Michael Pattie

Summary of Qualifications

• I am a software engineer and an independent game designer in my free time.

Education

• University of Victoria
  Bachelor of Software Engineering
  Specialization: Graphics and Gaming
  2014

Personal Projects

• Currently developing a turn based strategy game in Unity

• Created small games with Game Maker, FlashPunk and Javascript/HTML5 for game jams and activities at UVic including a 1D shooter, multiple platformers, a top down puzzle trawler, and a prototype for an educational NEPTUNE Canada simulator

Work Experience

• Content Scripter

  Loud Crow Interactive
  Sept 2013 − Present

  • Duties

    • Gameplay scripting

    • Tool development

    • Script refactoring

  • Tools

    • Javascript

    • Xcode

  • Contributed to

    • Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

    • Busytown Mysteries Episodes 1-3

    • ToonTales Toybox/Parents area

    • Windy and Friends

• Content Developer

  DJArts Games inc.
  May 2012 − August 2012

  • Duties

    • Level design, construction, and scripting

    • Scene optimization

    • Player metric analysis

  • Tools

    • Javascript+JSON

    • HTML/CSS/PHP

    • MySQL

  • Contributed to

    • Bush Whacker 2: Forest Area - Swamp Area

    • Mystic Guardians

• 3D Camera Software Developer

  NEPTUNE Canada
  May 2011 − August 2011

  • Duties

    • Remote modification of a windows server

    • Automation of data retrieval and processing

    • Research of 3D reconstruction software

  • Tools

    • C++

    • Java

    • Eclipse

  • Contributed to

    • Grasshopper 3D camera array project

    • NEPTUNE annual steak holder convention

• Software Developer

  USNR
  September 2010 − December 2010

  • Duties

    • UI modification

    • Debugging

  • Tools

    • C++/C#

    • MFC

    • Microsoft Visual Studio

  • Contributed to

    • MillWide

Activities and Interests

• UVic Gamedev

  • President Jan 2013 – Sept 2013

  • Member May 2011 – June 2014

  • Gave talks on social gaming, using splines in Flash, and using Game Maker as a development tool

  • Organized Global Game Jam 2013 at UVic

• Aikido

  • Taken weekly classes at various dojos since Jan 2011

  • Achieved rank of 4th Kyu

  Spilt Milk Comedy

  • Member of More Cowbell improvised performance troupe May 2006 – Jun 2011

  • Performed at the first three Pender Island Children's Festivals

  • Won the 2010 Theatre Works ImprovValentines Day Cup

Technical Skills

• Javascript

  • Progrmmed the front end of over 10 LoudCrow apps using the Verso engine

  • Created front end for personal video game project using the HTML 5 canvas

  • Created scripts for Bush Whacker 2 in JSON

  • Used Javascript for front end work on a Django website

• C#

  • Created 2 games using Unity with C#: a turn based strategy game, and a top down action game

• C/C++

  • Debugged and modified C++ applications for USNR and NEPTUNE Canada

  • Wrote graphical and animated programs using OpenGL

  • Utilized multiple threads using the pthread library for a simulated link layer

  • Used STL structures and Qt equivalents in several programs

• Java

  • Wrote many assignments in java including a simplified Civilizations game using Swing

  • Used JUnit for unit testing on a document formatter

  • Tutored a student in the use of Java and Junit

• Flash

  • Developed a video game prototype for NEPTUNE Canada using Flashpunk

  • Used Flashpunk for several game prototypes created at 48-hour game jams

• Ruby

  • Created server side for personal video game projects including the use of JSON and Sinatra

  • Currently working on a Ruby on Rails project for a Software Architecture course

• Python

  • Used python for backend work on a Django website

  • Tutored a student in general programming using Python

• Prolog

  • Used Prolog heavily in a programming languages course including definitions for polynomial operations and a simplified compiler

• GameMaker Lite

  • Created several game prototypes using game maker lite including a top down tower defence game and a side scrolling platformer

• Databases

  • Wrote queries and user defined functions for a Postgres database

  • Queried a MySQL database at DJArts to create HTML graphs of player metrics

• GUIs

  • Created user interfaces in HTML, Qt, and Swing

• UML

  • Created class and sequence diagrams in ArgoUML

  • Created class diagrams in Lucidchart

  • Converted UML diagrams to code and vise versa with MagicDraw

• Collaborative Tools

  • Used SVN for group projects at UVic and work at NEPTUNE

  • Use Git for personal repositories and most collaborative work on independent projects

  • Used Microsoft Team Foundation Server with Microsoft Visual Studio at USNR

• IDEs

  • Created animation programs in C++ using Qt

  • Created and tested Java programs using Netbeans

  • Using Eclipse for writing Ruby and testing Java applications using ObjectAid and Maintainj

  • Used Microsoft Visual Studio to debug and modify applications at USNR

• Operating Systems

  • Owned and operated Windows XP and Mac OSX Lion

  • Used Ubuntu and Windows 7 for work and school