Senior Game Developer
2012 - 2014Cmune- Ported #1 FPS shooter on Facebook to Android and iOS.
- Wrote features for game, game server, and web back-end.
- Integrated a variety of 3rd party APIs such as Facebook, iOS, and Android.
- Architected development environment to allow CI and testing in multiple environments, drastically improving quality and productivity, and also reduced overtime and bugs shipped.
- Wrote tools to support Art Pipeline, including greatly reducing time from design to play-testing, allowing many more iterations
- Worked heavily to improve Agile processes to streamline dev pipeline, including acting as Scrum Master.
- Communicated regularly with players and assisted with community events, often named "favorite admin".
- Helped with internal network and desktop support issues--solved the problems others couldn't.
- Assisted in game design discussions and helped to scope requirements.
- Recruited and trained new staff.
Technologies: Unity, Photon, NGUI, .NET WCF, SQL Server, iOS, Android, TeamCityDeveloper
2011 - 2012Happylatte (formerly Exoweb)- Designed and prototyped new potential titles as part of an incubation process.
- Explored and tested different input systems for mobile games.
- Assisted with training and development for various other titles in production.
- Helped to set up community support tools such as forums, email management systems, etc.
- Organized projects to update internal tools such as wikis, bug trackers, etc.
- Organised team gaming events to encourage an "eat your own dog food" attitude amongst staff.
Technologies: Unity, Python, iOSDeveloper
2010 - 2011Exoweb- Worked in depth with iOS controls and wrote some just for the app, such as a more efficient table for displaying many columns.
- Connected to real-time middleware data sources to display time-critical data.
- Communicated regularly with clients in a different time zone.
- Acted as Scrum Master, ensuring ticket and backlog quality.
- Mentored junior staff.
Technologies: iOS, Objective-CSenior Analyst Programmer
2007 - 2010Edith Cowan University- Managed projects from concept to implementation in production.
- Received and cleaned many student final year projects and implemented in production environments.
- Responsible for design and development of "small projects" to solve various issues around the university.
Technologies: C#, .NET
Graham Vanderplank
iOS Developer in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Member since January 30, 2014
Graham is a top developer with over a decade of experience in mobile, gaming, web, and everything in between. He excels at the development process from start to finish, both working as part of a team and running whole projects using scrum and other methodologies.
Graham is now available for hire
Portfolio
- CmuneUnity, Photon, NGUI, .NET WCF, SQL Server, iOS, Android, TeamCity
- Happylatte (formerly Exoweb)Unity, Python, iOS
- ExowebiOS, Objective-C
Experience
- C# 7 years
- JavaScript 7 years
- Scrum 5 years
- iOS 4 years
- Objective-C 4 years
- Unity3D 3 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Visual Studio, Android Studio, Xcode, Git
The most amazing...
...thing I've done is ship a product to tens of thousands of concurrent users, chatting with them as they got excited and explored the new functionality.
Employment
Experience
- Bullet Rush (Development)
First person shooter for mobile.
- UberStrike (Development)http://www.uberstrike.com/
Free-to-play FPS available for Facebook, Web, and iPad (formerly Android, PC, Mac).
- High Noon 2 (Development)
Fight players in real-time with your phone as a weapon.
Skills
Languages
JavaScript, C#, T-SQL, Objective-C, PHP, PythonFrameworks
Unity3D, Windows Communication Framework (WCF)Paradigms
Agile Software Development, ScrumPlatforms
MacOS, iOS, Windows, Linux, AndroidStorage
Microsoft SQL Server, MySQLOther
Game DevelopmentLibraries/APIs
Facebook API, Facebook iOS SDKTools
Adobe Photoshop
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Games Programming2004 - 2006Edith Cowan University - Perth, Australia
