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BIO
 My younger years were made up of
beautiful, sunny days wasted by staying inside
playing video games, watching Saturday morning
cartoons while eating heaps of sugar-coated
cereals (Especially the ones that had toys
inside), and drawing treasure maps and custom
Super Mario Bros. levels all over my homework.I attended San Joaquin Delta College's "Middle College High School". This allowed me to take college courses in place of my high school electives, so I was able to start taking college-level programming classes and writing simple video games while still in high school. I served terms as Events Coordinator, Vice President, and finally President of Delta College's Honors Society "Alpha Gamma Sigma" while working towards my Associates degree. I then transferred to the University of California at Berkeley where I got my Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and undergraduate certificate in New Media studies. As an undergrad I also did research for the Hybrid Systems Lab where I helped teach autonomous quad-rotor drones to play capture the flag, and also did research for the Social App Lab @ CITRIS where I developed serious games for promoting health and fitness. I also worked as a teaching assistant for the Video Game Development class where I held workshops on video game programming. I continue to take classes to learn new skills - most recently in Entertainment and Theme Park Attraction Design at the Pasedena ArtCenter College of Design. At present, I am working on video games and amusement park attractions as a senior software and games engineer. Professionally, I am interested topics concerning game and interaction design, tangible (Particularly unique/obscure) user interfaces, robotics, embedded systems, theme and amusement park attractions, and new media art. ...and I still play a lot of video games, watch cartoons, and eat unhealthy sugar-coated cereal. Some things never change! Professional History Game Titles I've Worked On [Title - Studio, Publisher: Platforms (Launch Date)] Sex, Death, & Rock! - Two Bit Circus: Dinner Theater (February 2020) Skee Battle - Two Bit Circus: Midway Game (February 2020, Unreleased) Doctor Botcher's Minute Medical School - Two Bit Circus: Arcade (September 2019) Last Ball Standing - Two Bit Circus: Midway Game (September 2018) Demolition Zone - Two Bit Circus: Midway Game (September 2018) Big Top Balloon Pop - Two Bit Circus: Midway Game (September 2018) Super Thunder Bloxx - Two Bit Circus: Arcade (September 2018) Danger Danger - Two Bit Circus: Arcade (September 2018) Robot Battle Royale - Two Bit Circus: Arcade (July 2018, Unreleased) Battlezone Arcade - Rebellion, Two Bit Circus: Arcade (September 2018) Untitled Virtual Reality + Motion Simulator Ride - Two Bit Circus: Arcade (December 2017, Unreleased) World War Toons: Tank Up! - WayForward, Studio Roqovan: Gear VR, Oculus GO (September 2017) The Gadgetron - Two Bit Circus: Art Installation (December 2016) The Spellbinder - Two Bit Circus: Arcade (August 2016) Deja Cube - Two Bit Circus: Smart Toy (May 2016, Unreleased) Marvel Puzzle Quest - WayForward, D3: XBox360, PS3 (October, 2015) Adventure Time Puzzle Quest - WayForward, D3: iOS, Android (July 2015) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze - WayForward, Activision: XBox360, PS3, 3DS (October 2014) Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON'T KNOW! - WayForward, D3: WiiU, XBox360, PS3, PC, 3DS (November 2013) The Smurfs 2 - WayForward, Ubisoft: Wii, WiiU, XBox360, PS3 (July 2013) Lalaloopsy: Carnival of Friends - WayForward, Activision: DS, 3DS (October 2012) Pokerwalk - Berkeley Social Apps Lab @ CITRIS: Android (February 2011) Conway's Live Wallpaper - The Biz: Android (September 2011) Employment November 2020 - Present: Embodied, Inc. - Software Developer, Interactive Design May 2020 - September 2020: Tiny Castle Studios - Gameplay Programmer March 2016 - March 2020: Two Bit Circus - Senior Games Engineer June 2012 - March 2016: WayForward Technologies - Lead Gameplay Programmer May 2011 - August 2011: Altera (Now part of Intel) - Software Development and IP Intern January 2011 - May 2011: UC Berkeley Teaching Assistant for "Anthropology 196: Urban Game Research and Design" January 2011 - May 2011: UC Berkeley Social App Lab @ CITRIS - Technical Director, Full Stack Developer May 2010 - May 2011: UC Berkeley EECS: Hybrid Systems Lab - Research Assistant, Full Stack Developer December 2010 - January 2011: The Blitz - Mobile Games Programmer Education Completed B.A., Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science - December 2010, University of California, Berkeley Undergraduate Certificate, New Media - December 2010, University of California, Berkeley (Alumni List) A.A., Associates of Arts, Liberal Arts - May 2006, San Joaquin Delta College In Progress M.A., Master of Sciences, Digital Media - Georgia Institute of Technology Others (No Degree) Pasadena ArtCenter College of Design - Studied Entertainment Design and Theme Park Attraction Design Awards Tonwnsend Center for the Humanities: G.R.O.U.P. Summer Apprenticeship - May 2010 NATCar Autonomous Race Car Competition, 6th place (Out of 13) - May 2010 UC Berkeley Digital Design Project Contest 1st place - December 2009 Alpha Gamma Sigma Honors Society Scholarship winner - May 2008 Conference Presentations, Talks, Tech
Demonstrations, and Art Exhibitions 2015, March 11th - Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley 2012, August 20th - Center for Hybrid Software
Systems 2012, February 22nd - Tangible, Embedded and
Embodied Interaction (TEI) 2011, May 17th - Games for Health 2011, 2011, April 19th - UC Berkeley Undergraduate
Research Poster Session, 2011, February 28th - Game Developers Conference
2010, Serious Games Summit Playfest 2010, November 3rd-13th - 2010 Art Practice Faculty Show,
Worth Ryder Art Gallery, 2010, April - UC Berkeley Cal Day Presentations 2008, November - Art Practice Undergraduate
Exhibition
Martial Arts I practiced Korean Martial Arts for several years in the Wushu Tae Kwon Do style. I trained under a hard-style system, where the best defense is a good offense. I achieved the rank of first-level black belt. Maker Movement When I get home from work, it's time for tinkering! Whether it's programming micro-controllers or sculpting a digital model for 3D printing, you can be sure I always have something in the works that will result in lots of fun and some voided warranties (And possibly a fire alarm or two). Classic Film I currently live in the greater Los Angeles area where movies are a way of life for many. Almost every weekend you can find me in an old theater watching a 30's silent comedy, a 50's noir crime drama, or a terrible 80's/90's karate-disco-romance-comedy-thriller-musical that probably sounded like a great idea to the filmmakers while they were under the effects of some legally questionable substance. Arcade Collecting Over the years, I have been fulfilling a childhood dream by piecing together my very own arcade. My collection has grown impractically and irresponsibly large. I am slowly restoring a number of old games, including one of the few remaining Computer Space cabinets. Internet Profiles LinkedIn - YouTube - Thingiverse - VAPS Contact Information email: scotty.hoag@gmail.com Phone: (209)-298-2622 |