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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 University of California at Berkeley where I got my Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and undergraduate certificate in New Media studies. I did undergraduate research with two groups: The Hybrid Systems Lab where I helped teach autonomous quad-rotor drones to play capture the flag, and 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 game programming. I continue to take classes to learn new skills - most recently in Entertainment and Theme Park Attraction Design at the Pasedena Art Center College of Design. At present, I work 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, 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 Projects and Game Titles I've Worked On [Title - Studio, Publisher: Platforms (Launch Date)] Moxie the Robot - Embodied: Social robot for children (February 2021) Sex, Death, & Rock! - Two Bit Circus: Dinner Theater (February 2020) Skee Battle - Two Bit Circus: Midway Game (February 2020, Unreleased) Freefall - Two Bit Circus: Installation for X-Prize 2019 (October 2019) 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 September 2021 - Present: Squanch Games - Senior Gameplay Programmer November 2020 - August 2021: 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 "Wushu" Tae Kwon Do Martial Arts and achieved the rank of first-level black belt. I also recently joined a Medieval Combat Club and practice sword fighting and spear techniques. Movie Club I started a movie club and meet with friends regularly to watch great movie and terrible movies alike, all while cracking jokes like an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Arcade Collecting 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 |