Valentin Briukhanov Email & Phone Number

Belgrade, Rs

San Francisco, California, Us

- CodeCombat Worlds: Key designer and primary gameplay developer for this MMORPG educational game on Roblox, aimed at delivering a rich, interactive learning experience. Spearheaded gameplay mechanics, player interactions, and educational integration, ensuring an immersive and impactful environment for students.- AILeague: Designed and implemented an authentic esport coding experience for thousands of students, enhancing coding skills through engaging, competitive play. Focused on scalability and accessibility for school environments.

San Francisco, California, Us

- Code Refactoring: Led the transition of CodeCombat’s codebase from CoffeeScript to JavaScript, significantly improving code maintainability and supportability, which streamlined development and reduced technical debt.- Capstone Projects: Designed and implemented core game logic for multiple student capstone projects, tailoring game mechanics to meet educational objectives and enhance learning outcomes.- Multiplayer Coding Challenges: Managed the full production cycle for several multiplayer coding challenges, handling everything from design and coding to balancing and art direction, ensuring a cohesive and engaging experience for users.

San Francisco, California, Us

- Educational Content Design: Created and implemented programming education content tailored for a range of users, from beginners to advanced programmers, aligning game mechanics with learning goals.- Gameplay Development: Authored gameplay code for hundreds of levels across CodeCombat’s classroom and home versions, ensuring a diverse and engaging player experience.- Ozaria Classroom Project: Developed core game logic for Ozaria, a classroom-focused educational game, contributing to its foundational gameplay mechanics and educational integration.- Multiplayer Competitions: Built multiple multiplayer competitions, incorporating competitive elements that promote collaborative coding and learning in a game-based environment.

Belgrade, Serbia, Rs

- End-to-End Game Production: Oversaw the entire game production lifecycle, from concept to deployment, providing expertise in game design, development, and project management.- Outstaffing & Outsourcing: Led a hybrid team model, coordinating outsourced resources and in-house developers to deliver high-quality game projects efficiently and on time.- Project Management: Ensured project alignment with client expectations by establishing clear communication channels, tracking milestones, and managing timelines for multiple concurrent projects.

Spacer.im is an online platform to learn more about space, solve space-related challenges collaboratively, and contribute to space exploration. -Platform Development: Developed and maintained Spacer.im, an online platform for learning about space and solving collaborative challenges, using Meteor.js, JavaScript, and React to create a seamless user experience.- Content Creation: Authored and curated a series of aerospace-related publications and interactive challenges, engaging users in space exploration topics through educational content and community interaction.

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

- Algorithmic Challenges: Designed and implemented knowledge-testing tasks on algorithms and programming languages, fostering skill development among users.- User Testing Systems: Developed robust systems for user solution validation, enhancing the platform’s reliability and user learning experience.- Interactive Animations: Created vector animations to support interactive learning, enriching the visual and educational quality of the platform.- Community Engagement: Actively supported users through forums, providing guidance and fostering a collaborative learning community.- Backend Development & Game Design: Built and maintained the game backend, and designed puzzles and game elements, merging technical and creative expertise to engage users.

- Developed and maintained special software systems for processing of various heterogeneous databases (Python, MongoDB)- Built web service for database analytic workflow (Python, Django, MongoDB, HTML, Javascript)- Designed and implemented several desktop applications for various analytic tasks (Python, WX)

Deployment and maintenance of the telecommunication systems (GSM, network, etc).Administration and managing of computer networks with complex structure and heterogeneous servers.