Simone Petrosino

sim.petrosino@gmail.com

I am a curious and enthusiastic developer with a passion for game programming. I have always worked in game-centric environments exploring different roles, especially as a programmer and game user researcher. My desire is to contribute to the creation of immersive gaming experiences and magical worlds that leave a mark on players.

Working Experiences

Game Programmer

Bongfish, Austria

  • Working on an unannounced feature for World of Tanks (Wargaming.net).
  • Responsible for the development of a new rental mechanic and its integration for The Waffenträger: Legacy (Wargaming.net)
  • Highlights: Cross-Team Collaboration, Teamwork, C++, Custom Engine, Python.

May 2022 - Current

Research Project Assistant

Graz University of Technology, Austria

  • Game programmer for internal R&D, VR, and European funded projects.
  • Responsible for game user research projects about game communities and player behaviours, that result in scientific publications.
  • Collect data about games (gameplay, players behavior), analyse them and find their meaning.
  • Supervise other colleagues’ projects and students' final projects.
  • Highlights: Communication, Time Management, Leadership, Unreal Engine, Unity.

November 2020 - October 2022

Unity Developer

WonderLab s.r.l

  • Responsible for the design and development of a working prototype of an AR GPS-based mobile game for promoting city tourism.
  • Highlights: Rapid Prototyping, Unity, AR, MapBox.

September 2020 - November 2020

Projects

Some personal game dev projects. More available on GitHub and itch.io
Thumbnail project colors

"Circle Hyper Color"

A hyper casual game based on colors and their properties. Still in development. GDD and roadmap on github.

Made in Unity

Available on:

Thumbnail project couch

"Project Couch"

A 4-players local splitscreen game. Still in a prototyping phase, all updates are published as DevLog on Itch.io

Made in Unreal Engine 4

Available on:

Thumbnail project pacman ghost

PacMan - A Ghosty Story

A short story about a PacMan ghost and its nightmare.

Made in Unreal Engine 4.

Available on:

A picture with two simbol representing player 1 (P1) and player 2 (P2)

Co-Op/Splitscreen Template

Starting point for developing local co-op and splitscreen game in UE4.

Available on:

A gif showing the project in action

Procedural "Ivy" Mesh

An experiment to procedurally generate a mesh that grows on a surface.

Made in Unity

Available on:

Skills

Download my Resume

Programming Languages & Tools
  • Used daily: Versioning system (Git, SVN), Jira, Rider, Visual Studio

Technology for game development
  • Good: Unreal Engine 4, C++, Unity (including VR development), C#, Python (including e.g., panda, matplot, scipy)
  • Basic: Blender
Other
  • IoT development, Asset Forge, Bash, Java, Basic Web Development

Soft skill
  • Teamwork, Collaboration, Problem solving
  • Adaptable, Optimist, Open-minded
  • Creative, Curious, Innovative

Education

Master's Degree in Computer Science

University of Salerno, Italy
110/110 cum laude - My thesis project is a study on how video games can induce a negative mood in the player in order to influence the player's opinions. To do this, I developed a game in Unity and analysed data from the gaming sessions of those who participated in my study.
2016 - 2020

Erasmus +

University of Skövde, Sweden
During this period abroad I developed my master thesis in Serious Game and attended an introductive game design course.
January 2018 - June 2018

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

University of Salerno, Italy
97/110 - My thesis project is videogame where all objects and their behaviour are updated according to the telemetry data (CPU, temperature, memory) collected from another machine through the SNMP protocol.
2012 - 2016