Video Game Development at the University of Michigan

Hayden Cacace

 
 
Profile
Status working at EA Redwood Shores
Class 2006
Website Hayden's Webpage
Résumé Resume (.doc)
Contact Information
AIM comradehac
Primary email Hayden's primary email
member photo

Biography

Hayden began playing videogames with Duck Hunt for NES. He very nearly quit playing videogames in the 32-bit era, but his life changed when he played Super Mario 64 for the first time and videogames became his favorite thing in the world. Since then, he has decided to devote his life to the creation of videogames. Hayden views videogames as an art form like film, music, writing, etc and would like for everyone else to feel the same. He values creativity and innovation in gameplay, graphics, sound or any other aspect of a game and strives to come up with his own innovations for the future. Presently, Hayden is a senior studying Computer Science in the Engineering School at the University of Michigan. He was the president of Wolverine Soft for the 2004-2005 school year.

Skills

C/C++ programming, OpenGL, SDL, DirectX, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

Side Projects

The Shroomz (EECS 487, Fall 2004)
The Sims 2 Console (EA Internship, Summer 2005)

Officer Positions

Hayden has held the following officer positions:

President2004

Projects

Hayden has been involved with the following projects:

  • Season Switch

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onJanuary 18, 2009
    ContributionCreated the project account on the Wolverine Soft site.
  • PlayPlace

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onJune 18, 2006
    ContributionCreated the project account on the Wolverine Soft site.
  • Arjeebie

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onJune 18, 2006
    ContributionCreated the project account on the Wolverine Soft site.
  • Dreamcatch

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onNovember 9, 2005
    ContributionProgramming
  • Air Hare

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onOctober 31, 2004
    ContributionLead Developer
  • SheepHerd

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onJuly 21, 2004
    ContributionCreated the project account on the WolverineSoft site.
  • WolverineWare

    StatusCancelled
    Joined onJuly 20, 2005
    Contribution

    Project Leader, SDK Developer, Microgame Developer

Articles

Hayden is listed as an author of the following articles: