Start with intent
Define what the player or user is trying to understand, decide, or do before shaping the interface.
Gameplay / UX/UI / Interaction design
Code. Characters. Play.
I’m Tim. I turn gameplay and interface ideas into clear, working experiences—from character controls and boss encounters to HUDs, storefronts, and reusable UI components.
UNITY / C#
INTERACTION DESIGN
RAPID PROTOTYPING
Gameplay scripting
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Character systems
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Rigging & animation
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Renton, WA
01 / Selected projects
Select a world.
Different worlds. Different kinds of play.
A closer look at the projects I’m building and the work behind them.
01 / IN DEVELOPMENT
3D / Character systems
Wildblocks
Player abilities, boss behavior, and the character work behind a dragon encounter.
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02 / IN DEVELOPMENT
Unity 6 / C# / 2D
Steeped
A tea-farming game built around character controls, directional actions, and world interactions.
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03 / IN DEVELOPMENT
Roblox / Mining prototype
MINE AND GRIND
A mining-game prototype with exploration, a companion, and progression-oriented interface design.
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02 / UX/UI & Interaction Design
Designing the signals
around the system.
Working desktop software and interface studies focused on hierarchy, readable actions, consistent components, and the information people need in the moment.
Native Windows app / Desktop customization
Aether UI
An Ubuntu-inspired desktop experience built in C++20: a window overview, multi-monitor panels, workspace organization, widgets, icon packs, a customizable native terminal and a focused desktop studio.
Working v0.9 preview · C++20 / Win32 / Direct2DExplore design & implementation ↗
Profile / Stats / Information hierarchy
Player Profile & Stats UI
A player-card concept that groups identity, progression, performance stats, and biography into one scannable view.
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Storefront / Monetization / Choice
Coin Store UI
A mobile storefront study using repeated offer patterns, price grouping, and a featured-value treatment.
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HUD / Controls / Feedback
Game HUD & Controls UI
A touch-first gameplay layout that separates status, actions, movement, and pause controls around the playfield.
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Components / Visual language / Extensibility
UI Frame & Component System
A modular visual-language study exploring how one framed surface can scale into panels, bars, buttons, and stateful elements.
Read case study ↗03 / Web Product & UX/UI
From first click
to finished task.
Live products and draft local-business redesigns across visual storytelling, commerce, menus, and SaaS conversion—designed around clear paths, responsive layouts, and reusable systems.
Portfolio / Booking / Gallery
Solitude & Stone
A photography experience that leads visitors from visual discovery to session inquiries and client gallery access.
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Commerce / Brand / Product education
7-A Ranch
A direct-to-customer ranch site that builds trust, explains the product, and guides shoppers toward ordering.
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Game platform / Search / Data UI
Wild Blocks Web
A searchable field manual that turns hundreds of game items, rules, and progression systems into a usable reference.
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SaaS / Conversion / Service design
CallForge
A focused product-marketing flow that explains AI automation, packages the offer, and moves local businesses toward a demo.
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Restaurant / Menu / Online ordering
El Recreo
A mobile-first redesign with a 174-item menu, clear pickup vs delivery paths, and a direct link into their existing Menufy ordering.
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Restaurant / Menu / Multi-location
Crawfish House
A four-page rebuild (Home, Menu, Locations, Order) that replaces a broken HTTPS site and template placeholder menu with real prices and a smoother mobile path to order.
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Cafe / Visit / Pre-order
Copper Kettle Coffee Bar
A clean site for a garden coffee cart whose own domain had expired and whose Square online ordering was broken as a result. Visit info and menu prices from their own sources; no Garden branding.
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Cafe / Menu / Local shop
Fluffy Donut Cafe & Bagels
A Factoria-specific site for a shop whose Wix domain failed DNSSEC and only covered West Seattle. Donut menu, hours, map, and walk-in / call-ahead / delivery-app paths.
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Restaurant / Rescue rebuild
La Fogata
A clean rebuild after the owner’s homepage was hijacked with gambling links. Restores the restaurant experience and points ordering to their Menufy site.
View case study ↗04 / Design approach
Make the next action clear.
I connect gameplay instincts with interaction design: understand intent, reduce ambiguity, prototype quickly, and refine what the user sees and feels.
Build readable hierarchy
Use placement, scale, contrast, and grouping to make priority visible without explanation.
Clarify affordances
Make interactive elements look actionable and give feedback that connects an input to its result.
Prototype and iterate
Move from composition to working behavior, then test edge cases, consistency, and what should improve next.
My experience with Unity/C#, gameplay systems, animation, software development, and AI-assisted workflows helps me think beyond a single screen. I consider how components behave, how states connect, and how a design can grow into a more complex product.
05 / In motion
Less talking.
More playing.
Start with a quick reel, then switch to a longer project clip. Real development footage, with the desktop distractions left out.
NO CINEMATIC STAND-INS.
JUST THE WORK, RUNNING.
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A quick look at Wildblocks combat, Steeped movement, and MINE AND GRIND exploration. Edited from development captures; silent.
Text description of the footage
0:00–0:16: A Wildblocks dragon encounter with character movement, attacks and ability feedback. 0:16–0:32: A Steeped player moves around a pixel-art tea-house environment while the camera follows. 0:32–0:48: A MINE AND GRIND avatar and companion move through a mine environment toward a resource.
06 / The toolkit
Hands on. End to end.
I work across gameplay code and character production, connecting how an action works with how it looks and feels.
01 / CODE
Gameplay & controls
Character movement, attacks, abilities, enemy behavior, and mining interactions. Hands-on scripting in Unity and C#.
02 / CHARACTER
Rigging & animation
Character rigs and animation in Blender and Autodesk Maya, alongside directional action work and gameplay integration.
03 / DESIGN
Systems & iteration
Defining tool interactions, readable player actions, and resource rules. Taking a feature from a design intention into a working prototype.
Beyond the game engine
Python · TypeScript / JavaScript · React · Next.js · FastAPI
06 / Behind the build
A developer.
A problem solver.
A teammate.
My game-development work spans independent projects and university coursework. I enjoy moving between the technical and creative sides of a feature—writing the behavior, working on the character, and seeing it come together in the game.
Game development
Academy of Art University
Coursework, 2017–2019. Resuming studies in 2026.
Technical leadership
Boeing manufacturing-management and functional-test team-lead experience, with a focus on coordination and responsibility.
Service & teamwork
U.S. Marine Corps veteran. A background in supervising, training, and supporting teams.