Derek Detweiler Email & Phone Number

Hickory, North Carolina

As one of the original co-founders of Gopherwood Studios, I design and develop games, websites, and other online interactives.We've designed and developed several independent online games: Paco and the Tumbling Seed Box, Entanglement, and Sand Trap. These titles have been used by tech leaders like Google and Mozilla to highlight web technologies and by game companies like DeNA and SPIL Games to promote their mobile platforms.We've also created a lot of great educational games for Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That, Cyberchase, Dinosaur Train, PBS Kids, Western Sydney University, Ready Jet Go, and Wild Kratts, teaching concepts ranging from science and nature to health and wellness. Play them; they're fun!We've made two awesomely responsive websites that look great, are fun for kids, and respond well across both mobile devices and desktop computers: http://pbskids.org/dinosaurtrain/ (winner of a 2017 Kidscreen award) and http://pbskids.org/catinthehat/In collaboration with the PBS Kids Digital team, we also created Platypus, an open-source HTML5 platformer game engine. Go forth and make games!

Managed and maintained computer labs, presentation systems, network equipment, websites, pay-card printing system, etc. Provided technical support for student, faculty, and staff.

Performed desktop computer repair and provided help desk technical support