Management System Development

Curriculum Vitae

Apoorva Joshi

Summary

I am studying B.E. (Information Technology) at the M.I.T. College of Engineering, Pune,

in second year. I have a passion

for game development. I have developed games using XNA, J2ME and Java (Android). I have

developed and released

four games on the Windows Phone 7 Market and two games on the Android Market. I have

progressed to the worldwide

semi-finals of the Imagine Cup 2012 Game Design competition, and am hoping to make it to

the finals. I have been a

Microsoft Student Partner since November 2010. I write a blog on game development at

http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/.

Skills

. A thorough understanding of object oriented programming concepts, and the importance of

clean, readable and

robust code.

. Work experience in C++, C#, Java, VB.NET, VB 6, XNA and DirectX.

. A basic knowledge of game design fundamentals.

. Creation of excellent 2D game art. I am skilled in Adobe Photoshop, and decent at

drawing by hand. I have also

used Adobe Illustrator.

. A very basic knowledge of Autodesk 3ds Max.

. Strong verbal and written communication skills.

. I know a little German, and am currently learning French.

Personal Details

Name: Apoorva Joshi

Address: 7, Amit, Krishna Colony, Plot No. 42,

Survey No. 91/2, Kothrud, Pune 411

038.

E-mail: *******.******.*****@*****.***

Phone: +91-940**-*****

2539 9615 (Pune Landline Number)

Pune Area Code is 020. India Country Code is 91.

Age: 19 years

Nationality: Indian

Projects

I have created all of the games listed below, including their designing, art and

programming. My Android games are

resolution-independent and work on a wide variety of devices.

The River Of Hope

This game is my entry for the Imagine Cup 2012 Game Design competition. It is currently

unreleased.

Game video: http://www.youtube.com/watchv=-mTFsUeGjVk

SpikeFish

Windows Phone: http://windowsphone.com/sappid=a8caa3bd-0be8-4389-b3aa-72f2ab9163c0

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/detailsid=cryoshot.games.SpikeFish

Paratrooper

This is a remake of the DOS classic of the same name.

Windows Phone: http://windowsphone.com/sappid=39f0fbc9-4f06-4f78-8393-68d8fea563d1

Word Nerd

Windows Phone: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/948eb349-67d2-4245-a206-

147d0b61caad

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/detailsid=cryoshot.games.WordNerd

SodaRocketeer

Download link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/8e8fe2fe-5307-42bf-8202-

06b5eef588da

Unnamed Side-scroller

This is a short, unreleased game that I made for my old J2ME phone.

Home Management System

This is a household expense management system I developed in Visual Basic 6. The system

allows searching and sorting

of expenses based on the expense category. It also produces detailed and graphical

reports. It uses a Microsoft Access

database.

Activities

As a Microsoft Student Partner, I have organized and conducted multiple lectures and

hands-on sessions in various

colleges in Pune on topics that include Basics of XNA Game Development, and an

Introduction to the .NET Framework. I

conducted a session on XNA Game Development in Microsoft s annual city-wide student event

called DreamSpark Yatra

2012, in front of an audience of around 800 students.

Links

These are the game-related websites and blogs I read regularly:

. http://www.gamasutra.com/

. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/

. http://www.lostgarden.com/

. http://www.gamedev.net/

. http://altdevblogaday.com/

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