Destiny franchise

Bungie, Bellevue, WA. February 2013–October 2019.

3D generalist (Spec Ops)
VFX artist
Technical designer

Set pieces across the Destiny franchise, placeholder to final: Maya simulation, shader effects, scripting, rigging, runtime animation. Raid encounters co-designed with game designers.

Destiny. Base game through Rise of Iron.
Destiny 2. Base game through Shadowkeep; consultant on Curse of Osiris.
Credits. Eight Destiny releases.

Crota intro

Destiny

Boss intro, designed with an environment artist and effects artists.

Role

Destruction modeling
Animation
Shader effects
Scripting

Black Garden key retrieval

Destiny, Mars

Role

Animation and modeling
Shader effects
Rigging
Soft-body cable simulation in nHair
Transforming blocks keyframed by hand

King’s Fall raid

Destiny: The Taken King

Role

Encounter scripting
Environmental hazard design
Shader effects

Towerfall

Destiny 2, opening mission

Destruction of the Tower, staged for the player's view with the mission designer.

Role

Flyby animations and foot placement
Ship bombardment and smoke-trail VFX
Missile rigging
Shader effects for Zavala's shield
In-game setup and tuning

Airfield tower destruction

Destiny 2 mission

Background destruction set piece. Smoke and explosions by VFX artists.

Role

Destruction modeling
Tower collapse simulation in nCloth
Animation

Injection Rig public event

Destiny 2

Machine crossing the play space, driven by a single game rig.

Role

Rigging and animation
Destruction states and several endings
Area-denial attacks and weak points, tuned with the event designer
Scripting and minor VFX
Performance planning

Last Wish raid mechanics

Destiny 2: Forsaken

Animation, VFX and in-game setup for the encounter's player goals.

Role

VFX, modeling and animation
Logic setup and scripting
Trapping mechanic and hovering-plate logic, co-designed

Scourge of the Past raid mechanics

Destiny 2: Forsaken

Fallen interactive props, a polarity mechanic and the final boss harness.

Role

Look and animation of the interactive props
Polarity bubbles
- Co-built with the designer
- Opposite polarities hurt each other up close
Boss harness with destruction states and in-game rig
Logic setup, scripting, mechanic R&D

Garden of Salvation raid mechanics

Destiny 2: Shadowkeep

Role

Relays
- Guardians bank motes for the Enlightened buff and the damage phase
- States: design and implementation
- Art and VFX
Core mechanic design
- Treasure chests
- “Guardian ladder”
VFX support across the raid