Michael King

Game Programmer

Objective

• To advance my career as a professional game programmer.

Summary of Qualifications

• Over 20 years programming experience, 15 years with C++. Also skilled at C, Basic, and Pascal.
• Experienced with Visual Studio, CodeWarrior, DirectX, OpenGL, Win32 API, and STL.
• Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance development experience.
• Graphics skills include Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash and similar packages.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Hardcore gamer. Passionate about game development. Willing to relocate.

Employment History

• Game Programmer, Hellgate: London and Mythos
  • Specialized in user interface programming and gameplay.

• Engineer, Gauntlet for Nintendo DS
  • Specialized in gameplay and artificial intelligence, particularly boss battles.
• Engineer, MechAssault: Phantom War for Nintendo DS
  • Specialized in artificial intelligence, also worked on user interface and general gameplay systems.
• Engineer, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for Game Boy Advance
  • Developed all unlockable mini-games.

• Provided primary programming support for Admissions, Institutional Research and Testing Offices.
• Served as primary support technician for Student and Faculty Web Services.
• Active member of Enrollment Technical Services Team.

• Developed the All Game Guide database from scratch using Microsoft Visual FoxPro and Borland Delphi.
• Served as manager of on-site technical team and off-site writing and content staff.
• Performed website design work and tools development using HTML, CGI, and ISAPI programming.

• Lead programmer for two commercial Windows applications, Matrix Oracle and Astro*Talk Audio.
• Provided programming and database support on several other software projects.

Personal Projects

• Designed and developed Windows games Space Rox, Bounce, Frogger '96, and GunKid for GBA.
• Bounce won first place in class contest for University of Michigan game programming course.
• GBA project, GunKid, selected as a winner of the 2004 GBAdev.org development competition.

Education

• Relevant courses: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics, Computer Game Programming, Database Design, Software Engineering.

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