Cooper Hall
Game Design | Level Design | Narrative Development
Professional Work
Game Development & Journalistic Production
Beyond Skyrim - Roscrea (2018-2024)
A large-scale collaborative modding team creating a AAA-quality content expansion for the game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, developed by Bethesda Game Studios.
Developed hand-crafted, content-complete interior dungeon levels and exterior world spaces, maintaining stylistic and design consistency across the project’s open-world environment.
Contributed to the development and writing of in-game literary content, providing players with immersive background information about the project’s open world, its inhabitants, and history.
Designed and scripted puzzle encounters across multiple dungeon levels, featuring unique mechanics not present in the base game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, while prioritizing player intuition and familiarity.
The Skamania Observer - News Publication (2021-2023)
A printed newspaper publication that delivered local happenings, as well as statewide and national news developments, to the residents of Skamania County, Washington.
Designed the layout for each published issue of the newspaper, ensuring every edition was visually engaging and easy to read.
Edited and reformatted contributor materials into publishable content, assisted the editor with proofreading, and ensured each issue was delivered to print on schedule.
Occasionally authored a short series of informative articles focused on livestock-related topics.
Educational Projects
Academy of Interactive Entertainment:
Major & Minor Productions
Auxilia (2020)
A third-person, split-screen arena strategy game developed during the major production project in my second year at AIE.
Designed strategy-based combat systems, formation mechanics, and movement system, also implemented the level design directly within the game engine.
Edited and repurposed Creative Commons sound effects, and recorded voice lines to support in-game audio design.
Rogue Bot (2019)
A third-person shooter game developed during the minor production project in my first year at AIE.
Maintained developer task tracking and Game Design Document documentation, and conducted QA testing and player feedback surveys.
Designed the projectile-based combat system and enemy AI combat logic, and implemented level design directly within the game engine.
Edited and repurposed Creative Commons sound effects for in-game use.
About Me
Hello! I’m Cooper, and I’ve been passionate about making games since I was a kid.
I grew up in a rural logging county in southern Washington State, where my family and I heated our home with firewood, raised livestock — including poultry such as chickens and turkeys — and I attended a K–8 grade school with fewer than 80 students.
My journey into game development began when I fell in love with Bethesda Game Studios’ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and later discovered the world of modding. Being able to change and create content within a game I already loved sparked a lasting passion for game development — one that still drives me today.
While role-playing games hold a special place in my heart, I also enjoy genres that challenge strategic thinking, including grand strategy, real-time strategy, and turn-based strategy games.
Outside of games, I’m deeply interested in history — from the origins of complex life during the Cambrian period (540–480 million years ago), to the rise and fall of the dinosaurs (240–66 million years ago), the birth of civilization and advancements of the Bronze Age (12,000–1,200 BC), Antiquity (700 BC–400 AD), and everything in between, right up to the modern era. I also enjoy exploring a wide range of topics in science, especially astrophysics and biology.
I also have a strong love for nature and animals, which has always been a big part of my life. Spending time outdoors, whether in the woods or just in the backyard, brings me a sense of peace and inspiration. I especially enjoy caring for my pet chickens and turkeys — they’re both companions and a connection to the way I was raised.
As you can probably tell, I love learning new things — and if a day goes by without it, I consider it a wasted one.