Hello! I am a passionate and experienced game programmer looking for a team or individual with similar goals as mine. I currently work full time as a Lead Software Engineer overseeing a team of four developing games in Unity3D. I have been working on the side in Unreal and I have enjoyed the engine enough to want to pursue additional work in it. I am 26 years old, married, and have a little girl. I became a programmer because of my love for video games. I would prefer a team that values quality over quantity and wants to make great games. If you are a team or an individual that understands that it is more important to have a small team of very good people rather than a large team of mediocre people, then please reach out to me. I am okay with being the only programmer on a team or working with a team of programmers.
In the title I mentioned that I am looking for Royalty instead of a Paid position. I do not want to be paid a set amount for my work. I want my effort to be a part of the risk taken to produce a game. This means that if we were to produce a game that makes x amount of money, then the amount of money split to the developers would be a reflection of the amount of work they did on the game. As such I am completely fine without being paid a cent until our work actually produces money. All in all, I want to make games that makes someone want to get home from work or school to play it. I remember those days. The money is more of a secondary goal.
Below is an outline of my experience to help you get to know me better. I will be looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks for your time.
Skillset
- Experienced with working in UE4 on a C++ level as well as on a Blueprint level. I do find Blueprints to be faster for prototyping or learning a portion of the API.
- Advocate for good design and writing code that is clean, as simple as it can be, and extensible.
- Experienced with making games for multiple platforms: iOS, Mac OS, PC, Android, Kindle, Windows 8, Linux.
- Experienced with Unity3D and C# due to previous professional and indie projects.
- Familiar with many SDKs such as integrating the Facebook SDK into games, Steamworks, etc.
- Familiar with Client/Server architecture.
- Experienced with optimization, multithreading, and networking.
- Familiar with being the “last line of defense” for hard to solve technical issues for teams.
Education
- 4 year Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science 3.72GPA, 2011
Current professional work
- Lead software engineer for one of the top grossing mobile social casino apps built with Unity3D.
Previous indie work
Kitrau- Final Fantasy RPG style of game successfully kickstarted and built using Unity3D.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bensteele/kitaru/description
- Brought on-board to fix bugs and add additional features.
- Implemented a target highlighting system through raycasting and shaders. This also allowed the use of the mouse for selecting targets in the world.
- Created PlayMaker scripts to allow other members to reuse functionality.
Alum- Adventure game made in Adventure Game Studio(AGS) that is similar to the older Sierra and Lucas Arts adventure games. This game was kickstarted and successfully released on Steam.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/338420/
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Ported the game to work on Linux and Mac. -
Integrated the game on to the Steam platform and implemented Steam specific functionality such as achievements. -
Rewrote the game’s demo in Unity3D as a proof of concept for the team to move to a more modern engine.
My own unnamed project in UE4 - Action RPG style game being developed in UnrealEngine 4 using blueprints and C++.
- Implemented input controllers and target selections through line tracing.
- Designed and implemented an extensible skill system.
- Implemented AI controllers for use through blackboards and behavior trees.
- Currently designing an inventory and item system.
Contact
- Email: wrgains@gmail.com
- Skype: coldscrip
Additional Information
- Flexible working schedule expected, but I would expect at least an average of 10-20 hours a week from me.
- I expect a team that is equally invested in the project and thus takes an active part in having discussions/meetings.
