Alex Bonesteele

I am a passionate game programmer with a variety of skills. During my time at AIE, I achieved a major production, collaborated in multiple game jams, and navigated learning remotely. Seeking to become an experienced and established programmer in the gaming industry.

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While I was in high school in 2017, I took a Game Design course for both semesters and took a Computer Science year-long course. Midway through the courses, I became deeply interested in game development. The year after, I took the Game Design course second semester and AP Computer Science year long to learn more and enhance more programming skills. After I graduated, I enrolled at the Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) in Seattle, WA to start my career as a Game Programmer in the gaming industry. I also have been participating in Game Jams to expand my Programming knowledge and game dev connections.

January 2022

January 2022

February 2022

Cataclysmic Run

Character Programmer

A Side-Scroller Platformer game in Unity for WebGL

• My First game production

• Designed Player controller

• Learned how to animate a 3D model

• Worked closely with Producer and animators for importing assets and debugging

• Followed agile project planning practices for 2-week sprints

Lost Bird

Game Programmer

A Single-player flying adventure game in Unity for PC

• rapidly developed with a virtual team for the 2021 Global Game Jam

• Created player controller for flying movement and ground movement

• Designed animator controller for the player to simulate flight

• Implemented Player audio sounds

What Remains

Gameplay Programmer

Side-Scroller Platformer game developed in Unity for PC

• Designed enemy animator controllers

• Implemented AI for enemies and learned how to use Unity's Coroutines

• Worked closely with Producer and animators for importing assets and debugging

• Followed agile project planning practices for 2-week sprints

Your Store Has Been Cancelled

Game Programmer

2D Side-Scroller game developed in Unity for WebGL and PC

• A 3 person team project develop for a Two-week Game Jam

• Implemented prototype card system and developed UI

• Learned to integrate a Unity package to animate objects within scripts

Snuggly Spectres

Gameplay Programmer

Single-player game developed in Unity for PC

• A first-person game developed for a Two-week Game Jam

• Designed Player controller

• Implemented player interaction

• Setup scene transitions

• Worked closely with the team to fix bugs and issues

Fast Lane

Unity Programmer/Developer

2D single-player Platformer game developed by Unity for PC

• A 4-person project developed for a one-week Game Jam

• Developed level design and 2D gameplay mechanics

• Designed and implemented UI

DualSpirit

Unity Programmer/Developer

2D single-player Puzzle game developed by Unity for PC

• A 3-person project developed for the 2022 Global Game Jam

• Developed level design and 2D gameplay mechanics

• Created and designed prefab assets

The Mutation

Game Programmer/Developer

2D single-player game developed by Unity for PC

• A 3-person team project developed for a two-week Game Jam

• Developed AI using a Unity asset package

• Worked closely with the team to help better understand the Invector Unity asset package

• 4th in Best Custom Music

February - March 2022

RogueAsylum

Unity Game Developer

2D single-player Roguelike game developed by Unity for PC

• A 4-person team project developed for a two-week Game Jam

• Designed and developed a random level generator

• Rapidly created prototype gameplay mechanics