Gerald Vera

Background

About Gerald Vera

My education and expertise in the game/toy industry is in creating fun games for all ages especially for the family market. It started in the mid 90’s when I was a designer at Crystal dynamics and was mentored and exposed to the art of making great action adventure games; including working with Paul Reiche 3, creator of Skylanders, and Glen Schofield, co-founder sledgehammer games. In I became lead game designer at Luxoflux corp. and worked on several projects including Shrek 2, and the True Crime series. By 2005, I went to Ready at Dawn to work with Michael John, current director of UC Santa Cruz’s Games MS program, on PSP titles: Daxter and god of War. I became a game design consultant in 2007 to work with several triple “A” studios, and in 2010 became Lead game designer for Big Red button. In 2017, became lead designer at Ozobot Inc. creating connected experiences for Evo robots, and currently doing consulting for game and toy companies. Below is a listing of my core qualifications. GAME PRE-PRODUCTION o GDD construction o Macro schedule o Creation of core mechanics o Story development and integration into game o Defining macro goals for levels o Pitched game ideas to publishers DESIGN DEPT. MANAGEMENT o Scheduling using tools like Jira o Review and feedback loop on all aspects of game production o Liaison to publisher and its marketing dept. o Mentoring of design staff. GAME PRODUCTION o Creation and tuning of game’s core mechanics o Construct prototypes to communicate game mechanics to team o Built levels and mini-games for various projects. o Assisted in the creation of UI’s for various projects o Implemented sound and FX on various projects o Focus testing point person on various products