Jesus Lou

Kanji GO is a free app to help Japanese students learn the three Japanese writing systems: kanji, hiragana, and katakana. It's structured in different sections, each one representing a JLPT Noken level, from JLPT Noken 5 to JLPT Noken 1.

It was developed using Flutter and Dart, which made it possible to release on both Android and iOS with the exact same codebase.

I've been in charge of all the process, from coding to graphic design, build process, and publishing.

I helped to manage the transition of Bubble Witch 2 Saga from a different team to our department, where we adapted it to our tech stack, tools, and processes. Soon after, I was assigned as lead developer. Apart from designing and developing new features, I also was in charge of keeping the quality of the code, making sure we delivered on time. At the same time, I was also managing two other developers, helping them grow and advance in their careers.

Diamond Diaries Saga is a mobile title released on iOS, Android, and Facebook. I've worked in some minor features and bug fixes. However, where I've most added to this project is in the mentoring and coaching of their developers, guiding them through the ins and outs of maintaining a live title played by millions of players every week.

When I joined King, I was assigned to this project. With the help of two other developers, our mission was to rewrite the entire game from scratch using a different C++ framework. It took us eight months. Soon after that, we started delivering new features on a three-week basis.

The Doner Suite is a series of personal projects, where I wanted to push my C++ skills and to gain knowledge about the open source community and their processes. During its development, I learned and improved my knowledge about different compilers, continuous integration frameworks, unit testing, code coverage, etc.

The entire suite is formed by three different libraries and a simple game project to test them all together. Those are the following:
• DonerReflection: A C++14 reflection library to define class information in compile time for later usage.
• DonerSerializer: A C++14 easy-to-use serialization library. It uses the power of DonerReflection.
• DonerComponents: A C++14 Component-based game object model framework for developing video games with game object activation/deactivation, child hierarchy, messaging system, prefabs, nested prefabs, and tags. GameObjects and their components can be defined in JSON files (thanks to DonerSerializer).

Letris TVE was a companion app for a Spanish TV show based on the mobile game Letris. I developed all the different challenges that appeared on TV and in the app and came up with a technology that would allow people to play in real time against the contenders, even though the show wasn't live.

This was a companion app for a TV series for kids based on Sony's IP "Invizimals." At some point during the chapters, you would see a color code on screen and, after framing it with your phone camera, an augmented reality scene would appear on your TV. Then, you needed to perform different actions to interact with the characters displayed, such as taping, rotating, rubbing, etc.

Invizimals: Revolution was a companion app for a toy series based on Sony's IP "Invizimals". After putting the figure in top of its card and framing it afterward with your phone camera, the app would recognize the toy shape and would add the toy to your digital collection, where you could use them later to fight.

Invizimals: Revolution was a companion app for a Trading Card Game based on Sony's IP "Invizimals." By using augmented reality you could frame any of the cards back with your phone camera to see that Invizimal in 3D. If you put two of them close enough, they would start fighting against each other.

Lumen was my Master's degree project, where we needed to develop a full game in ten months. We were a team of three developers and three artists and we developed our own technology to create it, using primarily C++, DirectX, and MaxScript. Lumen is a 3D platformer where you could modify your surroundings with the help of your magic camera.

Wozznic was my first professional project. I was the only developer with Unity and C# knowledge in the company, so I did it all by myself. I also developed some level editors using C# and XNA. It was developed in three months.

I participated in the early stages of the development of Space Legends. The most interesting part about it was that we mixed two different technologies to create it. All the game logic and 3D graphics rendering were made using C++, but all the UI was done by using HTML5 and JavaScript. We achieved that by rendering a web browser in top of our C++ rendering pipeline.