MATTHEW VENTURES
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Matthew Ventures

creator of games
​advocate of DE&I
husband of mingyi
eater of vegan eats


Résumé

Main Quests

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Amazon Games ( Gameplay Engineer )
   •  Developing an unannounced game
   •  Working with innovative technologies
   •  More details coming soon!
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id Software ( Gameplay Engineer )
   •  Developed several AI from concept to ship-ready
   •  Led documentation efforts across multiple disciplines
   •  ​Continually improved internal tooling and dev workflows
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Call of Duty: Warzone ( Assoc. Gameplay Engineer )
   •  ​Implemented the fast-paced Exfiltration game mode 🔗
   •  Designed & implemented seasonal event content 🔗
   •  Designed & implemented bespoke mid-season content 🔗
   •  Designed & implemented marquee seasonal content 🔗
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Fortnite ( Intern Gameplay Engineer )
   •  Engineered user-facing tools for map creation and design
   •  Optimized networked objects to reduce latency
   •  ​Solved transformation matrix bugs with wicked 3D maths
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God of War: Ragnarok ( Intern Gameplay Engineer )
   •  Created a runtime tool to visualize animation branching
   •  Designed visual scripting nodes for AI behavior trees
   •  ​Amended a dialogue tool to speed-up iteration time

Side Quests

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Crimson Hollow ( collaboration with Sheeba Studios )
   •  Developed systems technology and social media content
   •  Current wishlist count: 50,000+
   •  ​Current YouTube subscriber count: 50,000+
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Get Into Game Dev ( authored a game dev textbook )
   •  Helped thousands of candidates learn game development
   •  Raised thousands of dollars for charity
   •  ​Published internationally through Taylor & Francis (2025)
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Do Animals Dream? ( self-published indie game )
   •  Inspired thousands of players to 'go vegan' for 7+ days ​🔗
   •  Twitch Gaming's 2021 "The Weekly" highlight 🔗 
   •  Launch-day IGN exclusive interview 🔗 
   •  ​Awesome Foundation 2021 Grant Recipient​​
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NoStranger ( self-published indie game )
   •  Reached millions of players, through 15+ langauges
   •  Finalist of Google Play's Indie Games Festival
   •  Received the review I am most proud of from my career
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CS 146: Introduction to Game Development ( Instructor )
   •  Taught game dev to 100+ Stanford students over two years
   •  Designed custom lesson plans and instructional materials
   •  ​Placed my students into competitive roles within industry
​But wait... there's more!
You can find more of my adventures
​in my resume!
  • Home
  • Career
    • Resume
    • About Me
  • Get Into Game Dev
    • GIGD: Fundamentals
    • GIGD: C++ Topics
    • GIGD: Data Structures
    • GIGD: Patterns
    • GIGD: Multithreading
    • GIGD: Misc Coding
    • GIGD: Maths >
      • GIGD: Maths - Vectors I
      • GIGD: Maths - Vectors II
      • GIGD: Maths - Matrices
      • GIGD: Maths - Rotations
      • GIGD: Maths - Planes
      • GIGD: Maths - Polygons & Polyhedrons
      • GIGD: Maths - AABBs & OBBs
      • GIGD: Maths - Spatial Partitions
      • GIGD: Maths - Circles & Spheres
    • GIGD: Behavioral Questions
    • GIGD: Design Questions
    • GIGD: Asking Questions
    • GIGD: Additional Reading
    • GIGD: Practice Test
  • Personal
    • Recommendations
    • Beliefs
  • Misc
    • Side Quests
    • My Companies >
      • VVLLC
      • BVP
    • Research >
      • NASA
      • Glyph: Website
      • Glyph: Awards