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Destiny 2

Role Senior Technical UX Designer
Tenure July 2022-June 2026
Major Releases Lightfall, The Final Shape, The Edge of Fate, Renegades, Monument of Triumph
Minor Releases Season of the Seraph, Season of Defiance, Season of the Deep, Season of the Witch, Season of the Wish, Into the Light, Episode 1: Echoes, Episode 2: Revenant, Episode 3: Heresy, Ash & Iron
Projects Director, Activity Launch Flow, PGCR, Pathfinder, HUD/Waypoints, Banes, Activity Customization, UI Shaders
Tools Tiger Engine (proprietary), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Dear ImGui, Figma, Perforce

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What did Neon do on Destiny 2?

  • Enthralled players by owning and executing 4 years of work in Destiny 2's Director interface through a combination of IC work, planning, and delegation, consistently building immersion and driving positive player sentiment.
  • Increased organizational efficiency through documentation, mentorship, and working demonstrations, increasing discipline knowledge and building cross-discipline understanding enabling UI teams to ship Director-style maps 50% faster.
  • Planned and executed UI for 2 high-complexity new game systems in back-to-back yearly releases through direct cross-disciplinary collaboration, operating with minimal to no supervision, and the construction of prototypes and debug tools unblocking designers and saving over 1 month of QA time.
  • Lead a team by running Agile rituals and making creative decisions during scheduling gaps for their team lead and producer, ensuring alignment between stakeholders and teams through critical inflection points in development.

Nodes

Over the course of their time on Destiny, Neon was responsible for implementing a large number of nodes in Destiny's Director interface. This is a sampling of some of them.

Eternity

Introduced for Bungie's 30th Anniversary, Eternity is mysterious destination within Unknown Space.
Savathûn's Throne World

Introduced in Destiny 2's The Witch Queen expansion. A strange, hostile realm created by the will of the Hive God of Cunning and Lies.
Contested Territory

Introduced in Destiny 2's Star Wars-inspired Renegades expansion. A hot zone for scum and villainy.
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Kepler

Introduced in Destiny 2's The Edge of Fate expansion. A planetoid where a mysterious anomaly warps both space and time.
The Traveler

Introduced in Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion. A portal on the Traveler leads to a realm where everything is familiar yet very, very different.
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Pathfinder

Introduced in Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion. A pursuit system that allows players to progress towards a core goal in numerous, self-directed ways.
Terminal Overload

A public event in Neomuna, the destination for Destiny 2's Lightfall expansion. The Vex and Cabal are attempting to gain control of Neomuna's systems. Prevent them from establishing control!
Root of Nightmares

The expansion raid for Destiny 2's Lightfall expansion. Long thought dead, Nezarec's whispers have been plaguing the Neomuni. Can you defeat him, once and for all?
Exotic Mission Rotator

Exotic Missions from Destiny 2's seasonal releases, brought back in Destiny 2's Lightfall expansion. Finally get around to playing that The Whisper mission everybody told you about.
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Crota's End

An iconic Destiny 1 raid, reprised in Destiny 2's Lightfall expansion. The Hellmouth calls, Guardian. Will you respond?

Work Samples by Release

From July 2022 through June 2026, Neon's work supported and 5 major releases and 10 minor releases. Below you can find their work, collated by release.

Monument of Triumph

Monument of Triumph was the final release for Destiny 2, a celebration of the game's history.
Renegades

Inspired by Star Wars, Destiny 2's Renegades release struck a balance between the Director interface and hologram projectors.
The Edge of Fate

The beginning of Destiny 2's Fate Saga, and a massive overhaul of activity systems allowing for players to customize their rules.
The Final Shape

The end of The Light & Dark Saga with our biggest map ever and Pathfinder, a new pursuit system.
Lightfall

The penultimate expansion of The Light & Dark Saga brought players to a neon cityscape under siege.
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