David Barlia Email & Phone Number

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Culver City, Ca, Us

- Lead developer of the Joker's Escape experience, part of DC Comics' 2020 & 2021 FanDome events.https://www.wildlife.la/work/jokers-escape- Sole developer of a VR installation in a travelling exhibit for the US Air Force.https://www.wildlife.la/work/in-flight-refueling-vr

I am currently working on a project called HandsOnVR -- a Unity/C# library exploring mass-based grab mechanics, using Oculus Touch controllers for now, with cross-platform support planned for the near future.

Glendale, Ca, Us

Primary developer working in a small team making 2D platformer games for mobile and desktop, based around educational content for kids aged 8 to 13.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Unannounced Project (PSVR & Oculus Rift)Created an environmental audio system to automatically apply reverb and occlusion effects based on the player's location within the scene. Implemented real-time detection of peaks and beats in music audio to enable music-driven gameplay and effects. Implemented platform-agnostic player control systems. Worked with middleware to stream dynamic content. Developed music-driven gameplay concepts.Internal Projects (Oculus Rift)Implemented voice commands using IBM's Watson services and Windows Speech Recognition. Prototyped experimental UI concepts. Mentored junior engineers.Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab (Oculus Go & GearVR)Created numerous effects (original shaders, particle systems, etc.) optimized for mobile. Implemented UI systems and player controls.Mission:ISS (Oculus Go & GearVR)Prototyped 3DoF controls to emulate what players could already do in the Rift version of the game using Touch controllers.

Worked on two upcoming games for iOS and Android, as part of the Titanfall franchise. I helped to design engaging, slick user experiences throughout the game's interface; Worked with artists, game designers and server engineers to develop a dynamic user interface to handle all the complexities of presenting the player's inventory, systems for the player to edit their game decks, manage upgrades and card status. I also worked on interfaces within the single-player gameplay experience.Tools used: Unity3D 5.5 / C# / VisualStudio / Photoshop

Part of a team of engineers developing a new sports game for iOS and Android, featuring a nationally recognized athlete. Designed and implemented custom user interface components, prototyped gameplay concepts.Technologies utilized: Unity3D, C#, Photoshop, Git, Basecamp

Culver City, Ca, Us

Produced in conjunction with Saatchi & Saatchi LA, for clients Toyota and Yahoo Sports.Developed a Kinect-driven game installation at Levi's Stadium in San Jose for the 2015 Football season, in which passers-by are invited to throw "invisible" footballs at a variety of animated targets. Players can save their scores to the leaderboard and send a video capture of their performance to their cell phone, and then share with friends on Facebook or Twitter.- Traveled to the stadium for the initial installation and subsequent game days throughout the development process to observe how people interact with the game, and to make adjustments to improve player experience and maximize engagement.- Worked with Unity3D/C# to create engaging gameplay, visual effects and touch-based user interfaces.- Coordinated with artists, animators and an off-site developer handling backend services.- Technologies utilized: Microsoft Kinect for Windows (Version 2), Unity 5, Mecanim, UGUI, Shuriken Particles, Visual Studio, Google Analytics, Photoshop, Git, SSH, Basecamp, Sifter

Burbank, California, Us

Lead Programmer on a game for iOS and Android, promoting a Paramount Pictures' feature film, "Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse." Implemented all gameplay mechanics, featuring physics-based shoot-em-up, puzzle action; in-app purchases and analytics. Additionally, I devised and implemented a light-weight level design system, providing our level designers with a variety of physics gadgets and simple tools with which to configure them.

Developed an engine and tools to reproduce animations created in Flash, optimized for deployment to mobile, by pre-rendering vector art at runtime thus allowing for more expressive and detailed animation than would be possible using simple sprite sheets.Won "Best Game" at Adobe's Game Jam in October 2012 with a team of five from Buffalo Studios.Worked on Bingo Blitz and Bingo Rush II (browser and mobile editions)Penguinauts (Facebook Game) – Designed and implemented a Pachinko mini game using Nape physics engine. Created a unique particle engine and effects throughout the game.

Burbank, Ca, Us

- Developed rich experience Flash-based sites for clients: Sony, Dodge Motorsports, THQ and others- Worked on www.fidmdigitalarts.com, which won several awards: 2011 Webby Award, 2011 CommunicationArts site of the day, 2011 W3 Awards Gold Winner- Created a liquid layout engine for use in multi-resolution projects

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