STRAFEby Lonely Cactus Software |
I am a senior in the Computer Science program at the University of Nevada, Reno. I have created a number of games here at the university in various courses. I have worked with Joseph Mahsman on games in the Game Development course, and gone on to work on the design team for the 2008 IGF game competition submission from UNR. I am also currently looking forward to the birth of my first daughter, Lorelei, in early March of this year.
I am a senior in the Computer Science program. I am also minoring in Business Administration, this should give me the tools I need to help organize and manage the diverse skill sets and personalities of my fellow team members. Relevant course work includes CS 480 Computer graphics where myself and a team mate created a computerized island and a character that could move about the island. I am currently employed by 3G studios, as a scripter, in the field of video game development; this has given me a good grasp on the process of developing this kind of software. My primary programming skills are in C++, but I am also familiar with Lau for scripting.
I am a Computer Science major. Relevant elective courses include Compiler Construction, where I engineered a C compiler, Game Development, where I led a team in developing an action game, and Systems Administration, where I learned formally the principles necessary for managing a server. I worked for two years as a system administrator for the Engineering Computing Center. I worked for three months as a programmer for the Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences (DEES) at the Desert Research Institute (DRI). I am currently working for the Division of Atmospheric Sciences (DAS) at DRI, under the Center for Advanced Visualization, Computation, and Modeling (CAVCaM), where I have been working for a year as an undergraduate amongst graduate students. For the CAVCaM, I have re-engineered SpeedTree, a package for rendering realistic trees, to work in the CAVE. Through this work I have gained experience working with the CAVE technology. I have a couple years of experience developing games as a hobby. My primary programming skill is in C++, but I am experienced in C# using the .NET framework.
I have taken many programming courses. I am familiar with Visual Basic, Java, C++, and C#. I did an internship with General Electric where I learned many things about the corporate and many new things about programming, like how to use delegates. I have only created two games on my own, one was an ASCII based shooter for the PC and another was a side scrolling shooter for the PC. I am an average programmer. I am not an expert with any language, but I understand the concepts and how to use many languages. I am good at organizing things, whether it is groups, papers, etc. I will be involved with every step of the project. My hope is that the group will do most of the programming together so that we can bounce ideas of each other while we program, sort of like extreme programming. So, hopefully everyone will have the same level of involvement.
Steve Koepnick
Roy Hemenway
