Jared Cook Email & Phone Number

Carlsbad, Ca, Us

Worked as a solo developer for the purpose of learning Unreal Engine https://www.freshcookedgames.com/ Created prototype for Storm Blasters, a networked co-op storm chasing game. Prototype has networked multi-seat vehicles (Chaos vehicles with SmoothSync plugin) and projectiles https://fresh-cooked-games.itch.io/storm-blasters Created Christmas Luge, a single player luging game, with a custom movement mode, a multi-spline mesh utility, and the Synesthesia plugin https://fresh-cooked-games.itch.io/christmas-luge Created Fresh Cooked Tweens, a tweening library for Unreal https://github.com/jdcook/fresh_cooked_tweens

Clive, Ia, Us

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆Contracted as programmer on Yum Yum Cookstar. Used Unity, C#, Behavior DesignerProgrammed Rapid Race for Adventure AcademyScripted light baking automation with support for prefabs loaded through asset bundlesWrote editor tools for a spline path following system and chunk-based procedural generationImplemented realtime networked gameplay and various gameplay systemsCoded multiple shadersCreated internal prototypes𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗿/𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁Delivered Teen Titans Go: Out of Hand to Cartoon Network for the CN Arcade. Handled all programming, including game logic, effects, UI, SDK integration, bundling/publishingCoded web games for Nick Jr's Noggin app for android/iOS (Bubble Guppies Dino Dig, Blues Clues Time for School, Santiago Pirate Letter Toss, Paw Patrol Adventure City Rescues)Learned the Phaser framework, set up development tooling with typescript, webpack, eslint, prettierCreated a sandbox-style game system to tap/drag objects, attach them to characters, handle many combinations of interactionsContributed bug fixes to Phaser: https://github.com/photonstorm/phaser/commits?author=jdcookCreated art pipeline to export tilemaps and particle emitters and import into PhaserWrote asset management scriptsFixed memory leaks, fatal errors, and created optimizations for older mobile devices and iOS𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿Created prototype with Unreal Engine, focusing on Skeletal Mesh pipeline from Blender->Unreal, created toon lighting and outline shadersSet up internal company wiki website with wiki.js and AWS hostingCreated new company website with React, Next.js, Amazon Amplify: https://www.goldcreekgames.com/Handled Lead Engineer responsibilities for Gold Creek, establishing coding standards, review processes, performing training, creating itemized budget estimates, communicating with clients, assigning tasks to other programmers, documentation

Published Winging It on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1693310/Winging_It/Created modular level design tools for quick level creationCoded the whole game, including physics, gameplay, menus, AI, etc.Collaborated with partner on game design and look/feelPublished Metagalactic Blitz on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/564080/Metagalactic_Blitz/Programmed game logic in C#Created deferred rendering pipelineCreated animation pipeline from Blender to MonoGame (importing, rendering, blending)Implemented peer-to-peer deterministic lockstep online multiplayerCreated custom fixed point math library to replace floating points for deterministic executionDebugged and solved desyncing issues for multiplayerCreated matchmaking system with the Steam APIDesigned sound effects with sound libraries and recordingsDesigned characters, levels, and mechanics in coordination with partner

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Developed front ends primarily with React and Backbone for external and internal applications across Principal.Coordinated with back end developers to create data contracts for front end work.Engineered solutions for sales presentation software being used on Mac and IPad devices.Automated content processes for sales presentation software, greatly reducing time spent importing new content.Maintained legacy applications built with JSF and XSLT.Created animated graphs with D3.Updated documentation on front end security and code quality.Participated in code reviews daily.Handled front end on call duties in a rotation.

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Front end Drupal / PHP developer on PrincipalFunds.com rewrite project.Front end Drupal / PHP developer for PrincipalGlobal.com maintenance and enhancements.Added small enhancements to various Java, VB, C#, and PHP applications as needed.Updated styling for multiple Java applications with Bootstrap, and made them mobile-friendly.Maintained, improved code quality, and eliminated technical debt for multiple Java/JSF applications.Handled On-Call support for Java applications.Developed Web API in C# to handle movement/aggregation of daily fund data.Represented Principal Funds in the corporate UI Standards meetings.Worked closely with Product Owners to refine and satisfy requirements for projects.

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Created javascript components for the user experience team.Converted a small site from dynamically generated pages in JSF to statically generated pages in DustJS.Part of a team participating in a three day code jam to develop a mobile website.Reworked a very large, old website's framework. Converted it from using multiple PHP templating techniques to uniformly using DustJS.Developed a small javascript tower defense game with my team based on the theme of retirement. (More fun than it sounds!)

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Worked with hundreds of automated website tests from 5 different testing suites. Wrote code in C#, used the Selenium framework for testing, worked with html, xpath, and css. Collaborated with a team of coworkers to fix website billing issues. Investigated tests with billing issues; reported data from database benchmarks. Maintained, updated, and optimized existing tests. Reorganized, commented, and documented existing code. Developed new automations from testing scripts. Updated old test script documentation. Converted over 100 tests from Selenium RC to Webdriver. Documented and fixed bugs, submitted bug trackers with Team Foundation Server, verified fixes.