Owned by Activision, Treyarch is a video game company in Santa Monica, whose recent work was
Modern Warfare: Black Ops and Spider-Man games. I worked as an environmental modeler on two of their games--
a Tony Hawk title and a snowboarding game.
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2x (XBOX)
For Tony Hawk Pro Skater (2001)
I modeled the level, “Skatepark ofTampa, Florida”
(based off a real skatepark in Florida).
In terms of design, much of it was based on working with the producers, art managers, and game testers.
I also semi-designed and modeled all of level “Skylines, Detroit” aka. “Rooftop.”
including lighting, grinds, simple scripting, some animation, extra textures,
trigger objects, layouts, rough concept art.
I also modeled parts of the retro Tony 1 and 2 levels in the game and the “Hawaii” level.
Shaun Palmer Pro Snowboarder 2 (XBOX, PS2, GC)
For Shaun Palmer Pro Snowboarder 2, which unfortunately was cancelled, I
modeled the “Squaw Valley Mountain”
levels (plus some "Mammoth Mountain" areas) including lighting, grinds, objects (and xrefs),
script assigning, extra textures, xrefs, some animation, and others.
"The Tampa skatepark is...a classic THPS skatepark - lots of great terrain...undoubtedly the best of the THPS2x levels..."
-- Shawn Rider (11/29/2001), Gamesfirst.com
"Vertiginously planned and damned frightening to skate on...
The Detroit Rooftop level is now firmly my favorite and a
multiplayer fave in the office, too."
-- Frank O'Connor, Official Xbox Magazine (Dec. 2001)
"Rooftops of Detroit [is] the best of the lot." -- Funkadelic, Wiredlounge.com
"The best level in the entire game is the Rooftops, which is the 4th level in the THPS2x career."
-- Scot (April 4, 2002) Xboxevolved.com
"[Rooftop] is one remarkable level.. [has] one of the best halfpipes in the whole game...
every detail [of Tampa] is the same which will blow you away if you ever visited the park in person."
-- XBOX CODEBOOK (Game Guide 2002)
The five new levels (night club, construction site, skatepark, subway, and rooftops),
though fresh, are not particularly well suited for skating--save for
the new skatepark level, modeled after a real skatepark in Tampa.
-- Cliff O'Neill (12/28/01), Sports Gaming Network
3-D environment for Tony Hawk 2x Modeled, lit, and rendered by Win Kang
Shaun Palmer Pro Snowboarder 2 This game, unfortunately, was cancelled after 2 years of development. It happens.
