Resume
Narrative and Game Designer for Mobile Town Sim and Puzzle Game
University of Utah Capstone
August 2026- The Present
- Design game narrative to produce a clear story that makes sense with gameplay
- Design overall game loop to produce a fun gameplay experience
- Collaborate with other designers and members of the team to keep everyone knowledgeable of the vision and current scope of the project
- Produced prototypes to hone into what game loop is the most fun to play
Video Game News and Opinion Writer -Personal Blog Writing Portfolio
June 2020- The Present
- Perform editing and rereading before posting
- Continue gaming opinion blog articles
- Wrote opinion pieces for the gaming website Ouch that Hertz!, I left in 2021
Urlymade.com, Spanish Fork Utah — Web Design and Social Media Production,
March 2021- August 2026
- Produce Social Media Posts multiple times a week
- Post in various groups and pages across the internet
- Develop large amounts of reputable organic traffic
- Sold hundreds of dollars of merchandise
Uintah Wasatch Cache National Forest, Salt Lake City, Utah, Customer Service Representative at Front Desk
August 2023 - August 2024
- Wrote articles for the forest service newsletter that helped inform employees and the public about important events affecting the forest
- Took phone calls to resolve questions that the public had while providing information about various trails, campgrounds, and forest service attractions
- Responsible for mailing out vehicle mileage to record usage within the forest district
Relevant Courses Taken
GAMES3035, Storycrafting for Games
GAMES3710, Trad Game Development
GAMES3720, Alt Game Development
GAMES2100, Intro to Game Design
Education
University of Utah, BA in Games (in Progress)
BYU Provo (University), BA in Social Cultural Anthropology
BYU-Idaho (University) Associates Degree
Diploma of Graduation, Grants Pass High School, Grants Pass, OR, 2010
Published Works
Videogame: Reincuration
Reincuration is a personality test game that puts you in the role of a reincarnated soul promised ascension from a pantheon of Gods. The trade? Judging other souls in a way that pleases those Gods.
The game is playable on itch.io by clicking here. I worked in a team on this project and mostly did narrative design for it.
Videogame: Mama's Eggcelent Adventure
Take on the role of a dinosaur mother as you traverse and platform various levels to collect your eggs in this retro inspired 3D platformer.
I worked in a team and helped with narrative design, unreal blueprints, NPC movement, level design, lighting, and texture editing. The game can be downloaded on itch.io by clicking here.
Middle Grade Novel: Rye's Rite
Book Blurb: Rye Nelson is content with a life of peace and solitude, shared with his grandfather and friends, working on a train that has taken him all over early-1900s America. However, when he’s forced out of his routine and sent on a mission to find a father he’s never known, anxiety, fear, and loneliness threaten to overwhelm him.
Along his journey, Rye crashes his prized one-of-a-kind motorcycle into Red, the leader of a biker gang that has old and ominous ties with his family. Injured and trapped in Red's cavernous hideaway, with little to no freewill, he desperately searches for a way to escape. As luck would have it, his stay with the gang opens a new friendship, one that accompanies him across the country to
a strange island.
Through a harrowing journey, narrow escape, a daring rescue, and a shootout for the ages, Rye realizes the power of true friendship and the love of family. But, if he is to survive, he must also find inner strength and learn the value of forgiveness. When Rye finds out his father’s dark secrets, will he show him grace and accept him as part of his life? Or will he turn his back and remain the same naïve young man he was before he left?
Click on the green text below to view the book on Amazon.com
Personal Projects in Progress
Ghost Boyd Middle Grade Novel 5th Draft
75%
Ghost Boyd Videogame (Working Title)
2%
Mind Hopping Psychologist Novel (Working Title) 1st Draft
15%
Inmate Black Matter Science Fiction Adventure (Working Title)
1%
Learn More About Kurt
Kurt was born on October 30th 1991, in Fontana California. His family eventually settled down in his hometown of Grants Pass Oregon where he grew up for the rest of his adolescent life. The magic of childhood education formed his love for reading and writing. His passion for writing started in his third-grade class with a fiction story writing assignment. The feeling of pure joy filled Kurt’s entire body as he wrote a story all his own, and though the story didn’t win any awards, Kurt was hooked from there on out. Other such milestones included writing other stories in school and then, without an invitation, reading them in front of his class because he felt the drive to do so...(click on bio page button below for more and Kurt's resume)
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