Alex Carlson, Game Developer
| (952) 818-7931 | Rego Park, New York, US
SUMMARY
Alex Carlson is a game developer living in Queens, NY.
EXPERIENCE
We're Five Games, Senior Developer 2020-10-01 — 2023-05-01
https://www.werefivegames.com/
  • Gameplay Programming
  • Steam/Epic Integration
  • Patching a live game
  • Creating Build Pipeline tools
Target, Senior Engineer 2016-10-01 — 2020-09-30
http://target.com
  • Created a networked interactive installation to react with the Minneapolis skyline from across the city.
  • Wrote networking and gameplay code for a 6 player socket-based web game, deployed to 5 Target stores for a limited time.
  • Built the gameplay mechanics for a child focused holiday VR game, played by over 2000 kids over one weekend.
1517 Media, Front-End Web Developer 2016-05-13 — 2016-10-01
http://1517.media
  • Styleguide Creation
  • eCommerce
  • CMS Research & Project Planning
VON91, Web Developer 2014-08-15 — 2015-09-25
http://von91.com
  • Client Communication
  • eCommerce
  • Time Management
Invisible Friend, Software Engineer Intern 2013-12-01 — 2014-08-30
http://invisiblefriend.com/
  • Data Visualization
  • Marketing
  • Brand / Identity Strategy
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Computer Support Help Desk 2012-08-25 — 2013-05-05
  • Equipment Checkout Management
  • Student Computer Re-Imaging
  • General IT Assistance
VOLUNTEERING
MCAD, Co-Teach 2016-01-01 — 2016-12-30
http://mcad.edu/
  • Course Building & Assignment Planning
  • Coding Demos
  • Grading & Student Evaluation
EDUCATION
MCAD 2012-09-15 — 2016-05-13
Bachelor - Web & Multimedia Environments
SKILLS
Game Development: Gameplay Programming, Tools Programming, Unity, Unreal, Godot, C#, C++, Java, Lua
Web Development: HTML5, React, Angular, Sass, Node, Javascript, Typescript