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Name: Richard Marks (Click link to view my google profile page) Platforms I have experience programming for in order of exposure: Commodore 64 (I know this quite well) DOS (I've done VGA mode 13h 2D raster effects and wire-frame 3D demos) Windows (Pong, Breakout, Pacman clone game demos) TurboGrafx16 (Several walk-around demos for action and rpg games) Nintendo GameBoy Advance (Made a Pong clone for my cousin) Linux (My primary development environment, most projects are for Linux or cross-platform) Sega Genesis (Started a 2D space shooter. The project code was lost in a flood) Nintendo DS (Started yet another space shooter project. I lost interest in the game due to real-life issues becoming a problem) Programming languages, Libraries, etc I know: C/C++ (I tend to favor C, function pointers and const char* with a mix of C++ vector and classes) I possess a wealth of knowledge of C and C++. I am able to develop pretty much anything, with a few noted exceptions, such as networked software. I do not do networked software. A little C#/XNA2 (I never spent much time with it. Its too easy.) I found C# to be really simple and powerful once I added experimenting with XNA. When I moved to Linux I stopped using C#, and obviously XNA was not available. I do not have an in-depth knowledge of XNA. I would be labeled an intermediate programmer in C#. Python, Ruby, Lua, Perl, Tcl These languages I have been using very often, and I know them very well. I have developed games in Python and Ruby before using Pygame and RubySDL. I have developed an IRCBot in the first two, using external libraries such as Twisted for Python, and NET::Yail for Ruby. I have written quite a few Perl scripts, though they are primarily just text processor scripts. I have used Tcl with Tk to create simple GUI utilities for various tasks that I've had to do in Linux. Haskell, Erlang I am not a fan of Functional programming. I wouldn't consider a project in either of these unless the money is very substantial. I used Erlang to write a plug-in for Wings3D for exporting 2D level data from a 3D model. (Made it easy to create complex platform levels) I used Haskell for about 2 months. I used an extension for OpenGL and made several simple demos by trying to recreate the NeHe OpenGL tutorial demos. PHP4 / PHP5, XHTML / CSS (Yes I know its not a programming language, but a markup language) I have extensive experience with writing PHP web applications such as guestbooks, forums, multiuser logins, image galleries, and for various other tasks. I've used HTML for years, and started with XHTML about 4 years ago. I develop in XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2.0 for nearly every website that I do now. Java / SWING I do not know the enterprise features of Java. I can build simple GUI tools, and I can create 2D games using Swing. javascript</li> Who doesn't know JS these days? I developed a web-based sprite editor using JS. I've made several hundred scripts for various purposes. <li>Pascal</li> I know the syntax, and have made a simple unfinished text based rpg game demo using this language. I learned it to reverse engineer some Pascal sources that I had found online years ago. <li>BASIC, QuickBasic, Visual Basic (up to 6 ..not VB.NET)</li> My roots are in BASIC for the Commodore 64. I have written well over a thousand programs using the BASIC dialects. <li>Allegro 4.2 (I refuse to move to that nightmare that is A5)</li> This is by far my favorite API to use. I know the entire API, usually do not need to ever look up function parameters. I know all of the datatypes and their uses. I have written a PNG and OGG implementation for use with Allegro. I've used Allegro for more than 200 of my projects. I have taught classes on using Allegro, and received great feedback from my students. <li>SDL (Core lib plus SDL_image, and SDL_mixer)</li> I've made a few games for people in SDL. I've developed shooters and platform games, and I made a nice map editor using SDL. <li>OpenGL/GLUT</li> I've gone through the NeHe tutorials for GLUT and Win32. I have a working knowledge of the API calls, though I will need my handy OpenGL bible book near me when working on anything using it. <li>DirectX 7 to 9</li> I'm not a fan of windows-restricted APIs. I started with DX7 a long time ago, and have used it to follow along with many books in the GD series of books by Premier Press. I made a breakout game, a pong game, a shooter, and an abstract game (no way to classify it..it could be puzzle, action,platformer,shooter,pong ..it depends on how you play..a shame that I lost the games when my dad formatted my PC a long time ago...) <li>Many Win32 API functions</li> Again, not a fan, though I know it well enough. I've gone through the book Win98 Programming from the ground up, and the GameInstitute lessons. I've made tile map editors, time trackers, screensavers, sysmenu hooks, file and process information retrieval utilities, and whack-a-mole type games. <li>GTK+/libglade, wxWidgets</li> If I need to write a GUI tool, I use one of these. I can make pretty much anything with them. I like to use Ruby or Python over C when making GUI tools, for the faster development time. <b>Additional Skills</b> <li>Texture creation (high quality 512x512 to 2048x2048 seamless textures for 3D games)</li> <li>Tile creation (pixel art for 2D tile based games)</li> <li>Inorganic Low and High Poly 3D Modeling (You want a robot? I'm the guy. You want a humanoid or an animal? Look elsewhere.)</li> <li>Instrumental Acoustic / Electric Guitarist</li> <li>Problem Solving (I rarely have been unable to solve a problem I'm faced with)</li> <li>Project Management / Code Organization / Refactoring / Optimization</li> <b>Previous Projects:</b> In no particular order: <li><a href="http://devxcode.googlepages.com/rpgs">SAWD</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ccpssolutions.com/witchhunt/">WiTCHHUNT</a></li> <li><a href="http://gitorious.org/projects/48h2009minirpgjamentry/pages/Home">48hr Mini-RPG</a> (This never made it past a walk-around with some moving/chatting NPCs because I ran out of time. I still intend to pull this into a full game if I ever find some people to give me a hand.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ccpssolutions.com/nadierian_chaos/">Nadierian Chaos</a> (I've actually sold more than 300 copies of this game to date!)</li> You can find more of my work on <a href="http://www.google.com/profiles/ccpsceo">my google profile</a>. <b>Other:</b> I'm the co-founder of <a href="http://www.ccpssolutions.com/nogdusforums/">NOGDUS - New Orleans Game Development United Society</a>, and the founder of <a href="http://www.ccpssolutions.com">CCPS Solutions</a>, and <a href="http://www.uasoft.info">Undefined Aeon Software</a>. Okay, so now that you know a bit about me.. I'm seeking a team that has a need for someone with my skill set, and/or a project that I would be able to contribute to. I would like to stress a few things since I continuously have been having to answer these questions in PMs. <b> #1 - I have no Networked Game programming experience, so don't inquire about that. #2 - I do possess a basic working knowledge of the Ogre3D API, however I do not have enough experience to write any frameworks. I could work with an established framework provided it is documented. #3 - I prefer not to work on a 3D project, unless there is an experienced programmer already on the team and he or she has already established the base code. #4 - NO MMO projects please! </b> Does anyone have a need for someone like me? <b>Expected Compensation:</b> I need to have either a considerable lump-sum, an hourly position, or a weekly salary that is at the very least 60% of the standard industry rate. <b>Availability:</b> I'm a starving programmer. If I'm being paid for it, I can work it. When you stop paying, I stop working. Simple as that. <b>Contact Information:</b> Forum PM, AIM: CCPSCEO or MSN: undefined_aeon@hotmail.com <!--EDIT--><span class="editedby"><!--/EDIT-->[Edited by - Developer_X on August 9, 2009 5:15:25 AM]<!--EDIT--></span><!--/EDIT-->
