Experience

• Game Programmer/ 3D Artist at UprightVR

  Philadelphia, US

  June 2024 - April 2025

  • Took over development of VR prototype aimed at fall prevention for older generations, building on prior work in collaboration with a research doctor professor and PhD students specializing in the topic.
  
  • Implemented gameplay system based on professor’s directions and iterations based on real-user testing and feedback.
  
  • Maintained and debugged existing code while documenting them for long-term maintainability.
  
  • Initially a 3D artist; created custom 3D assets and optimized, UV unwrapped, and textured store assets to meet the visual requirements and technical limitations of mobile shaders.
  

• Game Developer, Research Assistant at Venizelos Foundation

  Chania, Crete, GR

  September 2023 - March 2024

  • Conducted detailed research on Venizelos’ life events to pitch a narrative-driven video game based on his life events aimed at museum visitors.
  
  • Prototyped various gameplay concepts with cards in Lua and LOVE2D and iterated based on feedback from the museum staff and history students.
  
  • Visualized the museum space and assessed the probability of implementing the game in Minecraft and in 3D aimed at juveniles to evaluate educational potential.
  
  • Developed a proof-of-concept game on Unity, aligning with historical accuracy.

• 3D Artist at OPEX Corporation

  Moorestown, US

  September 2022 - March 2023

  • Created optimized 3D models based on reference images and/or CAD files focusing on real-time performance and high visual fidelity with use of baking normals and various other maps.
  
  • Developed modular materials using Unreal’s ORM workflow and shader node networks, including vertex animations and procedural UV manipulation to meet modularity requirements.
  
  • Defined asset creation standards approaches in 3d art for the company, documented best practices, and contributed to long-term sprint planning & quarterly meetings.
  
  • Coded Unreal C# Slate UI scripts for internal real-time visualization tools.