Calum Spring

Warden: Melody of the Undergrowth

• 2013-2016, Windows, Mac, Linux, Consoles
• Website, Steam, Humble, Itch

My roles:

• Lead Programmer
• Producer
• Co-project Lead

Skills gained and lessons learned:

• Huge, 15-hour game with 3 year development cycle. Kept project on schedule, organised burndown charts, Trello boards, Gantt charts.
• Coded >95% of game, including Mecanim animation trees, gameplay mechanics and AI.
• Integrated dozens of APIs and plugins including connecting Steam achievements and stats.
• Coordinated and provided tasks to developers and contractors both local and remote.
• Ported game to Xbox One, PS4 and Wii U.

Attrition: Tactical Fronts

• 2016-2017, Windows, Mac, Linux
• Steam, Itch

My roles:

• Lead Programmer
• Designer
• Project Lead
• Producer

Skills gained and lessons learned:

• Designing and implementing a unique turn-based strategy game system from the ground up.
• Ran private alpha and public beta tests, gathering feedback and organising community playtests.
• Designed and wrote a synchronous turn-based networking solution (built on top of Photon Realtime for Unity).

Puzzle Puppers

• 2016-2017, Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS
• Website, Steam, Itch, Google Play, iTunes

My roles:

• Producer
• Programmer

Skills gained and lessons learned:

• Mobile publishing on Android and iOS, complying with store and platform requirements.
• Producing a project I was not the lead programmer on, coordinating and focusing development efforts.

Unity Asset Store Plugins

• 2013-2015, Link

During the development of Warden, I built multiple systems for the game that I then turned into generic plugins, and published on the Unity Asset Store.

Assets:

• UConsole - Cheat command console
• Soapbox - Easy Audio Management
• Sparkler - Spawn Particles Anywhere
• SuperBehaviour - Write Shorter Faster Code

Skills gained and lessons learned:

• Building and documenting code for public consumption, education and modification.
• Complying with publishing requirements on the Asset Store, marketing products to other developers.
• Providing support and updates for game development tools.

Teaching

• 2012-2017

I've had numerous roles teaching programming, Unity and other game development tools to a large variety of students in a number of different roles.

Experiences:

• Taught Cert II in Programming (C#/XNA/Monogame) at AIE Canberra part-time for 2 years
• Taught Cert III in Programming (C#/Unity) at AIE Canberra part-time for 2 years
• Entrusted to rewrite AIE's Cert III coursework in 2014, modernizing and streamlining the course.
• Designed and ran the first game programming stream at HACT.IO, a volunteer holiday workshop for kids.
• Gave guest lectures on game development at CIT (Canberra Institute of Technology), Questacon (The National Science and Technology Centre), and the Festival of Ambitious Ideas.