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I'm Daniel Rodriguez, a passionate software engineer and game developer with a focus on Unity, and Unreal Engine. I enjoy turning creative ideas into polished gameplay experiences, building robust tools, and collaborating across disciplines. Over the years I have contributed to indie projects, ported games to multiple platforms, and be part of live development patches for titles like Risk of Rain 2. I'm always learning new technologies and love mentoring teammates to reach higher performance and quality.…I'm Daniel Rodriguez, a passionate software engineer and game developer with a focus on Unity, and Unreal Engine. I enjoy turning creative ideas into polished gameplay experiences, building robust tools, and collaborating across disciplines. Over the years I have contributed to indie projects, ported games to multiple platforms, and be part of live development patches for titles like Risk of Rain 2. I'm always learning new technologies and love mentoring teammates to reach higher performance and quality.

Daniel Rodriguez

Game Developer, Programmer, Web Developer, +2

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I'm Daniel Rodriguez, a passionate software engineer and game developer with a focus on Unity, and Unreal Engine. I enjoy turning creative ideas into polished gameplay experiences, building robust tools, and collaborating across disciplines. Over the years I have contributed to indie projects, ported games to multiple platforms, and be part of live development patches for titles like Risk of Rain 2. I'm always learning new technologies and love mentoring teammates to reach higher performance and quality.…I'm Daniel Rodriguez, a passionate software engineer and game developer with a focus on Unity, and Unreal Engine. I enjoy turning creative ideas into polished gameplay experiences, building robust tools, and collaborating across disciplines. Over the years I have contributed to indie projects, ported games to multiple platforms, and be part of live development patches for titles like Risk of Rain 2. I'm always learning new technologies and love mentoring teammates to reach higher performance and quality.

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I’m Daniel Rodriguez, a passionate software engineer and game developer with a focus on Unity, and Unreal Engine. I enjoy turning creative ideas into polished gameplay experiences, building robust tools, and collaborating across disciplines.

Over the years I have contributed to indie projects, ported games to multiple platforms, and be part of live development patches for titles like Risk of Rain 2. I’m always learning new technologies and love mentoring teammates to reach higher performance and quality.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

Spanish; Castilian

Fluent

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Independent Unity Software Engineer at Independent (Self-employed)

May 1, 2025 - Present

Lead Unity development across multiple VR/game projects, implementing gameplay systems, tooling, and performance improvements. Ported prototypes to additional platforms, integrated content with artists and designers, and built reusable editor tools to accelerate iteration.

Unity Software Engineer at Ghostpunch Games

September 1, 2024 - May 1, 2025

Developed Unity-based features for indie title work, implementing gameplay mechanics, UI, and platform-specific optimizations; collaborated with team across disciplines to ship features on schedule.

Unreal Engine Developer at Dark Slope Studios

September 1, 2021 - November 1, 2023

Unreal Engine Developer and Programmer for an independent game, working with a small, multi-disciplinary team. Designed gameplay systems, implemented resource loading, localization, input management, and core gameplay mechanics; contributed to tooling and cross-platform considerations.

Generalist Programmer at GameCoder Studios

March 1, 2020 - November 1, 2021

Generalist programmer contributing to PC/console game development; implemented gameplay features, UI, and ported core systems to multiple platforms; contributed to balancing, optimization, and tool development.