Noah Doddridge

Software Engineer at Gold Coin Studios

Engineered and shipped 10+ real-time interactive titles, implementing core gameplay loops, state machines, feature systems, and player-facing UI. Designed gameplay mechanics including anticipation systems, feature triggers, progression rules, and animation-driven interactions. Owned end-to-end feature development: design, implementation, tuning, debugging, and release. Built internal gameplay and animation tools that accelerated iteration and reduced development time by 20+ hours per project. Profiled and optimized gameplay performance, improving frame rate, memory usage, and responsiveness by 50%+ across mobile and desktop.

Research Assistant at University of Nevada, Reno

Designed and built a drone-mounted LiDAR harness enabling interactive, real-time 3D environment mapping. Developed an API converting live sensor data into real-time 3D point clouds for robotics applications.