Aspiring Game Programmer Internship Candidate

Avikshit Pal

Uxbridge, Massachusetts ************@*****.*** 774-***-**** LinkedIn GitHub

Summary

Highly motivated Computer Science student seeking internship opportunities in game development or game programming. Interested in scripting frontend and backend to positively contribute to a goal or objective, while gaining valuable industry experience.

Education

Worcester Polytechnic Institute — Worcester, Massachusetts

B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Interactive Media & Game Development

Expected Graduation: May 2027 GPA: 3.3 / 4.0

Relevant Courses: Artificial Intelligence(AI), Machine Learning (ML), Algorithms, Software Engineering, System Programming Concepts, Object-Oriented Design Concepts, Discrete Mathematics, Foundations of Computer Science, Computer Graphics

Technical Skills

Languages & Tools: Java, Python, C++, HTML, JavaScript, MySQL, GitHub, Maya, BSL (Beginning Student Language)

Projects

Restaurant Manager Full-Stack Web Application Fall 2024

•Collaborated within a 3-member team to develop a restaurant reservation platform using AWS, MySQL, HTML, and Java, supporting both customer-facing and manager-facing workflows.

•Built the complete frontend UI enabling customers to browse restaurants, check table availability, and book reservations with seat count and date/time preferences.

•Developed backend reservation logic and MySQL database schema; implemented restaurant account registration and public listing workflows.

Fruit-Collecting Robots Java Simulation Fall 2023

•Developed a Java-based simulation of autonomous robots performing fruit collection tasks.

•Implemented line-following algorithms to guide robot navigation along predefined paths.

•Designed object detection logic to identify targets and trigger collection behavior.

•Built decision-making algorithms to determine robot positioning relative to targets.

•Modeled robot actions using OOP principles — classes, methods, and inheritance.

Computer Graphics Project (Spring 2026)

Collaborated within a 3-member team to develop a website to view the area of Dirtmouth as the knight from Hollow Knight with JavaScript. In the scene, you can move around, jump around, and swing the sword with the knight.

Worked on adding the models for the buildings, floor tiles, and the knight. Created a hierarchical model for the knight (body – parent, head – child, sword – grandchild). Added mouse controls for the camera system. Created a cube with multiple subdivision levels.

Result – the game came out better than I expected and the project improved my understanding of JavaScript and OpenGL.

Goodbye World (Fall 2025)

Collaborated within a 4-member team to create a 2D RPG with Godot. The game consists of the player wielding a sword and must go on an adventure to stop an evil scientist from taking over the world with her swarm of robots.

Worked on player/enemy collisions, sword collisions, health bar UI and system, player movements, enemy movements and detection radius.

Result – this was the first Godot project and the first time I used GitHub desktop, so I naturally made plenty of mistakes. Overall, the game was below my expectations, but I do feel that the project heavily improved my understanding of coding in GDscript and using GitHub desktop.

IQP - Board Game Project (Fall 2025 – Spring 2026)

Collaborated within a 3-member team to digitize Lord of the Rings: the board game, with Godot in a 3D environment.

Scanned the cards and the board game for the textures. Worked on adding models for the table, board game, and cards. UV mapped both the board game and cards which allows the textures to properly show. Coded the camera movements and camera positions. Helped to locate coordinates on board for pieces to be on in arrays.

Result – With the time constraints, the game went above and beyond my expectations as we tried many new things and I have learned to use GDscript in a 3D environment.

Experience

Amazon.com Services LLC — Northborough, MA

Warehouse Associate Aug 2023 – Sep 2023

•Processed and packed customer orders per shift, consistently meeting daily throughput targets in a high-volume fulfillment environment.

•Coordinated outbound logistics by loading shipment trucks according to routing schedules.

•Operated barcode scanning systems to verify product accuracy and maintain inventory integrity.

ACE – African Community Education — Worcester, MA

Paraprofessional Jan 2022 – Feb 2023

•Provided academic support to middle school students in Mathematics, English, and US History, reinforcing course concepts and assisting with homework.

•Founded and led a LEGO robotics club for young students, sparking interest in 3D modeling and architectural design.

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