Portfolio

Charleston, SC 29407, USA

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I'm Kevin and as you scroll you will find out a little more about my Objectives, Skills, Experience, Certifications, & Projects that I've worked on. Please feel free to Email me with any questions or to request my resume as it will have more specific details and I hope you have a great day!

Kevin R. Thompson

IT Specialist / Web & Front-End Developer / C# Unity Game Developer

Email: KevinR.Thompson@Outlook.com

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Objectives:

My Main Objective is to continue learning & understanding as much as possible.
Career Goal is to learn everything needed to become a Full-Stack Developer & beyond.
I thouroughly enjoy Game Development & programming to discover and solve problems while creating new experiences and worlds to be discovered.
Then I eventually plan to work my way into Information Security Analysis.
Ultimately becoming a Software/Systems Engineer focused on cyber security & optimization.

Skills:

Development, MarkUp, & Programming Languages that i'm familiar with:

HTML5

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CSS

JavaScript

Python

Unity3D

C#

Personal Aptitudes:

Devoted & Determined Self Learner that maintains self-motivation requiring no oversight to stay on task and accomplish what needs to be done while being known for being reliable, well organized, detail oriented, & efficient.
Troubleshooting & Problem Solving using creative solutions with a firm belief that problems are only misunderstood opportunities.

Professional Aptitudes:

Unity 3D Game Development with C# Scripting. (Junior Developer)
Front-End Development. Website Design, Development, Optimization & Maintinence. (HTML, CSS, & Bootstrap.) (Junior Developer) For more infomation please visit www.CaligoArts.com where I showcase my projects and show more detailed information on Web Design, Game Development, & various notes on technical how to's & things I've learned throughout my developer journey.
Computer, Tablet, Phone, & Electronic's hardware/software diagnostics and repair. (Onsite in the Charleston, SC area.) For more infomation please visit Caligo Arts Computer Repair of Charleston, SC
Remote & On Site Diagnostics & Troubleshooting.
Remote PC Malware & Virus Detection & Removal.
Custom built PC's built to requested specs.
Systems Adminstration.
Typing 60+wpm w/ 98% accuracy on average.
Customer Service & Sales since 2001.

Known for Hanging in there when things get tough & Getting Organized to see the Job Done.

Experience:

2022_2-25 C# Programming Project: Tanks for Fun Road Rage Edition V3.4 Released on Unity Play. You can Play Free @ https://play.unity.com/mg/other/tanksforfunroadrageeditiondemov1-0
2022_2-5 Updated GamePlay Video for Tanks for Fun. Changes detailed at CaligoArts.com

2022_2-1 Launched Tanks For Fun Road Rage Edition Demo Preview to get feedback and gauge interest. You can Play Free on UnityPlay @ https://play.unity.com/mg/other/tanksforfun-v1-0

2021_12-3 Launched CaligoArts.com as a Showcase of all my projects to display my Web Design, Game Development, & Development notes.
2021_9-1 Had an idea for & started prototyping my first game idea from scratch called Tanks for Fun Road Rage Edition.
2021_7-20 Started Learning the Unity 3D Junior Programmer Pathway to learn more about C# Programming.
2021_7-10 Completed the Unity 3D Essentials Pathway & Earned the Certification Badge.
2021_7-7 Started Learning Unity 3D Game Development using C# Scripting.
2019 FreeCodeCamp.org Responsive Web Design Certification aquired 12/20/2019
2019 IT Specialist at Xfinity Mobile handling Tier 2 Technical Support.
2017 Started learning CSS, Bootstrap, & Javascript
2015 IT Specialist for Energy Inc doing General System Administration and Tier 2 Technical Support.(4yrs.)
2014 Total Computer Solutions as Tier 2 Repair Technician where I made my local tv debut in their first commercial.

MacOS & Application's since 2009.
GNU/Linux OS & Application's since 2007.
Learned HTML in 2002 through online tutorials and trial and error.
2001 Started in Customer Service and Sales at Future Call Telemarketing handling outbound credit card sales and inbound customer service of accounts.
Windows OS & Application's since 1997.
Taking electronics apart since 1987.
(Successfully putting them back together since 1988)
Curiosity since the beginning.

Certifications:

Web Design & Development:

Game Design & Development:

Unity Course Completion Badges:

(Click here to check out my Unity Profile Projects and for detailed information on Competencies & Skills required to earn each Badge.)

Foundations: Get started with Unity

Earned: July 07, 2021

Foundations: Explore Unity

Earned: July 10, 2021

Foundations: Learn Unity

Earned: July 10, 2021

Unity Essentials Pathway Completed 7/10/2021

Earned: July 10, 2021

Junior Programmer: Create with Code 1

Earned: July 23, 2021

Junior Programmer: Create with Code 2

Earned: August 02, 2021

Projects:

(Sorted Newest to Oldest)

Game Design:

Project 6:

Prototype 2: When Hungry Animals Attack!

2nd Project in the Unity Junior Programmer Pathway where all C# scripts done from scratch. Completed all Tutorials & Bonus challenges!

Project 5:

Prototype 1: Tanks for Fun

1st Project in the Unity Junior Programmer Pathway where I had to write all C# scripts from scratch.

Project 4:

Challenge: 2D Sprite pachinko

Battle for the Jade Sun! Goal was to make a 2D game from scratch similar to a pachinko style game.

Project 3:

Challenge: Moving Sound

Playing with 3D Audio. Goal was to use spacial audio to make sounds lower in volume as you moved away from them & use scripting to make an object go through kitchen window.

Project 2:

Challenge: The Floor is Lava

Unity Essentials Project. Playing with object oriented physics. Goal was to create a 3D scene from scratch & make the ball roll from one platform to another without touching the floor.

Project 1:

Cosmic Obstacle Course

My 1st Game! Made using the Unity Lego Microgame tutorial.

Web Design:

Project 12:

Future Project

To be determined

Project 3:

Portfolio

(HTML5, CSS, & Bootstrap)

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