Noah Alzayer- Character TD

I’m a Character TD living and working remotely out of Ohio. I have a Bachelors degree in Animation with a Character Technical Direction Minor from Savannah College of Art and Design, and a Masters in Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center. Along with various freelance projects, I started by working at 2K Marin in Novato, CA on The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. After Graduation, at Schell Games in Pittsburgh, PA where I worked on Lexica, Waterbears, I Expect You to Die, as well as various R&D Projects. After that, Insomniac Games in Burbank, CA where I worked on Edge, of Nowhere, Feral Rites, Spider-Man, Spider-Man Remastered, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Spider-Man 2. After 2020, I started working remotely while traveling working on the Core Engine at Manticore Games, and Project Bifrost at People Can Fly. As of December 2024, I’m currently seeking new opportunities.

Born in State College, PA, I lived my first 10 years in Saudi Arabia, then the rest of my childhood in Ohio. When I first realized I wanted to work in Entertainment, I thought I wanted to be a game designer, once I investigated a little bit, I realized what I actually wanted to do was called animation. Once I actually got my hands on a 3D program, I realized I actually liked modeling more than animating. So I enrolled at SCAD . Once there, as a decent Modeler with technical talent, a lot of people mentioned I might like rigging. Turns out they were right. I ended up adding my Minor and finishing there. I immediately went to graduate school at the Entertainment Technology Center where I did work as a TD on projects for Museum of Art in Roveretto, Italy, and Give Kids the World, a non-profit resort that works with various organizations to facilitate children with life-threatening diseases who want to visit Central Florida Theme Parks.

I love what I do, but since I’m not a robot, I also like watching movies, playing games, reading, traveling, and learning about really random things and people. I’m always in the search of the best hefeweizen, cup of coffee, pizza, and pad thai… not all at once though.