Hello!
My name is Zachary (Zach) Jagoda. I am currently working at JumpStart Games as a Senior Game Designer on School of Dragons, a How to Train Your Dragon MMORPG. My responsibilities range from Design Team Management and Game Design Documents to Item Stats/Balancing, Game Module Integration, and Quest & Cutscene Design.
I graduated in the Spring of 2022 from Chapman University with a Bachelor of Computer Science and Game Development Minor, and am formerly the President (2018 - 2019) of the Alpha Omega Chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity.
EDUCATION
Chapman University - Orange, CA
August 2016 - May 2020
BS Computer Science & Game Dev
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EXPERIENCE
Senior Game Designer - "DreamWorks School of Dragons" JumpStart Games
March 2022 - Current
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Game Designer - "DreamWorks School of Dragons" JumpStart Games
September 2021 - March 2022
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Design Intern - "DreamWorks School of Dragons" JumpStart Games
April 2021 - September 2021
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Contractor (Associate Producer/Programmer) - To My Best Friend
August 2020 - December 2020
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Freelancer (Developer/Level Designer/Programmer) - Popped Culture
October 2020 - November 2020
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SKILLS
LANGUAGES
C#
Python
Java
C++
Blueprints
ENGINES
Unity
Unreal Engine 4
TOOLS
Git & GitHub
BitBucket
Trello
JIRA
PlasticSCM
Kanban
Scrum
Photoshop
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FIELDS
Gameplay
Scripting
User Interface
Backend Programming
Level Design
Production
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FEATURED WORK
School of Dragons
Since April of 2021 I have been working on School of Dragons in multiple different Design Roles. A lot of my responsibilities include Design Team Management, Technical Documentation, and Seasonal Event Design
FEATURED PROJECTS
Popped Culture
I was brought in as a Contractor to create and develop a unqiue experience for a short film, featuring it's characters in video game like cutscenes. In order to do this, I worked alongside the creator to scope the project and create a game that was incorprated into the short film, included cutscenes, a boss battle, and a progression system
To My Best Friend
I was brought on as a Contractor as the sole programmer for this Indie Project in order to develop a Save/Load Serialization System, among many other tasks.
I also developed a comprehnsive Settings System that includes Accessibility Features for gameplay features such as Subtitles
SCHOOL PROJECTS
Dungeon Brawlers
Created a Top-Down 2D Multiplayer, Randomly Generated, Dungeon Crawler game centered around fighting to clear the dungeon before your opponent
Prison Break
Leisure Suit Chase Mayhem
Developed and Produced with a team of four students a 2D Multiplayer Speed Runner with Online Lobby functionalities and global playability