Hi, I'm Kai Dodson, an indie game developer and musician from California.
ResumeStuff I've done:
Games:
Rocket Escape
My first published game. More information can be found on the Rocket Escape page.
Controller Factory, a short game I made in 48 hours for the GMTK Game Jam 2023
Voted in the top 10% in creativity and the top 25% overall
Made in Unity by myself
July 2023
"Untitled Hackathon Game", a short game I made in 24 hours for Hack on the Hill 2023
Won "Best Game Hack"
Made in Unity by myself
April 2023
Internship:
For just under a year, I worked as a Gameplay Programming Intern at Airstrafe Interactive, where I developed two gameplay features by myself, learning to work with others' code in order to do so. The game was published on Steam on September 29th, 2023
Worked in Unity with a team of 20+
October 2022-May 2023
Game Engine:
CompactVisuals, a game engine I built from nothing (work in progress)
Made in Java by myself
September 2023-ongoing
Other game-related projects:
Rocket Escape: Ti-BASIC Demake, a challenge I made for myself to recreate elements of Rocket Escape on a graphing calculator
Made in Ti-BASIC by myself
February 2022
Ferris Wheel Simulator, a simulator I made for fun related to a project I was doing in math class
Made in Unity by myself
December 2021 (revised slightly in September 2022)
Dance Fall Concert Titles, title sequences I volunteered to make for my school's dance concert (which was video game themed)
Made in Blender by myself
November 2021
"Untitled 3D Game", an experiment in making a 3D game with some elements from Rocket Escape that I made for fun in my free time
Made in Unity by myself
September 2022
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