Lukasz Soluch

An Augmented Reality app for the mining industry. Using cross-platform Unity stack, the application displays mining and research information on top of a video feed acquired from the phone's camera. Paired with GPS coordinates, it allows the user to experience research data, like locations of rare minerals on a mining site, in a totally new way.

As a Unity developer, I joined the project to take it from a polished prototype to a fully finished and released application. Tasks included both user-facing features (redesign UI, implement features for cloud sync and smart local scans) and cross-platform tasks (initially the app was Android only) to implement new data structures to display on the app.

The app is live and used by clients every day.

Joined team as senior developer, and over time took the role of team lead and project manager. Was responsible for the initial game design, estimating and splitting the project into tasks, and ensuring the quality of completed tickets. Introduced more Agile workflow, taught mid- and junior-level developers about a better creation pipeline. Researched assets, possible plugins, and server side implementation. Created a draft of network protocols and possible solutions for anti-hacking measures.

I was hired as a contractor to take a project from initial JPG mockups to the working site under a tight deadline. The web page accompanied the release of the iOS application and was scheduled to go live at the same time.

I worked very closely with the designer and customer and provided a very fast feedback loop that allowed us to ship the final version of the site on time.

The website used the latest Ruby on Rails with Google Maps v3 integration and a Parse back-end for storing data.

I created this iOS game as part of a weekend game jam.

The game was a native iOS application, using SpriteKit as a base for the game and a multi-peer connectivity framework (thus iOS only) for communication. The basic idea was to use it as a local app, without the need to access the internet, allowing play-testing when commuting.

The project took two days, including creating pixel-art graphic assets and implementing sound effects and a simple menu. The end result was a fully playable version allowing two players to compete over Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connections.

I worked as a Toptal contractor and helped the client go from the initial idea of a web service to a fully working MVP that has been shown to potential customers. After initial feedback, I provided the client with a native iOS application that could provide a better UX. Technologies used included Ruby on Rails 4 with a Bootstrapped layout for clean UI, designed for mobile-first, Google Maps v3 integration and Geolocation services in a browser. For the iOS application, I used native code for simplicity and speed of the MVP.

As part of the front-end team, I implemented various new functionalities, including implementing 3rd party APIs and libraries and extending existing frameworks. I also updated the server side when necessary.

I was responsible for maintaining servers as part of the live team to ensure a smooth user experience. I monitored and tracked issues and responding to ongoing issues 24h a day.

As a part of a four-day Game Jam, together with one designer and one artist, we created a full, working MVP of a game that was an example of a collect/run game but with a twist.

The game was constantly progressing, with an ultimate goal at the end. You travel from Earth to the Moon with certain rules. Until halfway through, you had to avoid obstacles and gather boosts. After the halfway point, you needed to stop getting boosts or you'd come in too fast.

The game used Unity and 2D graphics, together with free sound effects, and contained a completed, fully playable application made in the span of four days.

As a part of Game Jam, I created a simple 2D mobile game with two different kinds of input. One requires you to whistle at a certain frequency to get a hit, while the other allows you to do a punch-like motion. The game used Unity and mobile as input (microphone + gyro), with the server being a standalone app that displays the result of the fight.

I implemented the mobile front-end for a Windows application, ensuring memory usage for massive amounts of data. I focused on security as the app displayed sensitive and valuable information.

As a part of the inherited project, our team was responsible for maintaining the current code base and developing new features. The project consisted of ten books, with each book having correlated "missions," which were small Flash/Flex games. Responsibilities included creating mentioned apps from wireframes until the final product.

An inherited custom-engine-based PHP project. Responsibilities included updating the old, unmanaged code base, moving towards PHP 5, adding SEO-friendly URLs, and rewriting categorization structures.

A .NET based app that aims to provide users with an easy and fast way of exchanging knowledge. Part of the task included making sure current the version was stable and fast, while adding new extended features, like branded subdomains.