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Game Experience
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Kings Isle Entertainment Inc |
Fall 2006 - Present |
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Associate Programmer |
Unannounced Title |
- Team Size: Large (30+).
- Fully implemented custom font system and related
tools.
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Kings Isle Entertainment Inc |
Summer 2006 - Fall 2006 |
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Programmer Intern |
Unannounced Title |
- Team Size: Large (30+).
- Fully created a mini game.
- Implemented upgrades to the custom GUI System
and Scripting system.
- Implemented upgrades and bug fixes to the Script
Editor/Debugger tool.
- Was three time "Idea of the week" winner.
- Performed enhancements to boost developer
productivity.
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Invalid Tangram DS |
Fall 2006 - Spring 2007 |
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Sole Developer |
Port to the Nintendo DS portable system |
- Port of PC game Invalid Tangram to the Nintendo DS
hardware.
- Supports both the 2D and 3D hardware.
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Grimoire |
Fall 2006 - Spring 2007 |
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Senior Programmer |
Half Life 2 Death Match Total Conversion |
- Team size: 5 Programmers, 4 Artists, 6 Level
Designers.
- Wrote several sections of the TDD and performed
final quality pass.
- Built configuration system allowing in game
tweaking without restarting.
- Made particle system allowing effects to be
composed in real time.
- Created a number of particle effects for the
spells and spell system.
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GRENDER |
Fall 2005 - Spring 2006 |
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Sole Developer |
Fully Featured Dual API 3D Rendering Engine |
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- Shader effects including: parallax mapping, cel-shading,
and gloss mapping.
- CPU and GPU skeletal character animation.
- Terrain using chunked LOD and Root-Mean-Square
to eliminate popping.
- Shooter demo featuring a terrain editor and real
time fluid surface dynamics.
- Usage is identical for both Direct3D 9 and
OpenGL 2.
- Extendable and optimized particle system.
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GScript |
Winter 2006 - Spring 2006 |
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Sole Developer |
Custom Scripting Language and Virtual Machine |
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- Performance tuned stack based virtual machine
with JIT compiling.
- C-Style syntax with type-free variables.
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Danger Ball '77 |
Winter 2006 - Spring 2006 |
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Programmer |
Unreal Tournament 2004 Total Conversion |
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- Team size: 4 Programmers, 2 Artists, 6 Level
Designers.
- Wrote custom melee attack code including a
lunging strike.
- Wrote gameplay and network code for a several systems.
- Wrote several sections of the TDD.
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Invalid Tangram |
Summer 2005 - Fall 2005 |
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Sole Developer |
Original concept 2D puzzle/shooter game |
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- Out of 19 programmer games picked
to be shown in The Guildhall 2005 Winter Exhibition.
- Fully designed and implemented a fun and
original puzzle/shooter hybrid.
- Uses custom XML file formats and a custom 2D
vector rendering engine.
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AWGIPDFFETEFA51 |
Fall 2004 - Winter 2004 |
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Lead Programmer & Designer |
Original concept 2D action platform game |
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- Team Size: 1 Programmer, 2 Artists
- Developed a custom 2D engine and implemented all
gameplay elements.
- Designed the contra-style side scrolling action
with aliens fighting marines.
Education
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The Guildhall at SMU |
Summer 2005 - Spring 2007 |
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http://guildhall.smu.edu/ |
Masters-Level Certificate |
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Digital Game Design: Software Development
Specialization |
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Stark State College
of Technology |
Fall 2003 - Spring 2005 |
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http://www.starkstate.edu/ |
Associates |
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Interactive Media Computer Science: Video Game
Design Option |
Skills
- Languages:
C/C++, STL, HLSL, Cg, GLSL, ARB
Assembly, x86 Assembly, ARM Assembly, Actionscript, Java, C#, Unrealscript, Makefiles,
HTML
- APIs: DirectX 9.0c, OpenGL 2.0, Source Engine, FMOD,
TinyXML, DevIL, MFC, Win32, libnds
- Development
Software: VS.NET 2003/2005,
SVN, Photoshop, 3DSMax, MS Office, GCC/G++, Make
- Target
Platforms: Windows, Nintendo DS
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