Hello! My name is Josiah and I love turning ambitious ideas into playable experiences.

Free product made in collaboration with Microsoft. This project was a collection of 15 themed minigames. I developed 3 distinct minigames under a tight deadline, each with their own design & development challenges. I worked with artists, level designers, and playtesters to orchestrate 5 unique environments for each of my games.

This was the second project I led for Dotzip Developments. Management wanted to make a fresh game loop around 16 existing character models, complete with animations. I was responsible for outlining a new project idea that incorporated the existing assets, creating a framework for it, then leading a team of developers, artists, and level designers to make it happen. Additionally, I contributed an extensive tutorial/introduction sequence and several character abilities to the project.

The company had released a successful product called Biome Pets, and we wanted to make a sequel to it that took advantage of new tech allowing us to put content into any world. I was tasked with leading this project. The entire thing was initially developed as a “Dynamic World”, but then had to be converted to an “Add-On” since that was a newer product type that came out while this sequel was in development. I was responsible for helping outline and then creating a framework for 30 unique pet creatures the player could tame, each with two growth stages and unique powers. I worked closely with the developers to tweak the AI behavior of each pet to feel good in a Minecraft survival scenario.