Ruben Acon
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French Limited working proficiency
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Hedrick (Rocky) Rivero
As a designer, it's always great to work with engineers that are interested in creative solutions, and not just functional ones. Ruben was capable in this regard because of his genuine passion for video games. Furthermore, Ruben is the kind of engineer that doesn't only see his game "in code." He'd often play the game to test his work rather than solely rely on QA for feedback. It must also be mentioned that Ruben has a great attitude, making it easier to collaborate and implement features.
Aaron Punga
Ruben and I worked together on NBA Live for about 2 years. In all my dealings with him, Ruben proved himself to be smart, hardworking and able to take direction well. He was also well-liked and easy to get along with. He showed a lot of passion and dedication for the product we worked on.
Hedrick (Rocky) Rivero
As a designer, it's always great to work with engineers that are interested in creative solutions, and not just functional ones. Ruben was capable in this regard because of his genuine passion for video games. Furthermore, Ruben is the kind of engineer that doesn't only see his game "in code." He'd often play the game to test his work rather than solely rely on QA for feedback. It must also be mentioned that Ruben has a great attitude, making it easier to collaborate and implement features.
Aaron Punga
Ruben and I worked together on NBA Live for about 2 years. In all my dealings with him, Ruben proved himself to be smart, hardworking and able to take direction well. He was also well-liked and easy to get along with. He showed a lot of passion and dedication for the product we worked on.
Hedrick (Rocky) Rivero
As a designer, it's always great to work with engineers that are interested in creative solutions, and not just functional ones. Ruben was capable in this regard because of his genuine passion for video games. Furthermore, Ruben is the kind of engineer that doesn't only see his game "in code." He'd often play the game to test his work rather than solely rely on QA for feedback. It must also be mentioned that Ruben has a great attitude, making it easier to collaborate and implement features.
Aaron Punga
Ruben and I worked together on NBA Live for about 2 years. In all my dealings with him, Ruben proved himself to be smart, hardworking and able to take direction well. He was also well-liked and easy to get along with. He showed a lot of passion and dedication for the product we worked on.
Hedrick (Rocky) Rivero
As a designer, it's always great to work with engineers that are interested in creative solutions, and not just functional ones. Ruben was capable in this regard because of his genuine passion for video games. Furthermore, Ruben is the kind of engineer that doesn't only see his game "in code." He'd often play the game to test his work rather than solely rely on QA for feedback. It must also be mentioned that Ruben has a great attitude, making it easier to collaborate and implement features.
Aaron Punga
Ruben and I worked together on NBA Live for about 2 years. In all my dealings with him, Ruben proved himself to be smart, hardworking and able to take direction well. He was also well-liked and easy to get along with. He showed a lot of passion and dedication for the product we worked on.
Experience
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Escalation Studios
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United States
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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Game Developer
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Apr 2014 - Present
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Electronic Arts (EA)
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United States
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Entertainment Providers
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700 & Above Employee
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Gameplay Programmer
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Oct 2011 - Oct 2013
- Implemented, updated, overlooked and improved most user gamepad gestures for gameplay actions using ANT (in-house EA tool) and C++. - Implemented, maintained and improved the player automatic and user requested substitution logic in C++. - Improved and maintained the referee movement logic and different states using ANT and C++. - Implemented and maintained multiple Lua Scenes for different game scenarios (Practice mode, Create a player mode). - Implemented and maintained the Gameplay Achievements/Trophies in C++. - Connected and maintained the Gameplay Settings in C++. - Maintained the in-game basketball violations system in C++. - Maintained the players’ rating system and C# based data updating tool. This included creating and modifying SQL tables, stored procedures, functions, queries and views. - Assisted other developer pods (presentation, modes, UI) with all the gameplay interactions. Show less
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NetAspects.com
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Toro Software, Heredia, Costa Rica
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Junior Programmer 3
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Aug 2006 - Nov 2009
http://www.netaspects.com/ Worked for a programming company called Toro Software that was outsourced by a company called NetAspects which resides in California. In it, my obligations where: - Communicate via web (chat, email and video chat) with my supervisors in NetAspects to get my assignments and feedback from my work. - Design, implement, maintain, and expand several web applications that managed hundreds of properties listings, sales agents and clients via web using C#/ASP.NET. This gave me many experiences debugging and understanding not only my code, but code from multiple programmers, as well as the experience of working with code that connected the server side of the application to the online side. - Assign, supervise and revise the work of multiple teammates. Show less
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Education
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2009 - 2011
Full Sail University
Bachelor's degree, Game Development -
2005 - 2007
Universidad de Costa Rica
Master's degree, Computer Science -
2000 - 2004
Universidad de Costa Rica
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science -
Full Sail University
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