Jordan Prong

Gameplay Designer and Programmer at Unnatural Selection (Capstone project)

Collaborated with a 10-person team to produce a 4-player local co-op third-person shooter; helped build, maintain, and extend the codebase; designed and programmed key game systems including the character controller, gameplay managers, and game-structure systems; contributed to delivering a polished prototype and won a People's Choice award at Level Up Toronto 2024.

Programming Lead & AI Programmer at Torok's Gambit (Capstone)

Led a team of 7 to create a chess-inspired strategy roguelite; facilitated a 3-programmer team to produce a readable, scalable, and efficient codebase; programmed AI using alpha-beta pruning, search trees, and chess-position heuristics.

Game Jam Participant at Ludum Dare 53 – Tracks ‘n Bandits: Haulin’ Cargo

Worked with a team of 6 to produce a 2D infinite runner; placed 444th of 1721 submissions; created systems for game progression and dynamic enemy engagement; troubleshot bugs from extremely fast implementations.

Gameplay Designer and Programmer, Game Systems Programmer at Unnatural Selection - Capstone

Worked with a team of 10 to produce a 4-player local co-op shooter; helped build, maintain and extend codebase; helped design and program a number of critical game systems including character controller, gameplay managers and game structure systems.

Programming Lead, AI Programmer at Torok's Gambit

Led a team of 3 programmers to create a readable, scalable, and efficient codebase; programmed AI utilizing alpha-beta pruning, search trees and chess position heuristics.