Melissa Janowicz

I lead the Combat AI team on a Star Wars project. All work is currently under NDA.

Working on really cool stuff under NDA in the Star Wars universe!

This work is under NDA.

Projects:

Upcoming Dragon Age Game
- Was a core part of the combat team and developed prototypes with them which contributed deeply to our discovery process of what combat should be.
- Became the feature owner for creative and implementation for all boss creatures in the game.
- Worked with leadership and the combat group in order to create the high level creative framework from which all bosses will be created, and then executed fully on those designs via in-engine prototypes that I created with the creature and boss teams using our existing tech.
- Worked directly with the engineering team to drive core gameplay tech forward. This includes core gameplay systems but also multiplayer technology to avoid client/server issues such as desyncs.
- Collaborated directly with animation and tech art in order to drive our character and creature fidelity forward. This includes everything from core locomotion issues to combat abilities and sync actions against Player characters and beyond.

Anthem
- Worked as a creature designer on this game, for both creative and implementation.
- Also, a member of the UI/UX "finaling team" in the last few months of production.

Cancelled Project
- Was a part of the core combat team. Created and implemented player abilities.

Women's Resource Group Lead
- I acted as the leader in BioWare's internal Women's Resource Group for the 2017-2018 season, with a focus on making BioWare the employer of choice for talented women in the games industry.

Sidequest
- Co-led the development and creation of a video game jam for 150 people within BioWare Edmonton and BioWare Austin.

Yegfemdev
- Led and coordinated a popular monthly meetup for developers who were of a gender minority in the games industry for more than 3 years, which was fully funded and backed by BioWare.

Oversaw production of games and interactive entertainment. Developed and managed teams from scratch in order to create new games + interactive media. Worked with leadership to gain funding for games. Recruited new staff directly, acting as the hiring manager for design. Additionally, created game designs, performed market research studies and illustrated backgrounds and props for interactive entertainment, including children's interactive media and virtual reality experiences. Mentored developers in the areas of design, art and production.

Projects:
Shuyan Saga (Steam, iOS, Android), Miaomiao (Multiple Projects, iOS), Managed a Rapid Prototype Lab with a focus on VR games and interactive video.

Was the art director on more than a dozen slot and table games. Created production and concept art. Designed several slot games and their associated UI/UX. Contributed to design and art for an online digital portal for real money gambling. Led a team of artists. Managed some outsource teams.

Projects: Pala Casino, Pala Poker, Digital Slot and table games.

Created concept and production art as well as 2D animation and UI artwork for several console, PC, and mobile games. Worked as a part of a greater team to create casual/social experiences and MMORPGs.

Projects:
The Four Kings Casino and Slots (PS4/Steam), Get off My Lawn (Steam and Six Other Platforms), Western Frontier (PS3), Playstation Home Casino (PS3), Dragon's Lair Ports (Multi-Console)

I designed, illustrated and animated interactive backgrounds on Club Penguin on the monthly parties team.

Projects:
Club Penguin (PC), Unreleased Projects (PC)

I worked on all creative levels (story, art, and design) on unreleased PC software and consulted in the creation of an unreleased PC video game engine.

I drew all of the 2D artwork for an unreleased Facebook game as well as for interactive novel software for PC.

Projects:
1931: Scheherazade at the Library of Pergamum (Steam), Unreleased Facebook Game

Created 3D models and textures, and provided consultation for art for games. Some of this was for software, other stuff was for children's game development summer camps.