Video Game Development at the University of Michigan

Andrew Pinson

 
 
Profile
Status Tentative Alumnus of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan
Class 2006
Website www.andrewpinson.com
Résumé Resume Game Programming 2005.doc
Contact Information
AIM pinsona74
Primary email Andrew's primary email
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Biography

Andrew started playing games on an Atari 800, and has kept up with them since. His game-making debut happened during his senior year in high school, when he made A-Tris, a Tetris clone that let users create and use their own block skins, and kept track of personal high scores and overall high scores of players on the same network. In his freshman year at U of M, he joined the Crisis Wolverine team, editing the game and contributing art for maps. He reprised this role the following year on Crisis Wolverine 2, in addition to writing the dating sequences for that game. For his junior year, he became Secretary of Wolverine Soft, helped set in motion the Wolverine Ware project, and worked on art and programming for Squatter House. Last year, Andrew was the President of Wolverine Soft, worked on the games Wandering Ash, Playplace, and Sleepkeeper, and instituted Wolverine Soft's first Student Video Game Showcase.

Skills

C++, pixelart, OpenGL, dxFramework

Side Projects

A-Tris - superior (albeit a little slow) PC Tetris game (completed 2002)

Officer Positions

Andrew has held the following officer positions:

President2005
Secretary2004

Projects

Andrew has been involved with the following projects:

  • Stephen Colbert's Battle of Wits Starring Stephen Colbert

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onJanuary 20, 2008
    Contribution
  • Granicus

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onFebruary 15, 2007
    Contribution
  • PlayPlace

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onJune 18, 2006
    Contribution
  • Wandering Ash

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onDecember 24, 2005
    ContributionCreated the project account on the Wolverine Soft site.
  • Sleepkeeper

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onNovember 10, 2005
    ContributionCreated the project account on the Wolverine Soft site.
  • Squatter House

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onDecember 21, 2004
    ContributionIn-game Art / Programming / Voice Acting / Created the project account on the WolverineSoft site.
  • Crisis Wolverine 2: Shadows of the Past

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onJuly 26, 2004
    ContributionEditor / Mini-Game Developer / Tilesets
  • Crisis Wolverine: Insurrection Green

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onJuly 29, 2003
    ContributionTile Set Design, Instruction Manual / Text Editor
  • Tower of the Stone Curse

    StatusIn development
    Joined onJanuary 18, 2009
    ContributionCreated the project account on the Wolverine Soft site.
  • WolverineWare

    StatusCancelled
    Joined onJuly 21, 2005
    Contribution

    SDK Developer, Microgame Developer

Articles

Andrew is listed as an author of the following articles: