Luis Parra

Gameplay Programmer and Designer

Gameplay programmer for live games, and a designer. I build systems, LiveOps, and gameplay loops across engines, including player mechanics, multiplayer, analytics, and branded collaborations.

Open to programming and game design roles.

Email about a roleparral700@gmail.com

Work

Selected work

Hive Engine. A C++20 job system and data-oriented ECS, driving a 100,000-entity boids swarm. Swarm changes thread count, data layout, and the spatial grid live, and the frame-time graph shows where the time goes.

C++

Hive Engine

Systems Programmer · Personal

A C++20 job system and data-oriented ECS, driving a 100,000-entity boids swarm. Swarm changes thread count, data layout, and the spatial grid live, and the frame-time graph shows where the time goes.

Built a work-stealing scheduler, archetype storage laid out for the cache, and a profiler you can read while the sim runs.

View on GitHub
CLASH: Heroes of Feralia Terra. Gameplay programmer generalist on a third-person action RPG, coming soon on Steam. Worked on the inventory system.

Unreal

CLASH: Heroes of Feralia Terra

Gameplay Programmer · Independent · Artnroll Games

Gameplay programmer generalist on a third-person action RPG, coming soon on Steam. Worked on the inventory system.

View on Steam
Griefville. Shipped the Chucky collaboration, including a Nightmare version.

Roblox

Griefville

Gameplay Programmer · On3D · Rocket Ride Games

Shipped the Chucky collaboration, including a Nightmare version.

Built the AI system, shooting, and the karma system.

Watch trailer
Class Clash. Shipped LiveOps for a live Roblox game.

Roblox

Class Clash

Gameplay Programmer · DeadMonkey Inc. · Look North World

Shipped LiveOps for a live Roblox game.

Built game analytics, split testing, and the synergy system.

Play on Roblox
Guess Who. Led the gameplay loop and shipped a tournament mode.

UEFN

Guess Who

Lead Programmer · DeadMonkey Inc. · Look North World

Led the gameplay loop and shipped a tournament mode.

Built the board, the questions, and the guess flow.

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The Glitch. Built the live loop behind the island's brand events.

UEFN

The Glitch

Gameplay Programmer · DeadMonkey Inc. · Look North World

Built the live loop behind the island's brand events.

Built the objective system, the tournament mode, and LiveOps.

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DoorDash Battle of Brands. LiveOps and bug fixing for the DoorDash island.

UEFN

DoorDash Battle of Brands

Gameplay Programmer · DeadMonkey Inc. · Look North World

LiveOps and bug fixing for the DoorDash island.

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I'm Your Floor. A short single-player game, released for Windows, from Unidos Game Jam 2022.

Unity

I'm Your Floor

Developer · Independent

A short single-player game, released for Windows, from Unidos Game Jam 2022.

Play on itch.io

Experience

Game roles

DeadMonkey Inc.

Gameplay Programmer

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On3D

Gameplay Programmer

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Other experience

KPMG, Legal and Tax

Middle RPA Developer

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Gestech Ltda

Development Engineer

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Skills

  • Roblox, Unity, Verse, Unreal Engine
  • C++, C#, Lua
  • Git, Multiplayer

Education

  • Master in Game Design and Development

    Universidad Internacional De La Rioja

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  • Computer and System Engineer

    Universidad Del Norte

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Courses
  • Game Development with Unreal Engine from 0 to Professional. Udemy. 2022.
  • Unreal Engine from 0: Create Games with Blueprints and C++. Udemy. 2022.
Other study
  • Introduction to Quantum Computing with IBM Quantum. Qubit by Qubit. 2020–2021.
  • UiPath: RPA Developer Advanced. RPA Developer Foundation. 2022.
  • Automation Anywhere: Advanced RPA Professional. Master RPA Professional. 2021.

Languages

  • Spanish (Native)
  • English (Advanced)