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Hi, I’m André. I’m a Senior Unity / C# Gameplay Engineer with a decade of experience shipping and maintaining commercial games across mobile, VR/XR, and PC. I specialize in gameplay programming, systems design, software architecture, and live operations, with a proven track record as a senior developer and technical lead delivering production‑ready Unity systems.…

André Taono Johansen

Game Developer, Game Designer, Programmer, +2

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Hi, I’m André. I’m a Senior Unity / C# Gameplay Engineer with a decade of experience shipping and maintaining commercial games across mobile, VR/XR, and PC. I specialize in gameplay programming, systems design, software architecture, and live operations, with a proven track record as a senior developer and technical lead delivering production‑ready Unity systems.…

Available to hire

Hi, I’m André. I’m a Senior Unity / C# Gameplay Engineer with a decade of experience shipping and maintaining commercial games across mobile, VR/XR, and PC. I specialize in gameplay programming, systems design, software architecture, and live operations, with a proven track record as a senior developer and technical lead delivering production‑ready Unity systems.

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Work Experience

Founder / Technical Generalist at Goblin Glade

January 1, 2024 - Present

Founded and operate a digital art business, owning technical and creative pipelines. Built automated asset-processing pipelines using .NET, batch scripting, and CLI tools like ffmpeg and ImageMagick.

Senior Game Programmer at Throughline Games

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020

Developed core Unity gameplay systems for an adventure/platform title, including dialogue systems, AI/pathfinding, and tooling; contributed to live mobile title monetization and feature A/B testing; produced production‑quality code.

Senior Game Programmer at KAPAW! Games

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018

Implemented core gameplay mechanics and prototype systems for a puzzle game in Unity; collaborated on game design, level design, and project management within a small multi‑disciplinary team; improved runtime performance with profiling and pipelines.

Lead Developer at Step In Books

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2017

Developed key features for multi‑shipped mobile XR titles (Mur, Seven Minutes, WuWu & Co., Bellini); owned system architecture and code quality; led and mentored developers; coordinated programming, design, and art to deliver projects from concept to release.

Creative Lead at House on Fire

January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2014

Designed game concepts, levels, and art direction for mobile platformers; prototyped new game ideas; QA & VFX for The Silent Age HD adventure game.

Flash Developer at Dvine ApS

January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2014

Developed 10 mini‑games in ActionScript 3 for miniklub.dk using event‑driven architecture and MVC.