COLE NAVARRE ESPARZA

Hi! I'm Cole Navarre Esparza and for the past four years I've been working as a Game Designer, with a focus on Combat and Gameplay design.
 

I have a passion for enabling players to express their skills and playstyles through elegant and deep gameplay mechanics. Most recently, I was working in Unreal 5 on a internal project at Sword+Wand Inc where I predominantly worked on enemies and bosses, enemy behavior AI, player abilities, as well as animation tuning for combat game feel. While at Sword+Wand, I also had the opportunity to do short term client work for Epic Games on a small Research and Development contract. Before that I was working at Hidden Leaf Games, crafting hero abilities and ability augments within Unreal Engine 4 for Fangs.

 

I've worked hard getting to where I am today, going to Fullerton Community College and getting my Associate Computer Science degree, then transferring to University of California, Santa Cruz. From there I was able to finish school in 2020 and get my Bachelor's in Computer Science: Game Design.​

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My ultimate goal is to design outstanding gameplay that engages players of all backgrounds in a way that fits them best.

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Connect with me via email: cnesparz@gmail.com

Or check out my resume: RESUME