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James M. Blocker Jr.

Game Programmer

2070 Grand Junction

Alpharetta, GA 30004

(678) 468 - 8576

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www.jblocker.com

Skills

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  • Proficient with C++ and C#

  • Proficient with Object oriented programming and design

  • Windows Programming experience with MFC and the Win32 API

  • Experienced designing and developing tool programs to aid in a project's development

  • Experienced with developing on a low resource platform, specifically the GBA platform

  • Intermediate with OpenGL, OpenGL-ES, and DirectX rendering APIs

  • Experienced with Microsoft Visual Studios 2005, Visual C# Express Edition, and Apple's XCode

  • Experienced using TortoiseSVN and Alien Brain source controls in a team oriented project

  • Excellent Communication skills with non-technically personnel and the technically inclined

  • College level knowledge of Linear algebra, calculus, and physics as it applies to real time applications

Academic Projects

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Ace of Space

Space Shooter

02/3/08 – 07/25/08

6 Man Team Awesomesoft

  • Managed Team as Project lead

  • Helped design and manage the development of the game engine

  • Coded The Event System reducing Code Dependencies

  • Implemented Object Factory allowing fast entity spawn/creation during runtime

  • Coded Particles including transparent bill boarded textures, with appropriate sorting

8-Bit Glory

2D Platformer

06/03/07 – 07/27/07

3 Man Team Guarana Iguana

  • Managed Team as Project Lead

  • Designed and documented the game engine

  • Responsible for the Tile Engine and Map Editor tools

Legend of Zelda the Floating Castle

2D Action/Adventure

05/15/07-05/29/07

Single Person Project

  • Developed in two weeks

  • Implemented Save System

  • Designed and coded the AI for the Enemies and Bosses

Education

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Full Sail University

Bachelor of Computer Science in

Game Development

3300 University Boulevard

Winter Park, FL 32792

Other Experience

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GAETC Technology Fair Finalist Project Programming Category

2004 - First Place with “Das Dunkel Engel” with BYOND Script

2003 – Second Place with “Game Maker” with Interplay's Learn to Program Basic

2002 – Third Place with “Egg” with Interplay's Learn to Program Basic

Full Sail Summer Camp 08’

Instructor

08/08/08 – 08/15/08

Acted as an external producer for two teams of three children ages 12 to 14 for projects with a 4 day development cycle using Yoyo Games’ Game Maker 7
Last Updated on Monday, 11 January 2010 18:10