Kevin R. Thompson

IT Specialist / Front-End Developer / Software Engineer / C# Unity Game Developer

www.CaligoArts.com

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Objectives:

Always continue learning & understanding as much as possible.
Use what I learn to solve problems with creative & innovative solutions.
Seek new ways to improve & grow in every aspect of my life & surroundings.
Work Smart & Hard to accomplish the task at hand.
Be better than who I was yesterday with a focus on quality & efficiency.

Skills:

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

HTML5

CSS

JavaScript

git

GitHub

Python

Unity

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.
Front-End Development. Website Design, Development, Optimization & Maintinence. (HTML, CSS, & JavaScript.) 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.
For more infomation please visit Caligo Arts Computer Repair
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, & Business Administration since 2001.

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

Experience:

*Check my GitHub for the most up to date listing of Projects

I am a completely self taught Developer with over 10 years in the IT industry starting as a Repair Technician with a passion for learning everything I can which has evolved into running a business and becoming a Software Engineer focused on finding creative & innovative solutions to solve complex problems.

2024 Complete redesign of CaligoArts.com from scratch. From writing out all the code starting in a blank text file, to creating the full design and all custom graphics to be used.

2022_6-2 Accepted a fully remote position as a Junior Software Engineer at Legalzoom doing mostly Front-End UI updates & development for new service pages & assisting with user support.

2022_2-25 C# Programming Project: Tanks for Fun Road Rage Edition V3.4 Released on Unity Play. You can Play Free @ Unity Play

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 @ Tanks for Fun Road Rage Edition

2021_12-3 Launched CaligoArts.com as a Showcase of all my projects to display my Web Design, Game Development, & Development notes.

2021_11-13 Taught myself how to build a server from the ground up on Google's Cloud Platform, learning Git & GitHub for VCS, & getting comfortable on a command line in the terminal using Linux as my IDE.

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.

2020 Covid-19 hit and shut down all of my onsite tech support with The Tech Professor so I adpated to a fully remote business model & started focusing more on my website design & development as I enjoyed learning new ways to solve problems with programming so I went all in on learning as much as possible in my free time & rebranded to Caligo Arts as a Development Studio.

2020 Moved into Front-End Development at Xfinity Mobile helping with UI updates and mobile app rollout.

2019 FreeCodeCamp.org Responsive Web Design Certification aquired 12/20/2019

2019 IT Specialist at Xfinity Mobile handling Tier 2 Technical Support.

2018 Started The Tech Professor, a small computer repair shop in Charleston, SC as a side business. Specializing in Hardware & Software PC, Printer, & Network repair. Handling everything from parts replacement, building custom gaming & specialty pc's, remote & onsite virus/malware removal, phone/tablet repair, printer/network diagnostics & optimization, to teaching mobile & portable technology classes, & offering 1 on 1 technology consulting with setting up personal devices, video monitoring equipment, & smart home technology.

2017 Started learning CSS, Bootstrap, & Javascript

2015 IT Specialist for Energy Inc doing General System Administration and Tier 2 Technical Support.

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. Working my way up through Quality Control to Floor Operations Supervisor.

Windows OS & Application's since 1997.

Taking machines & electronics apart since 1986.
(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:

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.