Experience

Contact Information

noblecass@gmail.com | Cedar Falls, IA

Game Development Experience

SciPlay, Cedar Falls, IA

Quality Assurance Analyst (Core Tester)             October 2021 – Present 

• Jackpot Party
  • Lead Release Testing for version releases, organized and ran company playtests and triage meetings
  • Lead QA for new features in development – worked with Product Owners to bring their vision to life
  • Trained in duties of Scrum Master: facilitated meetings and tracked Sprint progress during development
  • Discovered and recorded over 1000 bugs across 7 devices/platforms, including WebGL, iOS, and Android
  • Respond to, research, and detail live issues for engineers, art, and configuration teams
  • Responsible for root-causing complicated and unique bugs
  • Preplanned and created JIRA test cases, test sets, and test plans for features and game releases
  • Onboarded and trained international team members on processes and procedures
  • Trained international team members on processes and workflows in various countries
  • Maintained high levels of cooperation/collaboration with various disciplines to complete tasks
  • Responsible for training/ cross-training members of the team

HomeTeam Game Dev, International

Team Lead/Project Lead           May 2020 – Present 

• Team Lead
  • Captain Stardust – a superhero action adventure sandbox game. Unreal 5.
  • Raven’s Training Ground – a JRPG based around North American lore. Unity.
  • Merchants of Mie – a turn-based resource transportation strategy game. Godot.
  • The Dragon’s Tavern – a turn-based deck-building card game. Unity.
  • UFO Mooooo! – a time management game of abducting cows. Unity.
  • The Mysteries of Clark’s Magic Academy – a JRPG based around a student life simulator where the player makes friends, attends classes, learns spells, and tries to solve why students are missing. Unity.
  • Delivery Dash: Da Nang – A local multiplier game where you deliver packages across the city before the time runs out. Unity.
  • Strike Out – a JRPG game themed around baseball players reaching the Major Leagues. Unity.
• QA Experience
  • Connections – an exploration combat game where you travel as a ball of light
  • GlacierBound 2 – a puzzle / combat game similar to Doom
  • Core Runners – a mobile-based game navigating a spaceship through extraterrestrial terrain
  • Kensei – a web-based branching narrative on some of the legendary stories of feudal Japan
• Lead Writer
  • Game Director – survive as a game studio while balancing the needs of the team in this ‘new every playthrough’ story
  • Kensei -a 6-path, 8-ending branching narrative focusing on legendary stories of feudal Japan
• 3D Modeling
  • Grim Enigma – a fast paced action adventure game inspired by Doom
  • RoboHunters – a 3D action shooter similar to Vampire Survivors
  • Operation Holofields – a puzzle game using Holovision to see invisible platforms
  • RoboHunters – Topdown 3D action shooter like Vampire Survivors. I did the mailbox model and the main boss character
  • Galaxy Breacher 2 – Spaceships attacking gigantic ships! I offered several shuttles and other space themed models.
  • Grimsnap – A fantasy game based on the original Diablo. I provided the enemy models and animations.
• Other skills
  • Organized and planned Trello tasks of QA, art, writing, coding, and UI for 19 games by programming, modeling, animating, QA, and UI at a hobbyist level
  • Fluent in Unity/Blender pipelines and able to discuss technical specifics with different disciplines
  • Provided ideas and concept iteration of Producer coursework while in Community Ambassador role

Chaotic Play, Cedar Falls

Leader/Owner               December 2016 – Present 

• The full list can be seen at my website – Chaotic Play
  • Created/Released 3 solo Unity projects, 5 game jam games, and 6 demos using Blender and Bosca Ceoil
  • Self-taught experience in C#, Unity design tools, Blender modeling/animating, and pipeline processes

Skills/Tools

Microsoft Suite

Unity / Godot / Unreal

Team lead of 15+ person team  

Quality Assurance

Trello/JIRA

Conversant in French

Blender

Confluence

Education

University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Bachelor of Arts: Management Organizational Leadership and Accounting           December 2014

• Cumulative GPA: 3.1; Graduated with a double major at the age of 20

Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny, Iowa                                      May 2012
Associate of Arts Degree

• Utilized long-term planning to graduate with my AA degree before graduating high school

Other Professional Experience

Schumacher Elevator, Denver, Iowa

Accounts Payable Accountant   September 2019 – May 2021 

• Expert on software implementation, automated processes done by hand in accounting department
• Implemented improvements to a system that previously took several days down to 20 minutes a week
• Appointed to new team to aid in testing and implementing new software for field staff

National Farmers Organization, Ames, Iowa

Dairy Accountant                     December 2017 – August 2019

• Consolidated two full-time positions into one through process improvements 
• Completed and dispersed payroll for over 700 farms across the Midwest bimonthly

Terex Corporation, Waverly, Iowa

Staff Accountant                       August 2015 – December 2016

• Co-Founded and led the Lean/Process Improvement training attended by entire accounting staff
• Reconciled and maintained accurate financial statements for teams to satisfy national deadlines

Certificates

Six Sigma Green Belt     June 2014 – July 2014

• Study Abroad – Provided process and organization consulting work for the Irish Supreme Court 
• Implemented new storage and data-filing processes, increasing productivity of personnel 

Leadership

Blindfold Chess Podcast, Creator / Editor / Writer     

Iowa State Chess Association, At-Large Director/Editor     

Volunteer Chess Coach Ankeny Schools, Chess Coach

UNI Game Development, Founder/President