Cole Sweet | Game Programmer

Cole Sweet

Game Programmer

A game programmer passionate about tools, shaders, and graphics.

ABOUT ME

It's great to meet you! 👋

I'm a Game Programmer who's been making games since I was 8! I'm always looking for an opportunity to work on great games with great people. I love getting involved in local game dev communities and events.

Here is a photo of me giving a talk at LoJam 2023!

EXPERIENCE

Big Blue Bubble

Game Programmer

Fixed bugs and integrated content for My Singing Monsters.
Worked on web & Slack apps.
Developed realtime multiplayer systems for My Singing Monsters: Playground.

Technologies Used:

Unity
C#
C++
Lua
SQL
Netcode

May 2023 - August 2024 | London, Canada

Digital Extremes

Technical Game Analyst

Worked to maintain & improve the quality of the player experience for Warframe.
Created clear and informative bug reports.
Verifed bug fixes.

Technologies Used:

Jira
DebugView
Google Suite

May 2022 - August 2022 | London, Canada

Perigon Games

Technical Artist & Level Designer

Created all VFXs and Shaders for BForBoss.
Blocked out level designs and led the level team.

Technologies Used:

Unity
Shader Graph
C#
Photoshop
Probuilder

March 2022 - June 2024 | Vancouver, Canada

Western Universty

Undergraduate

BSc Computer Science with Game Development Minor
Founder and President of The Western Game Design Society

Technologies Used:

Python
Java
C
C++
OpenGL
PHP
SQL

September 2020 - April 2025 | London, Canada

PROJECTS

REDUX Solutions

Scavenge a living beast from the inside!

C#
Unity
Graphics

View Project

My Singing Monsters

A multi-platform live-service monster collecting game.

C++
Lua
MySQL

View Project

My Singing Monsters: Dawn of Fire

A 3D mobile live-service monster collecting game.

Unity
C#

View Project

My Singing Monsters: Playground

A multi-platform multiplayer tournament party game.

Unity
C#
Networking

View Project

Warframe

A third-person shooter multiplayer RPG.

DebugView

View Project

The Pond

A chaotic frog waiting game.

Godot
GDScript

View Project

Online Co-op Prototype

A small multiplayer prototype.

Unity
C#
Networking

View Project

Family Fisticuffs

An argument-breaking arcade game.

Godot
GDScript

View Project

BForBoss

A 3D parkour boss-battler FPS.

Unity
C#
Graphics

View Project

Tools

Various tools I made to learn Unreal and PyMel.

Unreal
Maya
Python

View Project

3D Nintendo DS Engine

A 3D Engine made in C++ for the Nintendo DS.

C++
OpenGL
Graphics

View Project

ACCOLADES

LoJam 2024

Awarded:

Industry Judges' Best in Art
People's Choice

Project:

The Pond

Skills:

3D Physics
Navigation
Godot

Awarded By:

November 2024

LoJam 2023

Awarded:

People's Choice

Project:

Battle Bees

Skills:

Game Programming
Multiplayer
Godot

Awarded By:

October 2023

Hack Western 9

Awarded:

Second Place Overall
Best 3D/VR/VR Project Using echo3D
Best Hack to Support WFH
Organizer's Choice

Project:

genee

Skills:

Unity
Blender
Photoshop

Awarded By:

November 2022

LoJam 2022

Awarded:

Industry Judges' First Pick

Project:

Family Fisticuffs

Skills:

Game Programming
Leadership
Godot

Awarded By:

October 2022

Hack Western 8

Awarded:

Best use of Amazon Web Services

Project:

Mind-Space

Skills:

JavaScript
HTML
CSS
AWS

Awarded By:

November 2021

Schulich Leader Scholarship

Awarded:

Science Scholarship (1 of 3, $80,000)

Skills:

Academic Excellence
Leadership
Creativity

Awarded By:

September 2020

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

London Game Jam

Organizer & Speaker

Help plan & run the London Game Jam.
Present talks on Shaders.

October 2023 - Present | London, Canada

London Game Developers

Founder & Organizer

Run & manage the London Game Developers Discord.

October 2023 - Present | London, Canada

Level Up Showcase

Volunteer

Helped run the Level Up Showcase floor.

April 2024 | Toronto, Canada

Western Game Design Society

Founder & President

Manage & support a growing diverse team.
Help event planning & execution.
Help manage finances of the club

February 2022 - Present | London, Canada