Domini Gee
Writer|Game Developer

SKILLS

 

• REN'PY

• FROST EDITOR - FLOWCHART 

• JIRA

• CONFLUENCE

• DATA COLLECTION, SUMMARIZATION AND ANALYSIS

• PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• QA ANALYST, TEST PLAN CREATION

EXPERIENCE

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Writer - Seismic Squirrel

July 2023 - Present                                                        

• Collaborate with the writing and development teams to create, iterate, and plan themes, characters, plots, tech requirements, and mission outlines.

• Create a consistent tone, social dynamics, and world-logic set within a retro-futuristic New York.

• Research historical events, people, and locations to use as touching stones in alternative historical narrative content. Create briefs and summaries that can be shared with the broader team.

 

Freelance - Self-Employed (Edmonton)

April 2017 - Present

 

• Provide a diverse range of services including writing, editing, consulting, sensitivity reading, and testing. I retain a 100% job success rating on Upwork.

• Worked as an associate with Talespinners to write and edit for Sweet Transit and Gord.

• Worked with StoryCity to create episodic geolocative adventures, including a Choose Your Own Adventure and an unreleased CMF-funded project.

• Created short stories for the Unraveled Chat Story app and an untitled cyberpunk novel based on a game bible written for Aesthetix Game Studios. Responsible for worldbuilding, writing, and producing monthly content.

• Participate in game design panels and roundtables, including for GamePlay Space and Made in Asia/America.

 

Development Support 4 (Narrative Quality Designer) - Keywords Studios, Embedded at BioWare (Edmonton)

May 2020 - July 2023
 

• Responsible for quality verification of narrative features (writing, cinematics, game flow, etc.) for AAA fantasy RPG. Act as narrative QV representative to track and create tests for development phase gates, identify milestone risks, participate in bug triages, and advocate for quality. Collaborate with other development pillars and narrative leadership.

• Wrote test conversations in the conversation editor to identify functional and workflow issues for writing and editing. Use tools to check dialogue, conditionals, branching, and asset creation.

• Keep up to date on project lore, provide and gather qualitative feedback, and participate in peer reviews of narrative related content, including reviews of the full game script, individual plots, cinematics, and ambient scenes.

• Participated in side-project weeks and presented projects to 120+ attendee calls. I’ve created a tree-dating sim, prototypes for showing environmental signs of unique enemies, and a sidequest concept that was praised for something that could’ve been part of the game.

• Act as senior QV Analyst for the Keywords Team. Run team syncs, meetings, presentations, and training. In addition to workshops and training sessions, I’ve also provided formal and informal mentoring to junior members.​

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Quality Assurance Tester - Odyssey Entertainment

April 2019 - Present

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• QA Tester for Transmogrify

• Edit levels to fix bugs and implement gameplay and aesthetic design choices. Approach levels as the person who has played the game the most and center design decisions on what will enhance player experience.

• Build and run test cases for any new mechanics, regression checks, or levels I felt needed additional attention.

• Regularly test 3-5 levels/week and update documentation for tracking mechanics and providing feedback. I would include my level scores, my difficulty rating of the level, and observations in a spreadsheet and compile a report at the end of the week.

Research Assistant - Moira Day (University of Saskatchewan)

July 2016 - March 2017

 

• Assisted with research on book about Elizabeth Sterling Haynes and early Alberta Drama History.

• Digitized and transcribed book chapter. Edited formatting to preserve author voice and presentation.

• Researched requested materials and fact-checked bibliographic information using digital and physical archives. Maintained and updated digital materials.

•  Communicated with librarians and archivists to find and acquire materials.

• Organized and tracked activities on a weekly basis in Google Docs and Excel.

QA Tester - BioWare

April 2014 - August 2014

 

• Member of the critical narrative tester team for Dragon Age: Inquistion. Tested game through alpha and beta checks and acted as the primary PS3 tester in our group.

• Worked with developers to ensure quests worked on a functional and lore level. Ran through character romance quests to ensure continuity between both the narrative and mission contents.

• Ran through latest build daily to test how far a player could get through the critical path before being blocked to determine game health and find progression blockers introduced between builds.

 

Research Assistant - University of Alberta

September 2012 - March 2014

 

• Researched and analyzed data. Compiled weekly summary reports.

• Organized Skype and email communications between the University of Alberta PLAYPR group and other post-secondary organizations.

• Compiled literature reviews of print and digital resources. Resources included books, online journals, web sites, interviews, Twitter posts, and relevant materials found through usage of databases.

• Constructed the GRAND Assessment Framework and organized co-authored paper, “Assessing Serious Games: The GRAND Assessment Framework” in Digital Studies.

• Wrote, edited and presented papers at five conferences (Replaying Japan, Canadian Game Studies Association, Canadian Society for Digital Humanities, HuCon).