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Hi, I'm Xinjie Zhu, a passionate computer graphics and game development enthusiast currently pursuing my Master of Science in Computer Science at the University of Southern California. I love creating interactive experiences and have hands-on expertise in programming, shading, and animation technologies such as Vulkan, OpenGL, and Unity. During my internships and projects, I have honed my skills in GPU programming and game mechanics design, and I enjoy pushing the boundaries of graphics technology. I thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy working on both the technical and creative sides of game development. Whether it's implementing algorithms like Marching Cubes or designing fun gameplay for 2D platformers, I bring dedication and enthusiasm to every project. Feel free to check out my portfolio to see some of my works and demos!…Hi, I'm Xinjie Zhu, a passionate computer graphics and game development enthusiast currently pursuing my Master of Science in Computer Science at the University of Southern California. I love creating interactive experiences and have hands-on expertise in programming, shading, and animation technologies such as Vulkan, OpenGL, and Unity. During my internships and projects, I have honed my skills in GPU programming and game mechanics design, and I enjoy pushing the boundaries of graphics technology. I thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy working on both the technical and creative sides of game development. Whether it's implementing algorithms like Marching Cubes or designing fun gameplay for 2D platformers, I bring dedication and enthusiasm to every project. Feel free to check out my portfolio to see some of my works and demos!

Xinjie Zhu

Game Developer, Game Designer, Animator, +3

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Hi, I'm Xinjie Zhu, a passionate computer graphics and game development enthusiast currently pursuing my Master of Science in Computer Science at the University of Southern California. I love creating interactive experiences and have hands-on expertise in programming, shading, and animation technologies such as Vulkan, OpenGL, and Unity. During my internships and projects, I have honed my skills in GPU programming and game mechanics design, and I enjoy pushing the boundaries of graphics technology. I thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy working on both the technical and creative sides of game development. Whether it's implementing algorithms like Marching Cubes or designing fun gameplay for 2D platformers, I bring dedication and enthusiasm to every project. Feel free to check out my portfolio to see some of my works and demos!…Hi, I'm Xinjie Zhu, a passionate computer graphics and game development enthusiast currently pursuing my Master of Science in Computer Science at the University of Southern California. I love creating interactive experiences and have hands-on expertise in programming, shading, and animation technologies such as Vulkan, OpenGL, and Unity. During my internships and projects, I have honed my skills in GPU programming and game mechanics design, and I enjoy pushing the boundaries of graphics technology. I thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy working on both the technical and creative sides of game development. Whether it's implementing algorithms like Marching Cubes or designing fun gameplay for 2D platformers, I bring dedication and enthusiasm to every project. Feel free to check out my portfolio to see some of my works and demos!

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Hi, I’m Xinjie Zhu, a passionate computer graphics and game development enthusiast currently pursuing my Master of Science in Computer Science at the University of Southern California. I love creating interactive experiences and have hands-on expertise in programming, shading, and animation technologies such as Vulkan, OpenGL, and Unity. During my internships and projects, I have honed my skills in GPU programming and game mechanics design, and I enjoy pushing the boundaries of graphics technology.

I thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy working on both the technical and creative sides of game development. Whether it’s implementing algorithms like Marching Cubes or designing fun gameplay for 2D platformers, I bring dedication and enthusiasm to every project. Feel free to check out my portfolio to see some of my works and demos!

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Advanced

Chinese

Fluent

Work Experience

Game Developer & TA Intern at Cloudcade, Inc.

December 31, 2024 - July 27, 2025

Developed HLSL shaders for rendering, postprocessing, and visual effects for the game 'Shop Heroes Legends'. Implemented GPU skeletal animation plugins using vertex and compute shaders in Unity, focusing on performance optimization.

Game Developer & TA Intern at Cloudcade, Inc.

December 31, 2024 - July 27, 2025

Developed HLSL shaders for rendering, post-processing, and visual effects in the game "Shop Heroes Legends". Implemented GPU skeletal animation plugins using vertex and compute shaders within the Unity engine and optimized performance.

Volunteer Instructor at University CS Training Program

August 31, 2021 - July 27, 2025

Tutored lower division students on computer science fundamentals and game artificial intelligence algorithms.

Database Intern at Shanghai BAOSIGHT Software, Institute of Big Data Technology

January 31, 2021 - July 27, 2025

Maintained the company’s self-developed database, including data extraction and type conversion tasks using Java.

Database Intern at Shanghai BAOSIGHT Software, Institute of Big Data technology

January 31, 2021 - July 27, 2025

Maintained the company's self-developed database by performing data extraction and type conversion using Java.