Ken Grant Email & Phone Number

Tinley Park, Il, Us

Responsibilities included the original design and coding of high quality 3D apps for all mobile platforms. Using the Marmalade Mobile Cross Development System, implemented a single codebase in C,C++ using clever definitions to target the various mobile devices, iOS, Android, Windows Phones, Windows8 and 10 platforms, Intel devices and Roku TV. Optimized the code to work in a huge variety of screen resolutions (480x320 up to and beyond 3200x1600) and processor capabilities. Developed creative methods for mixing 2D UI with 3D graphics to function as one output. Developed and implemented custom physics routines to handle thousands of particles in world space. Designed creative AI routines to stimulate players. Implemented rendering features including custom camera routines and dynamic lighting as well as Augmented Reality displays. Implemented many soundfx and songs using wav and mp3 files, openal and ogg vorbis.Implemented In-App purchasing api's and Mobile Advertising api's into iOS and Android apps. Responsible for implementing customer UI to access mobile in-app purchasing options. Implemented InMobi interstitial ads and videos. Implemented Amazon Ads interstitial fullscreen ads. Implemented Dolby sound enhancement api.Implemented multiple user input api's, including touch screen and accelerometer control as well as virtual joysticks. Published Mobile titles - IOS, Android, Windows, Roku TV1. BuildnBash2. AsterDroidsLinks available on company website:www.skappe.com

Became proficient on the Marmalade Cross Mobile development system which is based on C,C++ and uses java and xml support as well as c#. Because of my qualifications, Marmalade awarded me a 'Masters' status and invited me to demonstrate their system at various trade shows and conventions, including the vaunted GDC, Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Duties included demoing the Marmalade game development engine, integrated game services and art development tool chain, and answering technical questions from game developers, pre-sales engineer work, partnership development work (Dolby, Microsoft), as well as developing and demoing my own games.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Programmed Hannah Montana on Nintendo DS. Responsibilities included completing all the 3D adventure game sequences using C++ and building routines to control a 3D Hannah Montana character moving within a 2D/3D world backdrop. Responsible for all the sound calls and bug fixing throughout the game.

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Online Game 25 to Life (PC, PS2, XBOX) Worked on scripting system (C & C++), designed and implemented game objects, elevators, escalators, doors, garage doors, pickups, weapons, health, sound calls, etc. Organized and implemented 3D character building scene allowing player to design a unique 3D game character – head, hair, shirt, pants, shoes, etc.

Orem, Ut, Us

Disney's Trivia Time - a downloadable PC game for DisneyResponsibilities included integrating all the 3D game objects and major routines using C++.Responsible for Writing routines to rip Disney's trivia data in excel format for the program to use and added 'openal' sound to the project (along with 'ogg vorbis' for sound and voice data compression) as well as adding all game sounds, voice and music.

Programmed Monopoly / Boggle / Yahtzee / Battleship on the Nintendo DSResponsible for completing the Yahtzee and Battleship sequences of the game (written in C). Also responsible for re-organizing the main menu system and helped others manage their memory for both DS screens.

Lead programmer on many titles for Saffire, a game developer company. Designed Skyscraper for Nintendo's Virtual Boy. Nintendo bought the design. Lead designer and programmer to bring Skyscraper to the PC. Implemented many optimization routines to speed up the performance of the PC 3D DirectX graphics calls.Worked as lead programmer on titles including Microsoft's Pinball Arcade for the Game Boy Color and Oddworld 1 and 2 for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color.

Responsible for multiple projects as the Lead Engineer – most projects were programmed in assembly languageNintendo SNES – Wayne Gretzky Hockey, Ren & Stimpy's Time Warp, Mortal Kombat II,Boxing's Legends of the RingNintendo NES – Empire Strikes Back, Bart's Nightmare (Simpsons), Metal Mech

Computer Science

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