Thales Alex Tenório de Albuquerque, Developer in Bordeaux, France
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Thales Alex Tenório de Albuquerque

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Game Development Developer

Location
Bordeaux, France
Toptal Member Since
December 8, 2015

Thales Alex Tenório de Albuquerque is currently pursuing a master's degree in game development in France. He enjoys spending his free time working on projects to keep exercising and growing his skills. So far, Thales Alex has accumulated two years of experience working as a professional software engineer in Recife, Brazil.

Portfolio

Suati
Jira, Windows Forms (WinForms), Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, TFS, MSBuild, C#
Manifesto Games
Cocos2d, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, Unity
FAST
MySQL, Hibernate, Java, Selenium, Entity Framework, CSS, HTML, jQuery...

Experience

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Visual Studio, Git

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on is a tool for internal process automation that reduces the amount of time spent on other team members' tasks.

Work Experience

Gameplay Programmer

2017 - PRESENT
Ubisoft Bordeaux
  • Programmed gameplay mechanisms in C++.

System Analyst

2014 - 2015
Suati
  • Created a library for importing and exporting an SQL server and Oracle database with a command line.
  • Helped build a tool that can download source code and build, execute, restore, create, and migrate that code to a database (using the library created), published web applications, and web services.
  • Maintained a manual and documentation for the tool.
  • Created a tab library for Windows Forms that is compatible with .NET 4.5.
  • Migrated the main product from .NET 3.5 to .NET 4.5 with pre-analysis and without any unexpected errors.
Technologies: Jira, Windows Forms (WinForms), Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, TFS, MSBuild, C#

Game Developer

2014 - 2014
Manifesto Games
  • Supported an application to create interactive children's books.
  • Implemented an interactive animated series for children, available on iPad and Android tablets.
  • Began building an application to create audio books capable of adding text and synchronizing audio.
Technologies: Cocos2d, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, Unity

Web Developer

2011 - 2012
FAST
  • Supported a web system project to store ideas inside the company.
  • Helped create a management system and image bank.
  • Created a small application for automating the creation of data by using the interface of the system.
  • Executed, created, and updated test cases.
  • Created a web service and management system for parking places, which shows a map of all the spaces and their status (free, occupied, VIP).
Technologies: MySQL, Hibernate, Java, Selenium, Entity Framework, CSS, HTML, jQuery, JavaScript, ASP.NET MVC 3, C#

NeonDx

https://thalesalex.itch.io/neondx
Completed a polished game within 78 hours.

XicoLand

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SleepNotFound.XicoTheGame
The game is not yet released, but it will be very soon.

The game is made in Unity3D for Android and iOS mobile devices.

For this project, I completed:

- Gesture detection
- Gameplay programming
- Plugins integration
- Assets integration
- Tests
- Build steps
- The build itself (for iOS and Android)

Panopticon

https://www.facebook.com/PanopticonVR/?fref=ts
Panopticon is an experience developed in Unreal Engine using Oculus Rift + Leap Motion.

I developed the experience in two months as part of a Master's project with another programmer.

The trailer for the game is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh6p3KpmxHw

Languages

C++, C#, XML, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQL, HTML5, Python, CSS3, Java

Frameworks

Unity3D, Blueprint, Unreal Engine, ASP.NET MVC 3, Unity, Android SDK, Entity, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Cocos2d, Hibernate, AngularJS, ASP.NET Web API, Selenium

Platforms

Windows, Web, Oculus Rift, Oracle, Android

Other

Game Development, Leap Motion, Angular Bootstrap

Libraries/APIs

jQuery, Windows Forms (WinForms), Entity Framework, jQuery UI

Tools

Git, Jira, MSBuild, TFS, Visual Studio, Subversion (SVN)

Paradigms

Scrum, Test-driven Development (TDD)

Storage

Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle 12c, Oracle 11g, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL

2015 - 2017

Master's Degree in Game Development

CNAM-ENJMIN - Angoulême - France

2009 - 2013

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - Pernambuco - Brasil

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