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Hi, I’m Justin Korn. I’m a game developer, software engineer, and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience turning ambitious ideas into playable realities. I’ve shipped, led, and prototyped across indie and AAA-style teams, focusing on turning ideas into extensible systems at the intersection of technology, design, and media.…

Justin Korn

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Hi, I’m Justin Korn. I’m a game developer, software engineer, and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience turning ambitious ideas into playable realities. I’ve shipped, led, and prototyped across indie and AAA-style teams, focusing on turning ideas into extensible systems at the intersection of technology, design, and media.…

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Hi, I’m Justin Korn. I’m a game developer, software engineer, and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience turning ambitious ideas into playable realities.

I’ve shipped, led, and prototyped across indie and AAA-style teams, focusing on turning ideas into extensible systems at the intersection of technology, design, and media.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Beginner

Beginner

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Co-Founder / CTO at Test Jar Labs

January 1, 2022 - Present

Experimental game studio building interactive experiences, including a flagship mobile title with MOBA-mechanics; led engineering and product direction across prototypes, toolchains, and live ops.

Lead Engineer at Blindsight: War of the Wardens

May 1, 2022 - January 1, 2024

Narrative-driven hero brawler project; designed and implemented core combat systems, player movement, unit behavior, and engineering culture; led multi-disciplinary engineering efforts.

Part-Time Technical Advisor at Zeqa Network

January 1, 2021 - March 1, 2023

Remote Bedrock Edition Minecraft PvP server; defined technical direction and tooling as the community grew into a top platform on the Minecraft ecosystem.

Lead Engineer at Mineceit

May 31, 2019 - October 31, 2020

Mineceit Remote: Bedrock PvP server; defined system architecture across studio products, built modular, reusable tooling, and integrated cross-platform play.

Gameplay Programmer Intern at Air Strafe Interactive

May 1, 2021 - August 1, 2021

Independent studio delivering a flagship game; authored gameplay mechanics, built levels/tools, and contributed to live ops.

Part-Time Teacher at ID Tech Remote

May 1, 2021 - August 1, 2021

Leading global STEM education program teaching coding, game development, and digital art to students.

Software Engineer Intern at Warner Bros. Games

May 31, 2022 - July 31, 2022

Remote role within the Central Game Technology team; shipped internal tooling and contributed to processes/pipelines used by WB studios.