Christian Águila Email & Phone Number

Florida, United States

Tampa, FL, US

Building a hybrid UE5/UEFN studio, currently focused on a UE5 co-op cyberpunk survival horror and UEFN experiences.

Los Angeles, California, US

Working on https://impostors.gg/

- Owner and Lead Developer of the project- Cyberpunk MMO Sandbox Shooter, inspired by Face of Mankind and EVE Online- In charge of the entire development pipeline, using Unreal Engine 4 and C++- Leading and managing a team of volunteers- Created a custom backend service that allows persistent player data between multiple UE4 servers, using MySQL and PHP.

- Established the base framework and infrastructure in Unreal Engine 4/5- Integrated proper source control using perforce and Unreal Game Sync- Integrated an automated build and deployment pipeline with Jenkins- Mentored junior developers on Unreal Engine’s best practices and methodologies- Converted the project to Unreal Engine 5 and integrated/merged.

Los Angeles, California, US

- Designed and integrated the main backend infrastructure used in all events that leverage UE4- Orchestrated the code architecture for the main UE4 company projects- Built an MMO infrastructure for an event that shipped to over 1000 CCU on multiple regions- Provided mentorship to junior UE4 developers- Created a build/deployment automation pipeline in.

Seattle, Washington, US

- Designed and implemented/coded the new iteration/framework of Project Genesis, a spaceship shooter & FPS hybrid- Implemented the build automation pipeline in Jenkins- Worked on both frontend/backend portions with the BaaS

- Working with a remote team from all over the world on the upcoming sequel of No More Room in Hell 2.- Wrote an procedural objective/mission system that's highly customizable in the Unreal Engine 4 editor, it gives all the power to the designers to create different sets of objectives, which then get randomly picked during every new game session- All new.

- Worked closely with the audio engineer to implement Wwise events into the game, footsteps, ADS, other sounds, etc- In charge of optimizing the networking aspects of the game in order to reduce the bandwidth and make the gameplay more smoother- QA testing- Implemented the beam drop system (supply drop), where a portal appears on the sky and a beam strikes.

- In charge of re-factoring and debugging the old source code- Creating new systems for the game to support it's vision- Designing slow-mo team-based shooter mechanics and balancing it out on test sessions

- Worked on the unreleased UE4 game called "Our Ghosts of War"- Developed an animal AI which was capable of doing survival behavior, it got hungry/thirsty/tired and it randomly picked a task to do related to it's needs, the lower the value the higher the urgency to do the associated task- Wrote all the survival/urgency code in C++ and managed the animal's.

- Created a VR interface to use for architectural visualizations- Used the HTC Vive with Unreal Engine 4- Adjusted the Lightmass settings to give off photorealistic results- Worked with my client back to back to ensure the quality was perfect before sending it to his clients

- Handled the company's video game development branch- In charge of writing and maintaining the code of "Bunny Madness", while developing the other aspects of the game in Unreal Engine 4- Ensured the Sunday meetings were productive and the team had a clear view of the goals ahead and the tasks set for the week- Prepared a multiplayer shooter (4vs4).

- Set the foundation for one of the first game development companies in Puerto Rico- Handled the company's video game development branch- Managed a team of 10 developers- Wrote the frontend code of an MMO game, while also working on connecting the backend portion to Unreal Engine 4- Scouted for local talent and recruited them to the team- Worked with a.

Guaynabo, PR

- Used Unreal Engine 4 and Oculus Rift DK2 to develop VR applications which were used for university studies- Learned and applied VR good quality practices to prevent motion sickness- Ran testing sessions with different people to see how they would perceive the VR world

Guaynabo, PR

- Had a group of 30 kids from 10 to 18 years old- Everyday we would teach kids how to create video games, from 2d to 3d and programming in Unreal Engine 4- Made a video game with the kids, while they learned how to create and import 3d meshes on to the class project- I created the video games in Unreal Engine 4 while using C++/Blueprints to program the.

- Did the prep work for the restaurant dining- Ensured good quality practices throughout my day- Ran the pantry station during dining hours, making appetizers and salads- Cleaned the kitchen after dining service- Did trips to the hotel to stock up on desserts

Bachelor’S Degree, Video Game Programming

Associate’S Degree, Culinary Arts/Chef Training