General Information

Name: Christian Comeau

Role: Programmer

Email: chris.comeau@gamesmontreal.com

Resume: http://www.gamesmontreal.com/chris-comeau

Web: http://www.skyriser.com/

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/christiancomeau

 

Knowledge and Abilities

Language:

• French: spoken, written and read fluently, first language
• English: spoken, written and read fluently
• Spanish: learning

Game Programming:

• Windows: C++, C#, DirectX, Visual Studio, Visual Basic, .Net
• Mac OS X: CodeWarrior, XCode, C++, Objective-C, RealBasic, OpenGL
• iPhone/iPod: XCode, Objective-C
• Java/J2ME: Midlets, JBuilder, Nokia SDK, BlackBerry
• Palm OS: CodeWarrior, C++
• Xbox 360: Visual Studio, C++
• PS2: Codewarrior
• Unreal Engine 2: PS2, Xbox 360, Windows

Web Programming:

• Web: HTML, PHP, CSS, AJAX, WordPress
• Flash: ActionScript, Macromedia tools
• Database: MySQL, MSSQL, Access
• Server Admin: Apache, Email, FTP, SSH, Ubuntu/Linux, hosting, Slicehost
• Monetization: Amazon Affiliate, AdSense, AdWords, Facebook Ads
• Search engine optimization
• Speed Optimization: PHP eAccelerator, Wordpress caching, Apache/PHP tweaking, Content Delivery Network (CDN) with Amazon S3
• Command line: Bash scripts, DOS batch scripts
• Tools: UltraEdit/BBEdit, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Araxis

Other:

• Member of the Montreal IGDA (International Game Developer Association)
• UML diagram design (using Rational Rose and UMLTool)
• Agile/SCRUM methods
• Version control: CVS, SourceSafe, Perforce, Subversion
• DOS/UNIX command line
• Remote administration: VNC, SSH, Telnet, Remote Desktop, Timbuktu

 

Academic Training

DigiPen (Vancouver, British-Columbia)

• Graduated at DigiPen, a specialized school in video game programming and design.

Champlain College (St-Lambert, Quebec)

• Pure and Applied Sciences
• Optional courses in computer science

 

Professional Experience

 

Skyriser Media (Montreal, Canada): January 2004 to Present

• Founder, sole proprietorship
• Maintaining a few personal web projects (PHP, MySQL, Affiliates)
• Worked on fixing/upgrading company websites (PHP, MySQL)
• Creating games for Blackberry and iPhones
• Worked on a medical related Palm and Blackberry application for Hospitals
• Worked on-site on SQL and Mac/Windows pre-press automation software

 

Web sites:

• Skyriser Media: http://www.skyriser.com/
• Games Montreal: http://www.gamesmontreal.com/
• WallpaperSync: http://www.wallpapersync.com/
• PointMini: http://www.pointmini.com/
• Virus Zoo: http://www.viruszoo.com/
• Quote Addict: http://www.quoteaddict.com/
• Vasy.ca: http://vasy.ca/

 
iPhone Apps:

• Password Grid: http://www.passwordgrid.com/

 

Ubisoft Entertainment (Montreal, Canada): November 2006 to September 2008

• Big video game company creating games for consoles and PC
• Generalist and audio Programmer on current and next-gen surfing game.
• Generalist Programmer on DS casual game.
• Audio programmer on in-house sound engine
• Worked with Visual C++, C# (for Windows, XBox 360) and CodeWarrior (PS2, Wii, DS)

 

Ingenio (Loto-Quebec) (Montreal, Canada): April 2005 to November 2006

• Government lottery agency, creating lottery based interactive games
• Video game programmer, creating casual games in C++ and Flash
• Lead programmer on multiple projects

 

Octane Games (Arizona, remotely): April 2003 to July 2003 (contract)

• Video game company creating games for cell phones
• Programmer by contract: porting games to J2ME cell phones
• Worked with Sun One Studio and Borland JBuilder using J2ME (Java) and Nokia tools and SDK

 

Hexacto Games (Montreal, Canada): December 2002 to April 2003

• Video game company creating games for portables devices (Palm, PocketPC), and Windows.
• Programmer and integrator: helped programming user interface and audio for games, and integrate graphic assets
• Worked with VisualC++ (for Windows, and PocketPC) and CodeWarrior (for Palm)

 

St.Remy Media (Montreal, Canada): October 2000 to November 2002

• Multimedia company doing web server content and technology for dynamic pages; some projects include image gallery search engines, and ecommerce sites. Other multimedia and print related applications.
• Programmer: working on various Mac, Unix and Web based multimedia projects, search engines and ecommerce sites. Also worked on automated printing processes (using QuarkXPress extensions, AppleScript, RealBasic, CodeWarrior)
• Also responsible for maintenance and setup of server security (installation, backup, updates, firewall).

 

Contraband Entertainment (California): March 2000 to August 2000 (contract)

• Video game company that fused with other game companies, United Developers and Take 2.
• Programmer by contract: working on porting a Windows DirectX action game to Mac OS and Mac OS X.
• Worked with VisualC++ (on Windows) and CodeWarrior (on Mac)
• Ported code from DirectX (3D, sound, input) to the Mac equivalent (3D using OpenGL)
• Working remotely, scheduling my own time

 

Dragonstone Software (Diamond Bar, California): September 1999 to January 2000

• Game company making a multiplatform 3D sequel to Classic “Dragon’s Lair” game
• Worked as programmer on the Mac OS specific programming tasks of a 3D action game (OpenGL, input, sound), and some Windows specific game code (input, sound) using DirectX, and also worked on level-design related tools (on Windows, using MFC).
• •Using CodeWarrior (on Mac), and VisualC++ (on Windows)

 

UbiSoft Entertainment (Montréal, Québec): January 1999 to May 1999

• Big video game company making many cross-platform 3D games
• Design-Programmer, programming artificial intelligence for game characters
• Doing mostly research and development, working on behavior/physics for cars, boats and interactive game characters.
• Worked with custom code editor and language (Pascal like)

 

(References available upon requests)

 

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