Game Programmer at Griptonite Games
Greater Seattle Area
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- Game Programmer at Griptonite Games (a division of Foundation 9 Entertainment)
- Past
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- Web Developer at Bonanzle
- Web Developer at University of Wisconsin-River Falls - Student Affairs
- Student at University of Wisconsin-River Falls
- Student Researcher/Developer at “Video Game Design using New-Age Development Tools & Techniques” Research Project
- Student Researcher at “Relational-Node Semantic Network” Research Project
- Student Technician at University of Wisconsin-River Falls - ITS
- Assistant Webmaster at PhotoSource International
- Education
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- University of Wisconsin-River Falls
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Kyle Thompson’s Summary
Recent graduate with BS in computer science and graphic design/photography and work experience with web design and dynamic web app development. Seeking opportunities to create innovative "web products" where I can make contributions critical to the success of the group.
Kyle Thompson’s Specialties:
PHP/MySQL, XHTML/CSS, XML/XSLT/XPath/Schema/DTD, Javascript/AJAX, C/C++, Objective-C, Java, Photoshop, DTP layout tools
Kyle Thompson’s Experience
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Game Programmer
Griptonite Games (a division of Foundation 9 Entertainment)
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Games industry)
October 2007 — Present (10 months)
C++ Game programmer for Griptonite Games studio developing Nintendo DS games.
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Web Developer
Bonanzle
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
September 2007 — December 2007 (4 months)
Currently building bonanzle.com online shopping site in Ruby on Rails; also JavaScript/AJAX, HTML/CSS, and graphics.
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Web Developer
University of Wisconsin-River Falls - Student Affairs
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2005 — May 2007 (2 years 3 months)
Custom dynamic web applications for online housing sign-up, meal plan selection, etc in PHP/MySQL. Planned, designed, developed, and deployed custom XML language for content-only websites including XML language and PHP engine design, HTML/CSS/AJAX layout, XML/XSLT transformation programming, and project management of team (~5 students).
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Student
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2001 — May 2007 (5 years 9 months)
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Student Researcher/Developer
“Video Game Design using New-Age Development Tools & Techniques” Research Project
(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)
October 2006 — April 2007 (7 months)
Video game development using visual game development tools and rapid, collaborative agile development. Developed features: real-time damage calculation and painting system, dynamic level building using controlled random seeds, and pixel-level graphics programming.
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Student Researcher
“Relational-Node Semantic Network” Research Project
(Educational Institution; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
October 2004 — May 2006 (1 year 8 months)
Developed a new kind of semantic network in which relations are represented as normal nodes. Explored complex representational relations; dynamically related relations; and structural, hierarchical, and distinctly instantiated relations.
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Student Technician
University of Wisconsin-River Falls - ITS
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2003 — March 2005 (1 year 7 months)
Troubleshooting, repairs, installations, and request/hardware management system updating; customer service interactions with faculty and staff clients.
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Assistant Webmaster
PhotoSource International
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Photography industry)
October 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 1 month)
PHP website programming, database administration, phone customer support.
Kyle Thompson’s Education
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University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Information Systems, Art, 2001 — 2007
Graduated with Senior Merit (> 3.5 GPA). Multiple Computer Science independent study projects (semantic network data structures and video game development related) presented at national conferences. Art graphic design and photography emphasis; took photos for student newspaper.
- Activities and Societies:
- National Conferences for Undergraduate Research 2006 & 2007, Hall Councils, Japanese Animation and Film Club, UWRF Student Voice, Association of Computing Machinery
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Game Creator's Network member
Kyle Thompson’s Honors:
Graduated with Senior Merit (> 3.5 GPA), UWRF 2007
Kyle Thompson’s Contact Settings
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- new ventures
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