Dylan Ford Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Independent tabletop roleplaying game designer, working on both small and medium-scale indie games.

Brisbane, Australia

Unity app for iOS and Android which I brought from version 1 to 2, and am supporting until version 3. Location-based augmented reality running app where users can run races with checkpoints they must physically travel to and complete challenges for points.Responsibilities:- Adapted and refactored much of version 1 of the app to fit longer-term needs, focusing on quick responses to changing requirements to the design, users, and sponsors- Built UI and logic using an adapted MVVM framework for Unity, including, but not limited to: event registration, race UI (waypoints, challenges, results), user profiles, login screen, and account creation- Built functions for a REST API to perform secure and complex operations in TypeScript, using Jest to implement test-driven development to ensure stability for instant live deployments- Planned Firebase data structure, and assisted in implementing security rules to restrict how users can read/write data- Fleshed out project roadmap in Asana from UI designs and international business team specifications- Wrote documentation and built UML diagrams for features and designs- Reviewed pull requests in Git, and tested features to ensure their stability before being published- Implemented Agile/Scrum sprint structure with planning, review and retrospective, rotating the scrum master role through the team each sprintTechnologies used:- C#, TypeScript- Google Firebase- NoSQL- Node.js- Jest- Git (Bitbucket)- Vuforia- Mapbox- Unity- NUnit- .NET- NoSQL- Zenject- Jenkins- Asana- Nuclino

Remote

Remote contractor for turn-based strategy game similar to The Banner Saga or Disgaea. Worked on implementing new character functionality, adapted existing functionality, and on Unity editor windows to allow in-game data to be easily edited. Also worked on a separate unity project for manipulating large amounts of data, which also made use of MVVM architectural pattern and third-party libraries.

Brisbane, Australia

Research assistant for a QUT research project involving the application of user interface research. The contract required the development of an app to be used on an android tablet to control a remotely controlled device through radio signals. Responsibilities included attended meetings and developing the user interface of the app.

Kelvin Grove And Gardens Point

Tutor for classes primarily within the Bachelor of Games and Interactive Environments degree. Responsibilities include planning and running in-person tutorials, answering student questions through email, marking papers, and participating in regular meetings with other teaching staff working to improve the structure and coordinate our teaching efforts.Subjects taught include:DXB303: Programming for Visual DesignersIGB220: Fundamentals of Game DesignIGB321: Immersive Level Design

Remote

I started Honeyvale Games with a vision for Alchemy Punch, a casual mobile game, and sought out David Upcher to work on the art assets. My primary responsibilities are to handle anything other than art assets, to ensure that David can focus on creating and polishing them as much as possible. This can lead me to tasks such as creating digital art assets for our website as well as the aforementioned tasks.You can find out more information about Honeyvale, our positions within it, and Alchemy Punch by visiting:honeyvalegames.com

Brisbane, Australia

Short-term contract to assist a large team with an approaching deadline. First project involved working wtih 10-15 people personally to get their work, or their teammates' work, into a web app the company was developing. Process involved designing a QA workflow for the team to follow, testing and running QA passes on pages of content, implementing snippets of HTML and SaSS code, and entering data into a custom backend.Second project involved a more typical web development contract building templates in HTML / SaSS for an existing wordpress. Deliverable added more frameworks for the marketing team to build customized pages, and for bugs to be fixed / templates to be changed for pre-existing content.

Service front desk customers, service Drive thru customers, clean front shop, stock fridge etc.

Designing and reviewing games, producing a 3D model following all steps from concept art to animation, programming basic games.Also basic rigging, camera operation, film editing and sound work.

Bachelor Of Games And Interactive Entertainment, Game Design

Activities and Societies: Game Development Club, IT Club.Major in Game Design, Minor in Animation. Major focused on the practical.

Certificate Iii In Media, Film And Television