
•	Selected by Guildhall faculty to lead team of 5 Level Designers
•	Built part of the Industrial map, one of two maps in the mod

Greed (Unreal Tournament 2004 Mod) – Team Lead, Level Designer

•	Fantasy-themed, objective-based custom multiplayer mode
•	Selected by Guildhall faculty to lead team of 9
•	Did all work on “Cargo Ship” map; including BSP construction and optimization
•	Wrote Level Design, Concept, Asset & Development, and Design documents

Dark Elf (2D PC Game) – Level Designer, Scripter

•	Side-scrolling action adventure
•	Used the Scrolling Game Development Kit to implement level layout and assets
•	Scripted all unique gameplay features using VBScript for SGDK

SOFTWARE

•	Level Editors – CoDRadiant, Hammer, UnrealEd, Aurora Neverwinter Nights Toolset
•	Graphical – 3DSMax, Photoshop, Illustrator
•	Organizational – Excel, Word, Perforce

SKILLS

•	BSP block-out, detail geometry, and prop placement
•	Level optimization
	- Portaling
	- Texture and model memory reduction
•	Scripting
	- C-based (CoDRadiant)
	- Menu-based (Hammer)
•	Static prop creation
•	Level and player flow planning
•	Lighting
•	Good understanding of project pipelines
•	Design and project planning documentation
•	Community relations / tools support
•	Well organized; work well under deadlines
•	Excellent written and verbal communication
•	Passion for playing and making games

EDUCATION

The Guildhall at SMU - Graduate Certificate in Digital Game Development, Specialization in 
Level Design - December 2005

Texas A&M: Commerce - Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems with General 
Business minor - Graduated Cum Laude - May 2004

ACHIEVEMENTS

•	Received Eagle Scout with two eagle palms
•	Member of the Society for Collegiate Journalists
•	Member of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society