Ryan Wright

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Hi, I'm Ryan Wright, a passionate gamer and programmer who specializes in gameplay programming and game testing.

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Hi, I’m Ryan Wright, a passionate gamer and programmer who specializes in gameplay programming and game testing. I have experience as a lead programmer on an indie project and enjoy working with both PC and console platforms. I’m a quick learner who loves exploring new technologies and techniques to push games further.

I’m hardworking, detail-oriented, and adaptable, with strong communication and problem-solving skills. I collaborate well with teams or can work independently, and I always strive to finish tasks on time while following directions.

  • 7 years' experience
  • Joined March 2025

Languages

  • EnglishFluent

Industry experience

  • Gaming

Work experience· 6 roles

Gamer (Contract) · Highbrow Technology Inc.Jul 2025 – Oct 2025 · 4 mos

Completed two short-term contracts for Highbrow Technology Inc.; used Moonlight to play games on a virtual machine; used OBS Studio to record gameplay; uploaded expert gameplay videos and keystrokes to Trace; met or exceeded daily quota of gameplay videos.

Lead Programmer (Freelance) · Indie Games StartupMar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Gave feedback to help develop core concept of game in early stage of development; programmed in Unity; coordinated with the Technical Director and divided up tasks; helped programmer team members on how to use Unity and with other implementations; made commits to GitHub.

Quality Engineer (Contract) · Enterprise Solutions Inc.Jun 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

Helped launch Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Compute Platform and Snapdragon X Elite; played test games to test quality of device; utilized CapFrameX to capture average frame rate; used DebugView and WinDbg to gather data when games crash; used GFXReconstruct to capture graphics corruption during gameplay or benchmark; used UIforETW to capture ETW traces; used Excel sheets to record average fps and any crashes or graphics corruption; provided feedback on test results; managed tasks in Jira.

Video Game Developer (Internship) · MoonRift Entertainment LLCMay 2022 – Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos
Game Programmer (Internship) · UCSD PoNG CenterAug 2021 – Oct 2025 · 4 yrs 3 mos
Junior Dev Administrator (Freelance) · Develop IT Wright, LLCAug 2019 – Oct 2025 · 6 yrs 3 mos

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science · San Diego State University2018 – 2022

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