Maintained build logs and remote game distribution using Apple's App Store Connect and Google's Play Console. Assisted other teams with multiplayer integration within Unity using PUN 3. Awarded the B-A-N-A-N-A-S Award during UCSC's Game Showcase for 'Out-of-the-Box' Game Design.

A very near and dear to my heart experience was developing an online mobile strategy game for my University’s Capstone Project with a team of 11 people.

I created a game concept and developed a proof of concept in the Unity Engine and then later pitched the idea to Professors and to a class of 200 within a weeks time of development. I interviewed over 30 classmates and slowly began recruiting team members knowing that this was an opportunity where I and others could grow and succeed in our efforts as starting game developers. During development, I held the responsibility of Producer and Head Programmer. I also managed weekly sprints and accommodated schedules and learned how to support a small team as a conduit for inter and cross-disciplinary communication within and with our academic supervisors in day-to-day work, especially when team availability was at a premium. Because the Covid-19 pandemic caused disarray in the middle of our development period, being able to identify necessary workflow and process improvements and shifting to online was something, although unexpected, I was glad to have gone through to solidify us even closer as a team.

Due to now working online, I now had to get familiar with remote game distribution using Apple's App Store Connect and Google's Play Console. We also assisted other teams with multiplayer integration within Unity using PUN 3, since he had our prototype up and working very early in development. Because of out efforts, we were awarded the B-A-N-A-N-A-S Award during UCSC's Game Showcase for 'Out-of-the-Box' Game Design. We were even nominated to showcase 'BattleCubes' at the Intel University Game Showcase at GDC, which unfortunately was canceled again due to Covid-19.

Things were not easy, but having a solid foundation as a team, we were able to overcome many of the hurdles thrown at us, whether that being school related or having to rewrite the entire input system of the game (The game was initially developed for PC using a mouse and keyboard, we then changed to take in and recognize finger taps, swipes, drag n’ drop, etc.).

Despite school being over, we are still connected as friends, playing games and chatting online whenever possible.