Dan Allison Email & Phone Number

Berlin, Berlin, DE

• Create VFX through code and particle authoring software that is consistent with character design and artists' visual concepts.
• Design python maya tools that cut integration time by 60%.
• Implement tool sets for new game projects and train technical artists how to use and maintain art pipelines.

• Worked in Unity on Slot machine and casino games
• Implemented monetization via Tapjoy SDK’s Offerwall product
• Developed bonus game, integrated winning effects and animations, and user interface features

San Francisco, California, US

• Reduce human error by 100% implementing a suite of validation tools that clean up flash file errors before committing to repository (JSFL)
• Decrease asset integration time by 60% for data input intensive game items by reformatting obsolete tools to work with new JSON-based game admin (Adobe AIR)
• Significantly reduced time to present new game concepts by creating a flash prototyping template. Features include character pathfinding (ASTAR), collision blocking, and inter-zone navigation (Flash IDE, AS3)
• Produce documentation and video training tutorials on new art tools, pipeline configuration, and integration work flows
• Concept, create, and support art pipeline from scratch for new game studio (Perforce, Terminal, whiteboard)

San Francisco, California, US

• Design, create, and maintain game features, interactive behavior, and scripted animations (Flash IDE, AS3)
• Debug code issues and craft simple solutions (Flex Builder)
• Reduce footprint of bulky CPU intensive game elements (Flash IDE, AS3)
• Guide new engineer hires with setting up front and back-end development environments (Flex builder, terminal, versioning software, and Facebook dev api)

Los Angeles, US

• Implement critical third party user tracking services (Omniture tracking and InStream API)
• Develop component that communicates user tracking metrics, video URI, and age gating information between swf application and javascript front-end (AS3, Javascript)
• Adapt dynamic flash banner overlay from AS2 codebase to AS3
• Update look and feel of design, button behaviors, and user flow
• Implement video player’s sound and video quality preferences on the client-side via SharedObject class

US

• Speedily produce media player views from a common MVC framework including: Single Play FLV Player, MP3 Player with queue, Video Players with Sign Up/Sign In functionality (small, medium, and large dimensions)
• Minimize use of vector drawn graphics by instead using optimized bitmaps resulting in 30% increase in frame rate (Photoshop, AS3)
• Accomplish 20% reduction in swf compile size via AS3 code optimizations

• Develop virtual fly-through presentations in flash showcasing hardware of latest Intel servers (Flash IDE, AS1)
• Produce timeline animations, keyframe scripting, and visual effects (Flash IDE)
• Perform flash and swf file optimization by tuning JPEG compression settings and removing unused library bros