Gameplay Engineer @ Jackbox Games, Inc. CURRENT, FULL-TIME

Shipped titles: The Jackbox Party Pack 10 (FixyText), The Jackbox Party Pack 9 (Fibbage 4), The Jackbox Party Pack 8 (Weapons Drawn)

Current title: Trivia Murder Party 3

• Engineered core gameplay systems using ActionScript 3 and Visual Studio Code for Weapons Drawn, Fibbage 4, and FixyText from concept to shipping.

• Collaborated with server engineers to develop a new player interface that mimics Google Docs for FixyText.

• Supported programming moderation and achievements on other projects like The Jackbox Naughty Pack and The Jackbox Party Starter to ensure feature completion.

• Managed building for MacOS, iOS, and tvOS platforms, and paired with artists and designers to optimize for lower fidelity consoles like Nintendo Switch.

• Rapidly prototyped and iterated on various minigame concepts in Unreal Engine 5, Blueprints, and C++ for Trivia Murder Party 3.

• Built new systems and workflows for designers to create replayable minigame content.

• Responsible for porting older systems from ActionScript 3 to C++, and providing improvements to them.

• Collaborated with engineers, designers, and artists to offer new gameplay ideas and find pitfalls in designs.

• Read code reviews from designers and engineers to maintain codebase standards for C++ codebase.

Unity Programmer @ INFINITE GUITARS (Nikko Nikko Digital LTD.) NOVEMBER 2020 - MAY 2021, CONTRACT

Shipped title: INFINITE GUITARS

• Worked in Unity and C# with other engineer to add new features and fix bugs for RPG-rhythm game, INFINITE GUITARS.

• Coordinated closely with lead artist to implement UI in menus, attack animations, and dialogue animations from storyboards.

Personal Projects and Game Jams

• Experimental Shooter (2021)

  • 2021 Retrospective

• Trust in Me (2021)

  • Play on Itch.io

• OOPS: Octopus Only Postal Service (2020)

  • Play on Itch.io

• Snowtime! (2020)

  • Play on Itch.io

• Notes on crying (2020)

  • Play on Itch.io 

Research Assistant @ Aresty Research Center for Undergraduates in Rutgers University - New Brunswick SEPTEMBER 2018 - APRIL 2019, PART-TIME

• Evolved the A* pathfinding algorithm for a dynamic, heuristic environment with a team of 6 developers with Unity and C#.

• Presented results at the Undergraduate Research Symposium for feedback and future development.

• 2021 Retrospective