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
- Discovered/Recorded over 1000 bugs during employment across 7 devices/platforms including – WebGL, iOS, Android, and others
- Owned duties of Scrum Master- facilitated meetings, tracked Sprint progress- during development
- Owned the Release Testing Lead Role for all major and minor releases of the game
- Ability to adapt to frequent changes/issues in the Live Game
- Organized and ran company wide playtest and triage meetings to find issues prior to launch
- Responsible for root-causing complicated and unique bugs
- Respond to, research, and detail live issues for engineers, art, and configuration teams
- Created and maintained JIRA test cases and test plans during game releases
- 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 game in Unreal (July 2024 release)
- Raven’s Training Ground – a JRPG based around North American lore
- Merchants of Mie – a turn-based strategy game in the Godot engine
- The Dragon’s Tavern – a turn-based deck-building card game
- UFO Mooooo! – a time management game of abducting cows
- 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
- Delivery Dash: Da Nang – A local multiplier game where you deliver packages across the city before the time runs out
- Strike Out – a JRPG game themed around baseball players reaching the Major Leagues
- 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