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Cristian Gonzalez
Senior Gameplay Programmer specializing in Unity, Unreal, and multiplayer systems
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Unity/C# gameplay engineer with strong systems-level experience shipping and optimizing a mobile 6v6 FPS, including custom pooling, input, networking, and anti-cheat architecture. Stands out for combining deep performance engineering with practical AI-assisted development workflows that helped deliver a prototype in one week, plus end-to-end ownership of a separate web app built for a doctor under a tight deadline.
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Key Strengths
- Architected custom Unity pooling and reference system for mobile FPS
- Deep expertise in memory-constrained mobile optimization
- Achieved sub-2GB RAM usage and 120 FPS on normal mobile devices
- Built event-driven gameplay systems to avoid constant update polling
- Solved Addressables-related memory and shader leak issues with custom overrides
- Designed custom cross-platform input system outperforming Unity's beta input stack
- Hands-on multiplayer networking and server-authoritative simulation design
- Implemented anti-cheat via server-side gameplay and physics simulation
- Strong cross-functional collaboration with design, engineering, art, and stakeholders
- Pragmatic AI tooling integration that accelerated prototyping from about a month to one week
- End-to-end ownership across game systems and web application delivery
Reference Highlights
- owned major gameplay features
- proactive about improving player experience
- strong playtesting instincts
- smart design choices
- effective mobile optimization
- forward-thinking with AI tooling
- persistent problem solver
- high quality standards
- handles difficult build issues independently
- strong networking problem-solving
- improved multiplayer synchronization
- reduced latency-related gameplay issues
- ownership of gameplay, animation, and sound
- available for discussion and feedback
- communicates issues directly to the right people
- collaborative
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