Jesse Rougeau.
Technical Designer
I have experience working in AAA, Indie and Open Source projects. Unreal-based, Unity-based or completely custom!
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Professional Projects
Level Design
Game Design
Gameplay Scripting
Procedural Generation
Javascript
Custom Engine
Minecraft Legends
An action-adventure RTS where the player uses a hero to command the mobs of the overworld to fight against the piglin menace.
I was primarily responsible for the level and encounter design for one of the main enemy factions (Horde of the Spore)
Gameplay Balance
Blueprint
Unreal Engine 5
Homeworld 3
A sci-fi space RTS where the player assumes control of a fleet of ships engaging in combat on a fully 3D environment.
I performed gameplay and combat balancing on the singleplayer campaign.
Project Management
Game Design
Gameplay Programming
Engine Programming
C#
Custom Engine
Space Station 14
Players navigate disasters, enemies, and incompetence conspire to do their job on a space station and attempt to survive until the end of the shift.
I worked on both engine and gameplay code, and overall game design. Additionally, I also acted in a project management role to help organize development
and open source contributions.
Experience
Game Designer
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Blackbird Interactive
Jul 2023 - Jan 2024
Campaign/Gameplay balancing on Homeworld 3
- balanced combat and difficulty for the singleplayer campaign.
Level/Campaign design on Minecraft Legends
- Specializing in scripting and procedural generation
- Assisted in the development of the Piglin AI and unit responses, helping programmers with script-side implementation.
- Designed and implemented the bases and encounters for one of the enemy factions in the campaign experience.
- Designed and implemented faction boss fight arena.
- Designed and created initial prototype for a rogue-like gamemode DLC.
Associate Designer
Jan 2022 - Jul 2023
Level/Campaign design on Minecraft Legends
Assistant Designer
Oct 2020 - Jan 2022
Level/Campaign design on Minecraft Legends Gameplay Design on Minecraft Legends
- Combat/Unit Balancing
Nov 2022 - Dec 2024
Space Station 14 Engine Development:
- Worked on maintaining and expanding RobustToolbox’s custom XAML-based UI Framework
- Prototyped new Engine features
- Worked on a proof of concept AntiTamper/HWID system
Space Station 14 Gameplay Development:
- Worked on writing/mainting design documentation and standards
- Performed refactors to fix tech-debt
- Worked on a large-scale medical gameplay rewrite
Project Management:
- Developed procedures and pipelines for maintaining code and design quality
- Helped organize, manage and review community contributions
- Organized and led efforts to create a trailer which aired during the PCGamingShow