Jack Hadjicosti

Gameplay programmer @ Tactile Games

About

I am an experienced game programmer based in Nicosia, Cyprus. I have been developing games and game technology systems for the past 10 years and I specialize in gameplay, architecture and AI. Currently I act as a gameplay programmer at Tactile Games. I also co-founded a small game development studio called Hellmade Games. I am always open to new opportunities and interesting projects.

Country

City

Cyprus

Industry

Computer Games

Skill

Game Prototyping, Custom Tool Development, Virtual Reality (VR), Match3, Programming, unity3d, C#, Game Development, Algorithms, Data Structures, Optimization, 3D Math, Team Leadership, Team Management, Unity3D, Software Development, Web Development, Web programming, Web Design, Project Management

Experience

Gameplay programmer

Tactile Games

2024-4 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

Cyprus

Co-Founder & Game programmer

Hellmade Games

2022-1 - Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

Nicosia, Cyprus

Developing commercial games and tools for game developers, as well as providing game development and outsourcing services to other companies.

Lead Game Programmer

Qiiwi Games

2021-8 - 2024-3 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Nicosia

Led the Tech department by planning, designing, and executing technical solutions and improvements, so the department works as effectively and efficiently as possible. • Reviewed technical solutions and systems by other developers before going live. • Mentored and guided junior developers and interns. • Led the development and maintenance of many big scale Android/iOS/Amazon from scratch which are played by millions of players. • Planned sprints and versions according to requirements, in collaboration with product owners. • Designed the architecture of many major technical systems. • Implemented and maintained metagame core frameworks, a Match3 framework, a custom UI framework, various gameplay systems, and internal development tools.

Senior Game Programmer

Qiiwi Games

2019-11 - 2021-8 · 1 yr 10 mos

Nicosia

• Led the development and maintenance of some big scale Android/iOS/Amazon from scratch which are played by millions of players. • Designed and implemented an internal UI framework. Achieved 50% decrease in UI development times in all projects. • Implemented multiple internal development tools which sped up development by 80% in some areas.

VR/AR Developer

VR-House

2018-3 - 2019-11 · 1 yr 9 mos

The Randstad, Netherlands

Acted as the main developer responsible for developing VR and AR projects, as well as experimenting and prototyping with new technologies and ideas.

Game Programmer

Revresh

2016-9 - 2017-1 · 5 mos

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Joined the Para Parachute team to help them rewrite the whole game from scratch in order to improve physics and gameplay, add various new features as well as improve optimization, reusability and maintainability of the code.

Product Design Intern

CRM.COM

2014-2 - 2014-8 · 7 mos

Nicosia, Cyprus

Responsibilities included testing and documentation of new modules and features of CRM.COM software before release. Also involved in some of the API and layout designs.