Former President

of the UBC Game Development Club

Computer Engineering

Graduate of UBC

HR Lead

at BUSGDA

About Me

A computer engineer with experience in game development, quality assurance, network design, embedded systems and technical art. An active member of the game development community in Vancouver, passionate about creating games and creative experiences.

DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

A memorization tool made in Unity! Memory Monster is a mobile app for Android and IOS that lets you upload something you need to learn and turns it into a game to help you memorize it!

2024-2026
Developer

  • Designed and developed gameplay systems in Unity.

  • Collaborated with designers to implement interactive UI for over 25 pages.

  • Integrated voice recognition software with over three in game features.

  • Developed text display and text management systems for app features.

  • Managed and maintained back end server systems and client-server communications.

  • Managed deployment on the Apple App Store over two months.

brown and gray rock on water

2022-2024
Developer + 3D Artist

SideTracked! Is a low-poly, casual action RPG where any group of friends can group together and side with good or evil while becoming super human in strength, power, or magic!

  • Implemented gameplay systems and mechanics in Unity.

  • Developed a RPG character system allowing for character modification.

  • Collaborated with other developers and artists to program 15 unique gameplay features.

  • Designed, modelled and rigged over 10 in game characters and items.

  • Interfaced with multiplayer systems and Steamworks SDK

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River Sturge is a interactive sturgeon game made for the Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative. Watch as your sturgeon goes from juvenile to adult, turning what used to be its predators into its prey!

  • Collaborated with members of the NWSRI to develop a short interactive Unity Game

  • Produced all game assets and code.

  • Deployed the project on a Android kiosk at Exploration Place Museum & Science Center in Prince George

2021-2022
Developer + Artist

AND MORE!

I have plenty of other projects in Unity, Unreal, Godot and NodeJS. Most of the projects were made for the UBC Game Development Club; some were made for other organizations and some were just made for fun.

RESUME

GAME ART
PORTFOLIO

CONTACT

Email

Phone

kylevanwinkoop@gmail.com

403 630 1238