Elizabeth Keegan is a practitioner in the field of game design and art. She obtained her bachelors degree from Cleveland's very own Institute of Art and masters degree from UC Berkeley in Fine Art. Currently, she's heading the continued growth of the Game Design program at Notre Dame College. Game design has been her primary focus for many years and spans a range of disciplines. She has worked both collaboratively and independently on many projects concerning topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Air Pollution, Autism, and Mental Therapy. More importantly, Elizabeth has taught across a range of age groups and classrooms. She has worked alongside high school students in summer camps, 9th grade year, round programs, and college classrooms. All of these experiences have taught her the power of game development and its ability to facilitate critical thinking and creative problem solving among many other crucial skills in today’s workplace.
She is the current a game design instructor at Notre Dame College in South Euclid, Ohio, and has worked alongside Rachel Morris who is the head of the art department.
I would like to thank both Abdelrahman Saher and Francesco Sapio,for providing yet another accessible resource to those interested in game development. I would also like to thank Sanchita Mandal and Paushali Desai for including me in the review process.
Melody Kaye Cariaga graduated from De La Salle College of St. Benilde with a BS in Information Technology and a specialization in game design and development. This program was a first in the Philippines; on February 2013, she was a part of the very first batch of graduates with the title of cum laude under her name.
Since February 2013, she has been working as a game developer. On her first job, she developed HTML5 games for three major American cable and satellite television networks aimed mainly at the child and adolescent demographic. In May 2015, she started working for Xurpas Inc., the first tech startup in Southeast Asia to go on initial public offering, as one of their Unity developers that create Android games.
Melody is a strong, hardworking woman, who always aims to do better and be better in life. She is a well-organized individual who never fails to give more than 100% in her work and never loses sight of her goal. Even though she is driven, she still has time to enjoy playing games, listening to music, and watching movies. She never loses sight of who she really is.
For all the success and achievements I have received throughout my career, I would like to thank God Almighty for His everlasting grace, my family for their never-ending guidance and support, and my special someone for his trust in everything I do.