Release

• Client: Gimo Games
• Category: Unity3D, C#

Booty Run (Unreleased)

• Analytics in Flurry
• Gameplay programming
  • Pickups, powerups, hazards
  • Coin drop from character in front of player
• Intro cutscene firing off animations and camera movements
• Level generation using flexible premade chunks
• Created and implemented placeholder UI in EZ-GUI

• Client: React! Games
• Category: Unity3D, C#, Flurry, iOS, EZ-GUI

President's Run

Between our client work we had a couple of weeks where a group of us wouldn’t have anything to work on.  We got together and created an idea that we could do within 2 weeks from start to finish.  We tried to keep the scope reasonable, but still have a complete fun game in the end.  Someone thought that a game centered around Presidential candidates would be timely with the elections this year, and a distance runner seemed in scope, so Campaign Dash President’s Run was born.  We worked at a breakneck speed to get the game done in 2 weeks, and ended up taking a couple extra weeks to tweak the store and add some updates to it.  I was able to

• Implement some crucial parts of the gameplay (pickups, character controller)
• Put in a lot of the UI
• Helped design the whole game with the team
• Learned to keep things in scope
• EZGUI system for Unity3D

• Client: React! Games
• Category:

Cinematographer Project

A large worldwide theme park hired us to do a video recording project in their park.

• UI programming using .NET Windows Forms
• Multithreaded programming inside each module, optimized for specific CPU
  • Divided up video into sections depending on how many cores available
• ZeroMQ messaging library to communicate between asynchronous modules
• Tyzx Person Tracking library to keep track in 3D space where people are
• SHORE face recognition to find happiest shots
• Added weight maps to face recognition to focus cameras in hot areas
• Debugging across multithreaded, networked code to find bottlenecks

• Client: React! Games
• Category: C#, .NET, C++, Windows Form Applications, ZeroMQ, Tyzx, Imperx Cameras

React! Games Prototypes

During my time at React!, a couple of prototypes we worked on never entered full development.  I was responsible for a lot of the game design and initial implementation.  We had an RPG and a Car Combat game that had some rough work done.

• Enemy behavior
• Loot drop and collection by player
• Using Unity physics to move vehicle around world
• Unity Terrain builder to create prototype level quickly

• Client: React! Games
• Category: Unity3D, C#, Physics, AI

Brrrd Brawl

While working on my main projects (Monopoly zAPPed and Furby), I volunteered to help on some of the other games React! was developing.  I had done a lot of Analytics and UI work, so I jumped into Imagine Learning and Brrrd Brawl to quickly lay the ground work of those systems.  Because UI and Analytics touch almost all aspects of the game, I did a bit of gameplay and system coding where those pieces were lacking.  I was able to contribute to 3 projects simultaneously without being spread too thin.

• Client: React! Games
• Category:

Imagine Learning

While working on my main projects (Monopoly zAPPed and Furby), I volunteered to help on some of the other games React! was developing.  I had done a lot of Analytics and UI work, so I jumped into Imagine Learning and Brrrd Brawl to quickly lay the ground work of those systems.  Because UI and Analytics touch almost all aspects of the game, I did a bit of gameplay and system coding where those pieces were lacking.  I was able to contribute to 3 projects simultaneously without being spread too thin.

• Client: React! Games
• Category:

Furby

• UI programming in EZ-GUI
• Used proprietary libraries (General Plus/ComAir) for inter-Furby communication
• Wrote Unity wrappers for proprietary libraries
• Worked on Furby translator, dictionary, and debug settings
• Analytics

• Client: React! Games
• Category: Unity3D, C#, C++, Flurry

Cyber Defense

Working at React! gave the chance to work on a lot of projects and wear a lot of hats.  Because I knew how to do analytics and UI I jumped from project to project quite a bit to implement those things.  This game I jumped into for a few days, but was still able to get meaningful work done.  I was able to

• Join the project and quickly understand the large code base (within a day)
• Add several new features without destroying what was already written
• Implement head shots, analytics, and bug fixes

• Client: React! Games
• Category:

Monopoly zAPPed

• Created several mini-games
  • Building Repair, Pipe Leak, Air Hockey, Cash Dash (maze), Finders Keepers (sliding puzzle), Go To Jail (Pacman), True False
• Box2D for physics in mini-games
• UI programming using Cocos2D
  • UI animations
  • Keeping track of player, flipping UI elements to show correct player
  • Custom UI for iPhone, iPad. Required so card can scan correctly
  • End flow presenting winners
• Profile system
• Flurry and Omniture Analytics

• Client: React! Games
• Category: Objective-C, Cocos2D, Box2D, Xcode, Flurry, iOS

Monster Guru

• Client: Gimo Games
• Category: Objective-C, Cocos2D, Google Maps

Helam: A Stripling Warrior Quest

• Scripting story and puzzle events
  • Started just using the system, quickly moved to creating more features
• UI programming using custom system on top of old Unity UI
• Scene design and layout in Unity Scenes
  • Placing art assets, using terrain system, painting unwalkable areas, laying out scripting system and triggers
• Patch system to download new app version on startup if required
• Title screen
• Camera movement

• Client: React! Games
• Category: Unity3D, C#, PC

Mutant League Football (Unreleased)

• Client: EA
• Category: Unity3D, C#, iOS, Android, NGUI

Tetris '14 (Unreleased)

Preproduction and prototyping for the next years Tetris game, but it was eventually cancelled when the Tetris license changed.  In Tetris ‘14 we used the established Tetris algorithms, but I extended it to work with new pieces and power-ups.

• Client: EA
• Category: Unity3D, C#, iOS, Android, NGUI

Tetris Blitz

The project I was hired to work on at EA was cancelled before my first day.  So before we started the next project, I joined the Tetris team and quickly learned the project and made myself useful.  I worked through a couple of updates to Tetris Blitz, implemented some new UI, and fixed some bugs.  One particular bug was in UI compilation; for years their UI system would incorrectly nest certain UI objects because the compilation to C++ objects miss-ordered things.

• Client: EA
• Category: C++, iOS

Cars vs. Bosses

• Created UIManager to handle showing and hiding all UI
• Extended uGUI to animate and adjust for all resolutions
• Implemented all UI in game
• Setup missions system
• Made powerup system to purchase and modify weapons

• Client: Eat Sleep Play
• Category: Unity3D, C#, iOS, Android, uGUI

Hop (Unreleased)

After Looney Tunes Dash!, Eat Sleep Play needed to learn Unity.  I had extensive experience with Unity, so I helped lead the team.  The project was about 85% finished, and just missed polish and the timing to release it.

• Setup Unity project
• Gave engineers crash course in Unity development
• Created Pooling system to reduce garbage collection issues
• Developed Unity Editor scripts for project analysis and building

• Client: Eat Sleep Play
• Category: Unity3D, C#, iOS, Android, NGUI

Ice Age: Arctic Blast

• Point Lead for team/Zynga
• Setup Facebook developer app, login and association
• Setup Economy items, store secrets, signing apps so IAP works
• Setup PN on Amazon AWS, gathering of device token, registering with server, delivering PN
• Interfaced app with Amazon S3 for DLC and Akamai as our distributed CDN
• Setup Crittercism project, interfaced app with it, improved bug reports
• Worked with Zynga AdOps to set up ads using Fuse
• Made app COPPA compliant by limiting ads, social features, notifications if under 13
• Created Jira project, setup milestones, created tickets and managed several artists and programmers
• Setup automated and manual build jobs on Jenkins for testing, release, localization
• Handled design of builds on Zota for distributing builds
• Created scripts to build, test, upload, validate for use on Jenkins and Zota
• Setup provisioning profiles and signing certificates, integrated into build process
• Added most Analytic calls using Zynga's taxonomy system
• Setup A/B Experiments and Server Configs, and handled putting QA and developers in desired experiments
• Taught artists how to lay out UI in Unity using NGUI, added most UI functionality
• Implemented particles from artists
• Setup localization automation to deliver and receive from translators
• Merged shared code and Zynga libraries into project using git and zpup
• Lead contact for transitioning app to Studio I

• Client: Eat Sleep Play
• Category: Unity3D, C#, iOS, Android, Amazon Store, NGUI, Fuse, Amazon S3, Akamai, COPPA, Jira, Jenkins, Bash

Looney Tunes Dash!

• Android expert
• UI across iOS and Android
  • Most UI for Android, redid a lot of UI for iOS
  • Progression Map
  • Added localization on all UI
• Patching/DLC system
• Economy
• Collectible Card System
• Dynamic Prize Wheel before each level

• Client: Eat Sleep Play
• Category: C++, Objective-C, Java, Xcode, Eclipse, iOS, Android, Amazon, Charles Proxy, Ruby, Python, Bash

The Video Game Show (Unreleased)

• Taught and integrated tech from past projects to new team
• Brought together separate minigames into one collection
• Helped design and solve functional problems in UI
• Created all UI, solving new AR problems
• Made UI transition animations
• Applied camera filters for transition between screens and accentuation UI popups
• Set up data driven definitions for games, events, characters, results, UI
• Monitored the health of the project, helped team learn new engine and tools
• Used shaders to apply character customization gear and colorization
• Set up debug menu for everyone to use in builds or in editor

• Client: CastAR
• Category: Unity3D, C#, Android, uGUI, AR, BehaviorDesigner, PlayMaker, Rewired

Offroad Elimination (Unreleased)

• Created initialization flow that worked at any starting point, making development easier
• Created initialization graph to easily handle changing manager dependencies
• Designed state machines for overall game flow
• Used Rewired to make any controller work in development, including custom controller from CastAR
• Implemented most UI, solving new AR problems
• Created build tool to automate steps in build process
• Designed and implemented all parts of Asset Bundle management
• Documented how to use Asset Bundles for entire company
• Brought project to Android before final specifications came in to test
• Used shaders to apply skins and colorization to vehicles
• Set up debug menu for everyone to use in builds or in editor

• Client: CastAR
• Category: Unity3D, C#, Android, uGUI, AR, BehaviorDesigner, PlayMaker, Rewired

Gimo Guide for Mega Man X

• Client: Gimo Games
• Category:

Streety

Led iOS team to deliver innovative new project from Vivint.

• Client: Vivint Smart Home
• Category: Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java, Gradle, Jenkins, RxSwift

Vivint Smart Home

• Client: Vivint Smart Home
• Category: Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java, Gradle, Jenkins, RxSwift

Solitaire Stories

I joined Solitaire Stories after 1.0 was submitted to Apple, so most of my work was improving the app and adding new features. I built a Solvability Tracker that calculates what series of moves exist still that will lead to solving the board. With that calculation a new Out of Moves prompt was added, and the hint system drastically improved. The new hints I added were no longer naive, but actually led to productive moves. I improved gameplay animations, performance, user input to make the game feel better and more responsive. I also added a couple new stories to the game and fixed several bugs, softlocks, and exploits.

• Client: Red Games
• Category: Unity, C#

Word Tap

• Client: Gimo Games
• Category:

DreamWorks Dragons Adventure

• Used Unity Physics to create StarFox like minigame
  • Read Accelerometer for flight controls
  • Blend animations depending on turning, boosting, shooting
  • Detect collision to stay in level, go through rings, hit targets
  • Flexible camera system for quick iteration
• UI programming using NGUI for minigame and map
• Used HERE maps to generate map around your location
  • (HERE maps are what Bing, Yahoo, Facebook use)
  • Built manager to download and cache map tiles in your location and destination
  • Creating “Quests” (directions) and populating with locations of interest
• Tutorial System
  • Component based, attach to whatever items need tutoring
  • Add actions to tutorial items to trigger anything
  • Manager handles displaying and queueing tutorial items
• Resource manager
  • Spawning resources while on your quests
  • Collecting resources and maintaining inventory
  • Using resources to feed and train your dragons
• Analytics using multiple vendors
  • Created Manager to handle reporting to different analytics across different platforms
  • REST HTTP web calls to log DreamWorks analytics

• Client: React! Games
• Category: Unity3D, C#, Nokia Tablets (2520 Sirius Lumia & 1520 Bandit), Unity Physics, HERE maps, REST, Flurry

Super Dungeon Bros

• Killscreen CREATE Jam finalist
• Award system after level giving title to player how they played
• Pickup system
  • Dynamically can mix components on objects to define pickup
  • Points, health, weapons, ammo, items are all customizable
  • Sub-system for keys that open doors
• Stats collection for in game and Flurry Analytics
  • Created Manager to handle reporting to different analytics across different platforms

• Client: React! Games
• Category: Unity3D, C#, Ouya, PC, PS4, XboxOne, Flurry

Vengeance: Woz With A Coz

• Character control
  • Based on President's Run, but changed almost everything
  • Controls were a lot tighter, added weapons and sliding
• Powerup system, leveling up weapons and abilities
• Score and mission system

• Client: React! Games
• Category: Unity3D, C#, iOS, NGUI

Nemo Storybook

• Created tool to convert After Effects files to Unity
  • Disney delivered us After Effects files that they wanted played exactly as they had it, we had trouble matching it exactly by hand, so I made a tool to convert the After Effects files into Unity scenes and NGUI sprites, complete with animations and layering that matched exactly.
• Native iOS code for Push notifications, wrappers in C#
• Analytics using Disney/Tapulous

• Client: React! Games
• Category: Unity3D, C#, iOS, NGUI, After Effects

Broadsword: Age of Chivalry

• Enemy AI programming
  • Assigned score/weight to different actions, AI chooses best action based on score
• UI/HUD programming in NGUI
  • Hex system, pathing on hexes, extended NGUI to fit what we needed
• Enemy battle cutscene, enemy movement, combat animations

• Client: React! Games
• Category: Unity3D, C#, iOS, Android, PC, NGUI