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  • Cate Gonzales

  • GAME DESIGNER, ANIMATOR, TECHNICAL DESIGNER, RIGGER, PROTOTYPER, LEVEL DESIGNER

MYPORTFOLIO


It's always a great pleasure collaborating with the best team, delivering a fun and an immersive game experience that our fan base can enjoy.

Renegade Omen

City Environment






 

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Adventure of Brian

Side Scroller Environment






 

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TECHNICALPROFICIENCY


WHAT I CAN OFFER?

A talented and motivated individual who adapts and continuously strives for improvement in keeping with the latest trends and technological innovations.
 

Area of Expertise:

TECHNICAL DESIGNER

  • 3D Modeling Modular Assets
  • Level Environment
  • SFX and Lightning


GAME DESIGNER

  • 3D Modeling Organic and Inorganic
  • Unwrap UV's and Texture
  • Rigging and Animation


ART DIRECTOR

  • Game Theme
  • Game UI/X
  • Game HUD


SKILLS PROFICIENCY

  • Design Tools | Design Elements
    1. Photoshop   
    2. Illustrator     
    3. inDesign   
    4. Microsoft Blend     

  • 3D Modeling Tools | Assets and Props
    1. Maya   
    2. Max   
    3. Mudbox   
    4. SketchUp     
    5. ZBrush   

  • 3D Texture Tools | Assets and Props
    1. Photoshop   
    2. Substance Painter     
    3. Marmoset     
    4. Crazybump     

  • Movie Reel Tools | Game Reel
    1. After Effect   
    2. Flash/Animate     
    3. Premiere     
    4. Camtasia     

  • 3D Level Environment | Industrial / Engineering
    1. Cesium - Unity/Unreal  
    2. TwinMotion
    3. SketchUp     
    4. Concepstation
    5. Bentley
    6. Navisworks  

  • Engine Tools | Level Design
    1. Unity   
    2. Unreal     
    3. CityEngine     
    4. Lumen RTe     
    5. xCode   
    6. Visual Studio     
    7. Construct     

  • Script | Programming Languages
    1. C++   
    2. C#     
    3. Java   
    4. Javascript     
    5. HTML     
    6. CSS    
    7. PHP     

  • Project Tools | Project Management
    1. Github   
    2. Slacks     
    3. Trello   
    4. Jira     
    5. Tortoise SVN     



Work Experience

  • Senior Multimedia Developer II | Engineering
    1. Atkinsrealis - Florida, U.S.A. | April 2024 - up-to-date
  • Adjunct Professor | Video Game Development
    1. Ryerson University - Canada | September 2016 - up-to-date
  • Adjunct Professor | Advance 3D Modeling
    1. Vancouver Animation School | October 2020 up to present
  • Game Designer and Developer | Team Lead
    1. Blacksmith Interactive Games Limited | May 2020- November 2020
  • Game Designer and Developer | Team Lead
    1. Pendylum Games Interactive - Canada | February 2012 - April 2020
  • Game Designer | Team Lead | Freelance
    1. Media Vision - Canada | September 2017 - December 2019
  • Game Designer | Art Director | Freelance
    1. SupAR Games - Canada | September 2017 - December 2019
  • Adjunct Professor | Video Game Design
    1. Trios College - Canada | September 2016 - September 2019
  • Adjunct Professor | Video Game Development
    1. Ryerson University - Canada | September 2016 - September 2018
  • Game Artist | 3D Artist | Freelance
    1. Dark Wing Studio - USA | January 2013 - February 2015
  • Game Artist | 3D Artist | Freelance
    1. Galaxy Forge Games - USA | September 2012 - April 2013
  • Game Artist | Storyboard Artist | Freelance
    1. Tim Horton - Canada | May 2010 - March 2011
  • Corporate Artist | 3D Artist | Freelance
    1. Papelmeroti Inc. - Philippines | October 2009 - December 2009
  • UIX Designer | Front-End
    1. SolutionQ - Canada | November 2007 - October 2009
  • UI/X Technical Designer | Front-End
    1. Riptown - Canada | June 2007 - October 2007
  • Web Designer and Developer | Front-End
    1. Bedbug LLC - Canada | March 2005 - May 2007
  • Web Designer and Developer | Front-End
    1. McCann World Group - Canada | January 2004 - February 2004
  • UIX Flash Developer | Front-End
    1. Autodesk - Canada | Jul 2004 - December 2004
  • UIX Developer | Front-End
    1. MCCG - Canada | September 2003 - June 2004

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