Tessa Watkins

Lost in Thought is a game that was developed by the team known as Bad Wolf Studios for the Global Game Jam 2014. Bad Wolf Studios was made up of two people: Dr. John D. Watkins and Tessa Liddington. Dr. Watkins is a first time jammer while Tessa is a third year veteran. They jammed at their local Pittsburgh jam site.

In Lost in Thought, you must navigate your thought through the neurons to bring yourself into existance as a true thought. As a primary thought, you can see primary neurons… Show more

Lost in Thought is a game that was developed by the team known as Bad Wolf Studios for the Global Game Jam 2014. Bad Wolf Studios was made up of two people: Dr. John D. Watkins and Tessa Liddington. Dr. Watkins is a first time jammer while Tessa is a third year veteran. They jammed at their local Pittsburgh jam site.

In Lost in Thought, you must navigate your thought through the neurons to bring yourself into existance as a true thought. As a primary thought, you can see primary neurons (blocks in the prototype). Your Opponent is also a primary thought that can see primary neurons. Together, you can see secondary neurons. Show less

Pretend is a platform game created in Flash that started out as a project for the National Game Development Month, a new annual event much like the annual Global Game Jam with the difference being able to work on a game for a month instead of a weekend. For more information, visit the project's blog.

There are possibilities that this game may turn into a game for mobile devices or a 3D project in Unity.

Worked on the game, Once Upon a Ragnarok, as a 3D modeler, programming advisor, and story developer. Was part of a 9 person team.

Camel Ship is a single-player level powered by UDK created by a small team of four known as Space Camels, and we had only three months to put it together. The name was derived from a misunderstanding in a team meeting (oddly enough, I had mistaken the word "space cannibals" for "space camels". You may not want to know why were even discussing cannibals in space in the first place).

Space Camels consisted of the weapon modeler and level designer, Ryan Allgeier; environment modeler, Tomas… Show more

Camel Ship is a single-player level powered by UDK created by a small team of four known as Space Camels, and we had only three months to put it together. The name was derived from a misunderstanding in a team meeting (oddly enough, I had mistaken the word "space cannibals" for "space camels". You may not want to know why were even discussing cannibals in space in the first place).

Space Camels consisted of the weapon modeler and level designer, Ryan Allgeier; environment modeler, Tomas DeBenedetto; foliage and character modeler, Luther Loomis; and game-play programmer, Tessa Liddington.

The resulting prototype, Camel Ship, was named unoriginally after a combination of our team name and the focus of our setting, a crash-landed space ship. The player is a futuristic bounty hunter in pursuit of a very persuasive alien. Your goal is to search this ship where your target alien has taken refuge, and take him out at all costs. Show less

I designed and developed this custom WordPress website for Riva's Shotokan Karate-Do LLC to act as a central website for her to advertise her karate classes and a member's hub.

Platinum Fire Productions are a husband and wife team running their wedding photography and videography business. This website's focus was to showcase their portfolio of photos and videos, as well as promote their business.

LumiShield is a tech startup in Pittsburgh focused on solving and preventing metals from daily corrosion.

The website is programmed in PHP with two Flash animations, and a custom JavaScript/jQuery lightbox.

-Design art aspects for Adobe Flash based games to be used to help students with Math and give rewarded time to play games after finishing work.

Aspects:
-Start Menu Screens
-Animatable Characters/Objects
-Reward Screens
-Icons for player interaction
-Ideational Concepts

Developed and built several Flash games for Carnegie Learning's Math Wonders program.

The Global Game Jam is an event that last for 48 hours. Within that time teams and individuals are given a theme and they are challenged to create a new and exciting game based on a given theme.

The theme given this year was the sound of a heart beat.

Cell is a one level, 3D side scrolling game produced in the UDK engine during the Global Game Jam for 2013. Programs used included: 3DS Max for 3D asset creation, Adobe Photoshop and Flash for the 2D elements, and Abobe Audition and… Show more

The Global Game Jam is an event that last for 48 hours. Within that time teams and individuals are given a theme and they are challenged to create a new and exciting game based on a given theme.

The theme given this year was the sound of a heart beat.

Cell is a one level, 3D side scrolling game produced in the UDK engine during the Global Game Jam for 2013. Programs used included: 3DS Max for 3D asset creation, Adobe Photoshop and Flash for the 2D elements, and Abobe Audition and Adobe Premiere for music creation and video elements.

Responsible for Ideation, environment/prop creation, implementing assets in engine, material creation, and small sound effects. Show less

A crime scene investigation game that takes place in the fictional Black Abbey, London, in the year of 2030. The player takes control of the old fashioned detective, Peter Morris, who struggles with the latest technology in pursuit of the infamous "Bloodshot Killer."

Mayan Math is a mathematical video game targeting adult learners. The inspiration for this game came from my internship with the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council (GPLC). At GPLC, students of all ages and races come together to learn English and important skills to prepare them to pass their GED test. In order to make math more fun for them, I started developing this game. Once completed, it will be donated to GPLC for any student to use in order to sharpen their math skills

A year-long project completed by groups of students who are in the Team Game Production and Advanced Team Game Production courses. We are creating a destructible racing game using the UDK engine.