Zack Hawkins
Zack Hawkins
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Game Designer, Programmer, 3D Modeler, Artist
Game Designer, Programmer, 3D Modeler, Artist
Creative and overanalytical designer. Adaptable, with experience being in a leadership role as well as a wide range of small roles within a game development pipeline. I am a modder of games, being extremely proficient in hex editing. I am known online by the name 'Gojirex'.
Passionate about gameplay design, controls, and multiplayer balancing.
Four years as lead combat designer and three years as creative director for the giant monster fighting game Godzilla: Save the Earth - Melee.
Planned, created, and maintaining a game’s production. Continued support after launch to this day, organizing playtesting and running a prolific community of thousands of fans on Discord, Twitter, and YouTube.
Artist
Artist
A life of experience video editing, drawing, writing, and graphic design.
Writes and edit video presentations showcasing new game content and trailers. Experienced in both 3D and 2D art.
Designer
Designer
Creates well-rounded interactive gameplay loops for PvP systems and solo journeys. Experienced in designing control schemes, user interface, and movement/ability design - with a high emphasis on player skill expression and creative freedom to approach situations.
Developer
Developer
Adaptable programmer, willing and able to learn any language to achieve design goals. There is always a way to make a good idea work.
Skilled in combat development, compositing assets into a cohesive build, and visual storytelling with level design.
Modeler
Modeler
Proficient with MAYA and Houdini. 3D character models, textures, and rigs. Practice in extremely low-poly conditions, and has learned tricks to circumvent these limitations for beautiful yet optimized creations.
Team Player
Team Player
Worked on games in the roles of a designer, artist, programmer, and project lead. Closely collaborated with people in all roles of the development pipeline; understands the chain of development.
Education
Education
Game Design Degree (Bachelor's of Applied Arts), graduated May 2023 with a 3.8 GPA, from Wichita State University.
Community Leader
Community Leader
Amassed a large following of thousands of fans on social media, with 6,000 members in the STEM Discord: a space for the other devs and I to show and discuss our work, playtest with the community to receive feedback, and interact with fans - fostering a large support network and community.
GAME DESIGN
Passionate and proficient in designing and producing gameplay. The inner-workings behind the user experience and interaction is, to me, the most important part of any game. How it feels to play is the fundamental first step.
This video is a showcase of the attack moveset conversion I did for the main fighter in STE Melee: Godzilla. A fighting game character is quite complex, with hundreds of different things the player can do at any given time. One by one, I went through each aspect of the original character, and rethought everything with a modern perspective, and incorporated more references from Godzilla movies as brand new attacks.
Gameplay of STEM
Below is 1 hour of the updated gameplay loops in STE - Melee. Significantly different from the vanilla game - click for example. It is also noticably different from STEM v0.01's gameplay, which was more of an in-between from vanilla to today, the demo releasing a few years ago - click for example.
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The Monster Manuals are the collective database for all 60 monsters planned for Godzilla: Save the Earth - Melee. There are currently 29 revealed with 31 more being unveiled over time. Vanilla STE had 18 monsters, and many of these monsters in STEM are brand new, while others are semi-clones and intentionally left similar to their derivative. Check out each monster's bio, their moveset plans (write-ups on how each monster plays,) and a list of all the currently confirmed skins! With many more monsters and skins on the way.
You can even click on the audio icon for each monster and their skin to listen to their in-game intro theme and roar.
As of right now, I am the sole moveset designer for all monsters in STEM. I will release guides on how to mod the game to acquire help producing more character movesets and gameplay-related design elements.
Check the database for updates!
COLLEGE PROJECTS
Games which I made during my time at Wichita State University: Shocker Studios.
My process on Developing "Octoblock," a 3D platforming puzzle game.
Click here to play my game "Elemental Defense," a game created in Unity to showcase fire, ice, and shock particle effects I made.
Click here to play "Haunted." Worked with 14 students to make a platformer. I refined the character controls and used Unreal world editor to create the first of the “Dungeon” levels.
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CONTACT
CONTACT
zackhawk@gmail.com
(520-360-0113)
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