Skills
C / C++, C#, Lua
Experiences
Software Engineer – SkyBox Labs - September, 2016 – Present
Work in Progress: Unannounced triple-A title
Prominent Experiences
- Worked back and forth between C++, C#, and Lua to develop new gameplay experiences for players in an
online networked environment.
- Created numerous Lua scripts and bindings to marshal data to and from the C++ engine.
- Worked within, maintained, and improved upon a codebase over 20 years old.
- Liaised between game designers and tech leads to plan, create, and deliver on new requested features within strict timeframes.
Gameplay Programmer - Hellbent Games - January, 2014 – April, 2016 Shipped Titles: LEGO® Ninjago™: Nindroids™, LEGO® Friends iOS, LEGO® Ninjago™: Tournament of the Elements™, Wick
Prominent Experiences
- Coded new and expanded upon existing gameplay features and systems for a number of platforms from PC, to handheld, to mobile.
- Designed and implemented many new gameplay mechanics, events, scenarios, and boss encounters.
- Created gameplay tools and implemented entire user interfaces from scratch.
- Worked extensively with the 3Cs of gameplay, created an evolving arena spawning system, and constructed a dynamically tracking, panning, and zooming battle camera.
- Developed an isometric hexagonal map event movement system and a naval cannon projectile system.
- Optimized scenes for performance, executed rapid prototyping, and integrated many animations, sounds and effects.
- Consistently immersed in collaborative and dynamic team game projects with all stakeholders across game development.
Education
Bachelors of Science in Game Programming - Art Institute of Vancouver – June 2017
Visual and Game Programming Diploma - Art Institute of Vancouver – September 2013
Prominent Experiences
- Extensively programmed in C / C++, and C# in a variety of fields and projects.
- Organized and led a three month Unity VR game designed for the HTC Vive.
- Designed, implemented, and optimized an A* path-finding algorithm for dynamically changing collision shapes.
- Created a graphics pipeline from scratch, culminating in a rotating 3D cube.
- Programmed a visual heat map propagation system for use in Unity.
- Formulated an image detection program to analyze body positioning.
- Optimized a 3D C++ DirectX rendering engine by dividing a terrain mesh into sections, creating a frustum class, and culling these sections from it.
- Devised a 2D collision detection system between circles, axis aligned bounding boxes, oriented bounding boxes, and triangles.
Game Art and Design - Art Institute of Vancouver - July 2011 – September 2011
Prominent Experiences
- Studied and acquired game design theory
- Intermediate Maya 3D creation and Adobe Photoshop skills Intensive Ballet Training Program
Pacific Dance Arts – 2011
Prominent Experiences
- Honed and developed Classical Ballet and Pas De Deux skills
- Acquired precision, self-discipline, strength, and conditioning
Honors and Awards
Best of Show - Visual and Game Programming - Art Institute of Vancouver Portfolio Show – September 24th 2013