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Hello! I’m Lucas Zakaria, a game developer with 6+ years of experience using Unity to craft family-friendly games and educational content. My deep understanding of pipelines in art, level design, narrative, programming, and UI/UX allows for smooth cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration to form a reliable team member who effectively delivers on tasks. I thrive in Agile and SCRUM environments, build scalable tools and pipelines, and enjoy collaborating with teammates to meet tight deadlines while delivering high-quality experiences.…Hello! I’m Lucas Zakaria, a game developer with 6+ years of experience using Unity to craft family-friendly games and educational content. My deep understanding of pipelines in art, level design, narrative, programming, and UI/UX allows for smooth cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration to form a reliable team member who effectively delivers on tasks. I thrive in Agile and SCRUM environments, build scalable tools and pipelines, and enjoy collaborating with teammates to meet tight deadlines while delivering high-quality experiences.

Lucas Zakaria

Game Developer, Game Designer, Programmer, +4

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Hello! I’m Lucas Zakaria, a game developer with 6+ years of experience using Unity to craft family-friendly games and educational content. My deep understanding of pipelines in art, level design, narrative, programming, and UI/UX allows for smooth cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration to form a reliable team member who effectively delivers on tasks. I thrive in Agile and SCRUM environments, build scalable tools and pipelines, and enjoy collaborating with teammates to meet tight deadlines while delivering high-quality experiences.…Hello! I’m Lucas Zakaria, a game developer with 6+ years of experience using Unity to craft family-friendly games and educational content. My deep understanding of pipelines in art, level design, narrative, programming, and UI/UX allows for smooth cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration to form a reliable team member who effectively delivers on tasks. I thrive in Agile and SCRUM environments, build scalable tools and pipelines, and enjoy collaborating with teammates to meet tight deadlines while delivering high-quality experiences.

Available to hire

Hello! I’m Lucas Zakaria, a game developer with 6+ years of experience using Unity to craft family-friendly games and educational content.

My deep understanding of pipelines in art, level design, narrative, programming, and UI/UX allows for smooth cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration to form a reliable team member who effectively delivers on tasks. I thrive in Agile and SCRUM environments, build scalable tools and pipelines, and enjoy collaborating with teammates to meet tight deadlines while delivering high-quality experiences.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

French

Intermediate

Work Experience

2D Game Programmer / Designer at Picnic Game Labs

May 1, 2024 - Present

Collaborated with the Child and Youth Care program at Sheridan to raise awareness on negative thinking patterns through gameplay. Designed and implemented a rewards system increasing players’ motivation to engage with the educational content taught through the play experience. Wrote a Technical Design Document on how to use the interaction system as well as all the designer-exposed nodes and their parameters for the team to reference.

UI Programmer at Recycled Dreams Studios

September 1, 2024 - April 1, 2025

Adapted the story of Hermes into an interactive play experience. Implemented UI functionality to access different parts of the god’s nature, telling his story through visual elements.

Unity 2D Dialogue Graph System Tool Developer at Self-Directed Project

September 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022

Created a dialogue system with branching narratives in Unity 2D. Designed system to be visual and intuitive for ease of access and hastened workflows.

Unity 3D Programmer at Self-Directed Project

September 1, 2023 - April 1, 2024

September 2023 - April 2024: Worked on Unity 3D project; details described by project notes.

Unreal Engine Developer at Recycled Dreams Studios

September 1, 2024 - April 1, 2025

Adapted the Hermes story into an interactive Unreal Engine 5 play experience. Programmed UI functionality to access different parts of the god’s nature, telling his story through visual elements.

Unity 2D Dialogue Graph System Tool at Self-Directed / Personal Project

September 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022

Created a dialogues system with branching narratives. Designed a visual and intuitive workflow to ease access and accelerate workflow.

Unity 3D Game Programmer at Self-Directed / Personal Project

September 1, 2023 - April 1, 2024

Worked on Unity 3D game development projects, focusing on robust architecture, tooling, and gameplay programming.