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Vaneeza Usman

Pickering,ON

Summary

Third Year University student seeking an internship opportunity to aid career aspiration to become a Game Designer. Interested in creating projects that can shape the way we learn, live, work and play.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Game Design Student

OCAD U
09.2020 - Current

Created several games both as individual and group projects at OCAD University.

Revelations & Contemplations

  • Role Playing Mystery Game
  • A physical game that requires multiple players

Scrapbook

  • Group game created through Unity
  • Using the drawn maps, the player can alter the room’s perspective when playing.
  • A puzzle mystery game

Memories

  • A Visual Novel Story game with mystery and slight amounts of horror.

Creature Feature

  • Create your own monster game
  • Randomized Drawing Prompts

Taking Shape

  • Bauhaus-inspired VR Experience
  • Can also be played as a First Person's experience
  • Made for the Oculus Quest
  • Puzzle aspects
  • Multiplayer

Brick Breaker

  • 3D Brick game created using Unreal Engine

Jigsawed Ruins

  • Third Person Perspective Game with multiple characters
  • Simple puzzles with platforms

Rolling Skies

  • Multi-level rolling ball game
  • Collect coins, avoid bombs and make it through each level.

Perfect Pitching

  • Competitive turn-based multiplayer game
  • Pitch your product for your start-up company, players will then vote on the best product and pitch.

Student Volunteer

Cambodia Community and Service Trip
03.2018 - 04.2018
  • Volunteered with groups and organizations to help make measurable differences for program recipients.


Intern

Artist Saira Wasim
07.2017 - 08.2017
  • Spent time with one of the top-10 artists from Pakistan and learned the fundamentals of creating a successful career as an artist.
  • Further enhanced watercolor skills, learned the basics of Arabic calligraphy and the uses of gold within art.
  • Exposure to the skills of a successful artist, supplies used as well as writing about the piece, marketing, and social media advertisement.

Production and Design Engineer

IB Personal Project
09.2016 - 03.2017
  • Developed, tested and assessed alternative design models and processing methods.
  • Used personal expertise and CorelDraw and Sketchup to assist with completion of laser cutting and rasterization work.

Intern

Artist Saira Wasim
06.2016 - 07.2016

Education

Bachelor of Design - Digital Futures - Game Design

OCAD University
Toronto, ON
06.2024

High School Diploma -

American International School of Abu Dhabi (AISA)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
06.2020

Skills

  • Project Support
  • Team Collaboration
  • Performance Improvement
  • Maya 3D modelling and Animation
  • Blender 3D modelling and Animation
  • Unity (in progress)
  • Renpy (Narrative Game Coding)
  • p5JS
  • JavaScript
  • Touch Designer
  • Procreate (Illustration and Animations)
  • Nomad Sculpt
  • Spark AR
  • Rhino 3D Modelling
  • VR Quest Development
  • Unreal Engine 427, 503

Timeline

Game Design Student

OCAD U
09.2020 - Current

Student Volunteer

Cambodia Community and Service Trip
03.2018 - 04.2018

Intern

Artist Saira Wasim
07.2017 - 08.2017

Production and Design Engineer

IB Personal Project
09.2016 - 03.2017

Intern

Artist Saira Wasim
06.2016 - 07.2016

Bachelor of Design - Digital Futures - Game Design

OCAD University

High School Diploma -

American International School of Abu Dhabi (AISA)
Vaneeza Usman