Andrew Coggin

6740 Davidson St #309

The Colony, TX 75056

andrew.c.coggin@gmail.com

(817) 999-3623

Luminant Music - Unity-Powered music visualizer

• Implemented support for Spotify
• Assisted with management of internal build system

Luminant Robots - Educational Entertainment App using Unity

• Developed a block-building Lego-style system in Unity
  • All blocks were dynamically attachable/detachable
  • Supported efficient rendering via block automatic dynamic mesh welding and hidden block removal
  • Implemented A-star path finding for navigation and collision avoidance within a block scene

Unannounced Project - Unity-Powered game for PC, Mac, iPhone, and iPad

• Implemented a fog-of-war style system, code and shaders, that reveals or modifies the look of the world wherever the player goes
• Developed the backend for a fully functional Diablo-style inventory system and its items
• Created a fully 3D UI for a Diablo-style inventory system that supported mouse and touch input
• Implemented the character controller for the main character along with all its physics including swimming

TUG 2 - Survival Sandbox Game for PC and Mac

• Implemented mouse-driven UI for the player’s inventory and item hotbars
• Developed a fog-of-war style mapping system for the Eternus engine which included custom HLSL/GLSL shaders

Xenophobia - Top-Down Roguelike for Multiple Platforms (Pre-Alpha)

• Developed in collaboration with Skytrain Studios using our custom engine
• Implemented 3D tileset system with cell-based scene management
• Added material-based automatic shader fragment generation
• Added skeletal mesh and animation support along with FBX importer
• Implemented tracing, collision, and pathfinding
• Developed particle system supporting billboards and beam/line emitters
• Implemented 4-player co-op with system featuring RPCs, variable replication, and data compression
• Developed simple scripting language used for data definition and commands
• Wrote monster, item, and weapon code

Skytrain Studios - Programmer

Cloud Spin - UDK-Powered Game for iPhone and iPad

• Sole programmer; wrote all game code
• Developed spline-based camera track code
• Implemented gliding and sliding physics (slide mode was cut from final game)
• Implemented UI including menus and in-game HUD
• Implemented all game logic including scoring, leaderboards, and achievements

Unannounced Project - Physics-Based Side-Scroller for Mac, iPhone, and iPad

• Sole programmer
• Developed custom 2D-3D engine (C++) with support for endless horizontal scrolling
• Developed OpenGL ES 2.0 renderer and support for static meshes and 2D animated sprites
• Developed editor (Mac OS X) that featured actor placement and a spline-based ground creation tool
• Implemented 2D dynamic collision system with support for inverted tracks and loops

Unannounced Project (Canceled) - Unreal-Powered, 3D Side Scroller

• Modified Unreal's pawn, camera, and physics code to limit movement to 2D
• Wrote custom 2D overlap avoidance code for dinosaurs
• Implemented various gameplay system such as ledge-grabbing and check-points

A.R.C. Squadron (Multiplayer PC Version) - Unreal-Powered Jet Combat Game

• Worked on capture the flag mode and weapon systems

Unannounced Turn-based Strategy Game for Nintendo DS and Sony PSP

• Responsible for all game code on both Nintendo DS and PSP
  • AI and pathfinding
  • Tile visibility and fog of war
  • Unit animation and combat
  • Game state synchronization for multiplayer
  • In-game menus, windows, and states
• Implemented core renderer and terrain tile system for the Nintendo DS version
• Designed and implemented UI widget and menu window system