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SUBRAHMANYA SAI KIRAN KANTE
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OBJECTIVE: Seeking a spring internship and a full time job as a Software Developer.
ACADEMIC DETAILS
Masters in Computer Science Game Development at USC May 2013 GPA: 3.8
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering May 2011
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India. GPA: 3.9
GRADUATE COURSE DETAILS
3D Graphics and rendering
Analysis of Algorithms and design
Final Games Project
Game Design Workshop
Advanced mobile devices and game consoles
Game Engine Development
Database systems
GRADUATE PROJECTS
Thralled: An interactive thriller game for iOS that features an original, riveting storyline, and a unique art style. The
player will control the former slave Isaura as she searches for her son, reliving her past traumas in a nightmarish
representation of one of the most devastating calamities in history - the transatlantic slave trade. Ref: Prof. Mike Zyda
Project on Havok Physics: Havok physics is one of the most used SDK for collision dynamics in games. My project
demonstrates some of its features. Ref: Prof. Jose Villeta
Flow Master: Flow master is an I-phone game built using cocos2d. It aims to teach lyrics of hip-hop songs to the
players with an interactive game play mechanics. We used the songs by MC Lars. Ref: Prof. Mike Zyda
Add Your Color: Add your color is a board game for 2-4 players. It is a fun and strategic game. It is released in two
versions (Adult and kids version) Ref: Prof. Jeremy Gibson
Disaster Relief: Disaster Relief is a documentary board game aimed at real world disasters. Players solve the disasters
on each country together and learn about the previous disasters at the same time. Ref: Prof. Jeremy Gibson
Return to Rapture: Return to Rapture is a pitch for BioShock 2 for a multiplayer co-op campaign in Bioshock 2.
Players choose from a set of similar characters to play together. Reference: Prof. Jeremy Gibson
PUBLISHED TITLES
GUESS: Guess! is a NEW word game that you can play with friends! Help your friends GUESS a word by providing
hints but don t use the banned words! Guess was the game I worked on during my summer internship at TinyCo from
05/27/2012 to 08/24/2012 Project Manager: Adrian Smith
PART-TIME WORK
Teaching Assistant for the course History Of Video Games (CS 180) since 08/27/2012 Ref: Prof. St. John Colon
Game programmer at ISI, USC since December, 2011. I use game maker to make games and help teach the process to
high school students. I have built tools to assess the students games. Supervisor: Erin Shaw
UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS
Web based GUI for grid portals: This project was aimed at making the job submission to grid portals easier and
builds effective and dynamic grids across networks. It was research project at Hyderabad Central University. I worked
in it during my final semester of undergrad. Ref: Prof. Rajeev Wankar
www.ZJOIN.com: zjoin.com is a social networking website which aims to connect people from different social
networking giant websites like facebook, gmail, linkedIn etc., Project Manager: Mr. Pavan Kumar
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Languages: C++, Objective-C, C#, C, JavaScript, Action Script, PHP, Python, c#, JSP, HTML, CSS, Java
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
Worked as Microsoft Student Partner during the academic year 2010-11
Awarded Academic Awards twice for top GPA in class.
Secured 3 first and 4 Second prizes in National Level Paper presentation competitions.
OTHER INTERESTS (other than playing videogames)
Chess, Cooking, Backpacking, Gardening, interior design