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I have been working on game development in my personal time 7 days a week with few breaks. Having taken online courses in Unity, I began work on a semi-open world RPG (3d, third-person) with non-violent themes, character relationship building, exploration, mysticism, and many other elements. Deciding that I had tackled something beyond a beginner's capabilities, I set it aside (it is quite functional, but there are only four fully developed scenes and nowhere near enough to call it a playable… Show more I have been working on game development in my personal time 7 days a week with few breaks. Having taken online courses in Unity, I began work on a semi-open world RPG (3d, third-person) with non-violent themes, character relationship building, exploration, mysticism, and many other elements. Deciding that I had tackled something beyond a beginner's capabilities, I set it aside (it is quite functional, but there are only four fully developed scenes and nowhere near enough to call it a playable game). I began work on a VR space racing game, something which is far more tightly bounded, and am much further along (I have Steam integration, four racing spacecraft, racecourse support, a racecourse editor, multiplayer support and the start of AI racers, as well as all the VR support needed for these). I anticipate something that can be played solo by the end of this year, and multiplayer support mid-next-year. My goal is to evaluate it, pass it to carefully chosen colleagues for feedback, and, based on information I've gathered, decide whether to pursue crowdfunding. In the meantime, I'm considering creating a Patreon project for my game development work and will advertise it as widely as possible. Show less

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I have published two novels. The first, "The Soul Thief," is available at Amazon in Kindle and print here:http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00LS7TBR2The second in the series, "The God of Battles," is also available:http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00UDJ3XGQI have also published a poetry collection I co-authored with my partner Rachel, entitled "Poems de Terre."http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00JD4QGWKAside from my work on the third novel, which I intend to… Show more I have published two novels. The first, "The Soul Thief," is available at Amazon in Kindle and print here:http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00LS7TBR2The second in the series, "The God of Battles," is also available:http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00UDJ3XGQI have also published a poetry collection I co-authored with my partner Rachel, entitled "Poems de Terre."http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00JD4QGWKAside from my work on the third novel, which I intend to publish soon, current projects include several short films that I shot in 2015, both of which are in post-production. The first, "Falling Rock," is a story about two brothers who share a murky past that returns to haunt both of them. The second, "Straja," is set in the world of my novels, starring Allison Angulo as Angela Cooper and Heather Gossman as her patient, Priscilla. Dealing with mental illness and the paranormal talents of the good doctor, this film will offer a tantalizing glimpse of the Otherworld and its mysteries. Show less

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I have worked as both technical lead and as developer for many diverse sites developed by ForumOne. Some of my experience with this company:- I have been technical lead in new site launches, designing and implementing backend and limited front portions of site functionality as well as generating project estimates and guiding the implementation of these sites to completion- I provide significant updates to existing sites, designing and implementing them and, where necessary… Show more I have worked as both technical lead and as developer for many diverse sites developed by ForumOne. Some of my experience with this company:- I have been technical lead in new site launches, designing and implementing backend and limited front portions of site functionality as well as generating project estimates and guiding the implementation of these sites to completion- I provide significant updates to existing sites, designing and implementing them and, where necessary, coordinating my efforts with fellow developers- I provide ongoing technical support for Forum One clients who have purchased support contracts, responding to help desk requests and managing many simultaneous work tasks to completionThe majority of my work is with Drupal, though I have also supported Wordpress sites and some legacy systems built on now-obsolete infrastructure. About 80% of my work is on backend implementation, with the remainder being evenly distributed between Javascript and CSS. In Drupal, most of my work thus far has been with Drupal 7, though I anticipate more with Drupal 8 in the coming months and years. Show less

I am an independent consultant specializing in web development with Drupal at this time, though as can be seen in my resume I have a lot of varied experience in software engineering.Please contact me at my site if you have need of my skills. Due to my experience and training, as well as speed-reading skills, I can start a new project very quickly.

During my year as a consultant, I was lead developer for several sites, and took over technical leadership of the help desk.

I was lead architect for the restart of Imbee, Inc., and helped develop key infrastructure components to support parental content moderation, COPPA-safe registration and many other pieces of this complex site.

I was the lead developer for their family of musical instruction websites, and was responsible for completing their implementation and bringing them online.I worked on the following Artistworks sites:http://www.qbertskratchuniversity.comhttp://www.andreasguitaruniverse.comhttp://www.tonytrischkaschoolofbanjo.comhttp://www.peerypiano.comhttp://www.howardlevyharmonicaschool.com/

- Developed Drupal code for the imbee.com website, including video delivery services, a custom polling module, I18N translation support, user-customizable page layout code, content access control, installation loader support, widget integration, and many other subprojects within the product, using PHP, MySQL, XHTML and CSS- Developed for Firefox and Internet Explorer, as well as minor customizations supporting Safari- Redesigned the registration module to facilitate custom workflows for… Show more - Developed Drupal code for the imbee.com website, including video delivery services, a custom polling module, I18N translation support, user-customizable page layout code, content access control, installation loader support, widget integration, and many other subprojects within the product, using PHP, MySQL, XHTML and CSS- Developed for Firefox and Internet Explorer, as well as minor customizations supporting Safari- Redesigned the registration module to facilitate custom workflows for OEM clients- Served as architect in ground-up redesign of product using Drupal 6.x- Wrote many custom modules, including widget integration and custom node access control Show less

Worked for Industrious Kid as an IT Ascent consultant.

- Developed modeled code for KIS projects, including software adapters, messaging channels, data transforms, and administrative consoles- Invented a web-based UI generator, written in PHP, which uses metadata introspection to display dynamic web content- Invented a web-based documentation integration system (using XML, XML schema, XSLT) that dynamically integrates API documentation as well as authored content- Developed an XML message transform that is configurable at… Show more - Developed modeled code for KIS projects, including software adapters, messaging channels, data transforms, and administrative consoles- Invented a web-based UI generator, written in PHP, which uses metadata introspection to display dynamic web content- Invented a web-based documentation integration system (using XML, XML schema, XSLT) that dynamically integrates API documentation as well as authored content- Developed an XML message transform that is configurable at runtime, and is capable of extracting arbitrary data from the message (using XPath) and storing it in an internal message format- Developed Java user interface code in the UI group, using JDK1.3, JFC, EJB in the Forte for Java programming environment. Used UML extensively.- Wrote requirements, specifications and related documentation for projects.- Developed subsystems for cross-platform product (Kabira Infrastructure Switch) running on Solaris, Win32 and HPUX.- Mentored other developers, gave presentations at company-wide meetings, wrote user guides for my own projects. Show less

- Assisted in the development of pre-released internet-related products. Used C++ in the Visual Studio environment on Win32, HTML, XML, Javascript, and COM/OLE.- Developed Apache modules in C/C++.- Wrote DHTML-compatible Javascript for Netscape and Internet Explorer.

- Assisted in the development and maintenance of a multithreaded web server which uses both push and pull technology to publish data optimized for wireless telecom devices. Used C++ on Solaris under Sun Workshop, Java on Windows NT and Solaris under Visual Caf, and HTML and XML, with an Oracle DB backend. Also required some csh programming.- Performed maintenance work for a web proxy server which addresses the needs of wireless browser devices. Used C++ and Perl on Solaris.

- Performed design work for multithreaded CORBA-based workflow-management software. Used C++ on Solaris (under Sun Workshop), and some csh script programming.- Developed CORBA Versioning service in Java. Used Java on Solaris and Windows NT (under Microsoft Visual Studio).- Wrote proposal specifying a customized version of Windows NT as part of the DARPA pilot for Next-Generation Internet technology. A multi-million dollar contract was awarded based on this work.

Performed testing and assisted in debugging Windows CE filesystems. Was responsible for test harness software written in conjunction with this work in C and C++ under Visual Studio. Acquired extensive knowledge of embedded system design and implementation.

- Developed complex software systems from requirements gathering through design, development and deployment for both in-house and external customers.- Ported complex client-server systems between UNIX and Win32.- Designed and implemented graphically intensive software using Win32 and Java AWT, and developed networking middleware, TP-based systems, small and large utility tool suites, multithreaded servers, and web-based software.- Provided in-house training in… Show more - Developed complex software systems from requirements gathering through design, development and deployment for both in-house and external customers.- Ported complex client-server systems between UNIX and Win32.- Designed and implemented graphically intensive software using Win32 and Java AWT, and developed networking middleware, TP-based systems, small and large utility tool suites, multithreaded servers, and web-based software.- Provided in-house training in object-oriented design and programming- Was responsible for design and implementation of a middleware messaging subsystem that allowed applications with incompatible data models to communicate via a self-describing data stream based on ISO standards.- Helped develop a multithreaded TP monitor that included a workflow interpreter. This allowed business managers to describe their automated processes and implement them without system downtime.- Was a senior engineer on a project to develop a full-text search and retrieval system, using natural-language parsing and high-speed indexing subsystems. I ported the servers from Unix to Windows NT, developed a Windows GUI under MFC, and later developed a Java front end for a web-based user interface. Show less