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Independent game developer and Unity specialist with extensive experience shipping PC and mobile titles and creating Unity Asset Store content. I’ve worked across gameplay/system development, tooling, and release engineering, including build automation and live update support. I’m a co-founder and VP who has led development teams and built reusable tooling for game studios, alongside freelance contract roles delivering production-ready features and pipelines.…Independent game developer and Unity specialist with extensive experience shipping PC and mobile titles and creating Unity Asset Store content. I’ve worked across gameplay/system development, tooling, and release engineering, including build automation and live update support. I’m a co-founder and VP who has led development teams and built reusable tooling for game studios, alongside freelance contract roles delivering production-ready features and pipelines.

Kriss Vanags

Game Developer, Game Designer, Web Developer, +2

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Independent game developer and Unity specialist with extensive experience shipping PC and mobile titles and creating Unity Asset Store content. I’ve worked across gameplay/system development, tooling, and release engineering, including build automation and live update support. I’m a co-founder and VP who has led development teams and built reusable tooling for game studios, alongside freelance contract roles delivering production-ready features and pipelines.…Independent game developer and Unity specialist with extensive experience shipping PC and mobile titles and creating Unity Asset Store content. I’ve worked across gameplay/system development, tooling, and release engineering, including build automation and live update support. I’m a co-founder and VP who has led development teams and built reusable tooling for game studios, alongside freelance contract roles delivering production-ready features and pipelines.

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Independent game developer and Unity specialist with extensive experience shipping PC and mobile titles and creating Unity Asset Store content. I’ve worked across gameplay/system development, tooling, and release engineering, including build automation and live update support.

I’m a co-founder and VP who has led development teams and built reusable tooling for game studios, alongside freelance contract roles delivering production-ready features and pipelines.

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Work Experience

Independent Software Developer at Hawkeye Game Studios

January 1, 2023 - Present

Released Unity Asset Store digital assets including "Ultimate Icon" and "Ultimate Parallax". Sole developer of the PC title "Isles of Wraith". Undertook various freelance contracting roles developing gameplay and systems for game titles.

Build Engineer/Mid Unity Developer at PlaySide

June 1, 2020 - December 1, 2022

Managed Jenkins build automation across mobile, PC, and macOS builds, including setting up new automation for incoming projects. Resolved build and in-game issues across projects. Built automated Unity pre/post-processing steps and developed mobile analytics/advertising tooling. Supported build releases and platform updates, and researched/introduced Git submodules company-wide for reusable code.

Unity Developer (Contract) at VMLY&R

June 1, 2019 - October 1, 2019

Designed and developed all games for the Monopoly McDonald's campaign (2019). Supported major iOS and Google Play releases for Australia and New Zealand. Supported live release builds and updates while the campaign was in progress.

Unity Developer at Buy Somewhere Pty Ltd

July 1, 2018 - March 1, 2019

Created a large-scale world using procedural generation from streaming API data. Worked closely with the art team to build complex art pipelines using custom MEL scripting and large-scale exporting with complex file structures.

Team Lead - Service Support Engineer at Saxons IT Solutions (Sub contract to Stryker ANZ)

September 1, 2017 - July 1, 2018

Assisted with IT solutions across multiple departments at Stryker. Managed an internal SharePoint site and collaborated with department leads to support information sharing processes and documentation. Handled user requests and departmental paperwork, maintained and created documentation for IT solutions and processes, and diagnosed and resolved IT service support issues.

Project Manager at AppBoxer

July 1, 2017 - September 1, 2017

Met with clients regarding app development projects, wrote customer briefs, project development plans, and specification documents, and managed client requests through the company’s app development team.

Junior IT Support Officer at WPP AUNZ

September 1, 2016 - July 1, 2017

Liaised with internal workers to fix issues with computer hardware, software, and company IT systems. Referenced and followed documentation for procedures and processes.

Co Founder & VP at Boxicity Studios

January 1, 2014 - Present

Provided various freelance contracting services developing gameplay and systems for game titles. Developed tooling and systems for Warbox game titles, including releasing "Warbox: Arcane".

Lead Developer & CoFounder at Big Paw Games

March 1, 2013 - September 1, 2016

Solely developed a multi-year game project working with publishers. Developed and ported the game to consoles including PS3, Xbox One, and Wii U, adhering to each platform’s technical requirements and compliance standards.