Vetted Unreal Engine Professionals

“Game developer who implemented the battle simulation/progression system for "Gladiator Imperium," focusing on turn logic, stat-driven combat, and player-facing feel through UI and camera polish. Also has experience modernizing a 10+ year legacy project by refactoring into new frameworks and even migrating to a different programming language, leveraging AI to interpret undocumented code.”

“Frontend-focused engineer who led a full-scale CMS/dashboard build using React (with TypeScript), plus Node.js microservice APIs on AWS Lambda and MySQL. Emphasizes scalable component architecture, feature-based code organization, performance profiling via Chrome DevTools, and disciplined release practices (CI/CD, UAT gating, production monitoring) in fast-paced delivery cycles.”

“Unreal Engine (C++/Blueprint) gameplay systems engineer who shipped major VR social-sports features in Orion Drift, including a wieldable items system that became the game’s primary IAP revenue driver and supported 75-player lobbies via careful replication/performance tradeoffs. Also built the station/server browsing system to steer players into lively lobbies and implemented backend-to-frontend tech tree infrastructure using Unreal DataTables, plus tuned standout mechanics like rideable rockets and Driftball projectile/ball behavior through frequent playtests.”

“Entrepreneur/fintech product builder who raised a $100K pre-seed from ex-Google/Microsoft execs and built a real-time, direct-to-vendor bill pay micropayments platform. Previously helped scale Norton LifeLock to 1M users (2003) and also created Karma LA, a fraud-resistant, verified donation system (including VA veteran verification) aimed at improving trust and conversion in giving.”

“UK-based Unity/VR generalist who shipped a Meta Quest VR installation to art galleries worldwide while at Julian Opie Studio, acting as sole programmer and producing the art pipeline. Built a custom Spatial Anchors-based spatial mapping system with little documentation and developed real-world operational procedures to keep installations stable for exhibitions with hundreds of daily visitors. Also contracted as a 3D generalist at Blue Zoo, producing all assets/animations and environment setup for a Tate Gallery kids game, finishing ahead of schedule.”

“Unity developer with hands-on VR and multiplayer WebGL experience: reduced motion sickness in a VR bike riding game by implementing a helmet-style FOV reduction using a camera canvas. Built a small metaverse-style multiplayer house experience with Photon PUN 2, tackling host migration/ownership transfer and real-time object synchronization, plus voice chat.”

“Lead Unity VR developer who shipped multiple Meta Quest Store releases, including porting Titanic VR and building Rollercoaster Legends titles for Quest 3 (with Quest 2 support). Also independently built and released a multiplayer mobile trivia game using PlayFab, P2P networking with host migration, and encrypted/serverless backend updates to reduce hacking.”

“Unity XR developer who has shipped multiple Meta Quest apps, including an NHS medical training VR simulation where realistic, consultant-validated interaction mechanics and highly configurable systems were critical. Also built and shipped a solo indie AR product ("Eugene's AR Wiki") end-to-end, supporting a wide range of iOS/Android devices and incorporating analytics, interactive content, and engagement features like word games and face filters.”

“Long-time Call of Duty mod/game-mode creator (Call of Duty Frontlines/Rio) who designed 40+ gametypes, including “Swarm” later released officially as MW3’s Team Defender. Known for deep tuning/balance iteration and for overcoming engine constraints (e.g., expanding limited model slots via load-time model merging to ship large amounts of new weapons/vehicles/enemies). Currently building an UE5 game (Comando Rio) on Lyra, implementing custom audio systems and camera/movement features, collaborating with Gooseman (Counter-Strike creator).”

“XR/AR Unity developer who has overseen ~4 XR projects including shipping on Meta Quest, a HoloLens mixed-reality archaeology experience, and a collaborative 3D model exploration POC. Strong track record of aggressive performance optimization (custom shaders, profiling, draw-call reduction) and user-testing with domain experts; also experimented with ONNX-based procedural content generation and built a solo AR Tower of Hanoi game using AR Foundation (with a WebXR extension).”

“UE5 Blueprint-focused gameplay/system designer who shipped an XR interactive experience (“Echoes of the Moon”), owning interaction logic, progression triggers, state management, and animation syncing through ship. Emphasizes modular component-based architecture with interfaces and data-table-driven tuning, plus strong profiling/optimization skills (refactoring Tick-heavy systems to event-driven) validated through 20–30 user playtests and mobile XR (Android) frame-budget constraints.”

“Real-time VFX/shader and Unity integration specialist with experience shipping for VR and mobile hardware, including a Samsung VR product featuring a dynamic, speech-reactive character animation system. Strong focus on performance (70–90 FPS) through shader/texture optimization and hands-on tuning of Unity blend trees and animation transitions to eliminate popping and timing issues.”

“Game designer with hands-on UE5 Blueprint prototyping experience who built AR and VR gameplay systems end-to-end. Designed an AR dog-training game with daily-care progression and an AR heart-collection currency system, iterating via playtests to improve onboarding, spacing/balancing, and engagement; also implemented NPC interactions and minigames in a VR classroom simulator prototype.”

“UE5 gameplay scripter who built a player-facing skill tree for a third-person shooter end-to-end (icons in Illustrator, UI animations, Blueprint behaviors, HLSL shader effects) and migrated the system from Data Assets to Data Tables to improve maintainability and designer-friendly balancing. Also implemented modular weapon logic via base classes, playtest-driven tuning, and refactored broken UI flows into a centralized UI manager with QA-focused debug unlock flags.”

“UE5 gameplay scripter/system designer with shipped experience on Killing Floor 3, owning Blueprint-driven destruction/physics props and trap features end-to-end, including replication, performance optimization, and QA workflows. Also built a one-click light auto-generation tool on Maneater that reportedly saved the lighting team hundreds of hours, and uses fast test-map prototyping to validate mechanics (e.g., movement systems on Salem).”

“Game economy/progression designer who owned the end-to-end progression system for an idle auto-battler (“Non-Order”), including multi-currency sources/sinks, upgrade pricing curves, and meta-progression. Uses spreadsheet modeling plus playtest/telemetry-driven iteration to address pacing and agency issues (e.g., adding a minigame, click-to-damage, and player skill tree) to reduce progression friction and improve replayability.”

“Mission/narrative designer with shipped VR experience on Lone Echo II, including designing and tuning a generator mission and its transition into a branching choice/free-exploration structure. Also builds UE5 Blueprint prototypes for narrative adventure concepts ("Runt"), implementing interaction-driven cinematics and iterating on camera pacing and character writing.”