Star

Game Developer & Software Engineer

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Game developer and software engineer with expertise in Roblox development. Created games with over 400M+ plays and managed live service updates for thousands of concurrent users. Experienced in Lua, TypeScript, and full-stack development.

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Skills & Technologies

Roblox
VSCode
Lua
JavaScript
TypeScript
Next.js
React
Node.js
PostgreSQL
MongoDB

Projects

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Fishing Simulator

A massive multiplayer Roblox game with over 400M+ plays, featuring live operation integrations for a dynamic fishing experience.

LuaRoblox StudioTypeScriptMongoDBRoactRoactRedux
Zombie Survival Screenshot 1
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Zombie Survival in Minot, ND

A multiplayer Roblox game with over 7M+ plays, featuring dynamic world building and survival mechanics.

LuaRoblox Studio3D Modeling/Texturing
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Find the Candy

A Roblox game with over 700K+ plays, featuring a puzzle-solving adventure with hidden objects and mini-games.

LuaRoblox Studio3D Modeling/Texturing
LuaLearn Interface
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Punch Your Friends Simulator

An online multiplayer Roblox game, featuring a physics-based fighting system and ragdoll mechanics.

LuaRoblox Studio3D Modeling/Texturing
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Find the Bottlecaps

A multiplayer Roblox game, featuring a robust pet system, hidden object adventure with mini-games and puzzles.

LuaRoblox Studio3D Modeling/Texturing

Work Experience

Gameplay Engineer - Fishing Simulator

Cloud Entertainment Inc.

Oct 2023 - Now

I work on gameplay features used across LiveService/LiveOps Metaverse titles with over 400 million plays and thousands of concurrent players on Roblox.

Software Engineer - AI

OceanTech / Ocean Enterprises

May 2022 - Oct 2023

Full-stack engineer tasked with creating centralized applications to manage 3rd-party integrations. Created AI Models/RESTful APIs to integrate with tooling.

Customer Success Associate

Sezzle, Inc.

Feb 2020 - May 2020

Worked with customer success, quality assurance, and product teams to enhance user experience.

Project Coordinator, Operational Excellence

ASAP (Waitr Holdings) / Bite Squad

May 2018 - Feb 2020

Cross-functional position; leading, coordinating, and executed on projects. Worked daily with Executive Leadership, Field Operations, Marketing Operations, Product & Engineering, DevOps, and Business Intelligence. Primarily responsible for Mergers & Acquisitions, and Product projects. Managed remote teams of 300+ and local teams of 10+

A&A Sales / Special Projects Team Member

Target Corporation

Apr 2016 - May 2018

I worked closely with backroom and floor operations teams to ensure A&A end-to-end operations moved smoothly at the corporate flagship retail store.

Recent Achievements

The Games on Roblox - 2024

Participated in Roblox's 'The Games' event as an engineer for Fishing Simulator.

Shipped 30+ Updates

Released over 30 live service updates for games with thousands of concurrent users.

Closed $3M+ IT Sales

Successfully opened and closed over $3M+ in IT hardware sales in the ITAD industry.

Managed 300+ Remote Team

Led and managed teams of 300+ remotely and cross-functional teams in various industries.

Testimonials

"Star puts his heart into everything that he does. He brings his team along with him and gets the job done. It is a true pleasure to work with him."

Carrie Y.

Former VP, Operational Excellence @ Waitr Holdings

Brands I've Worked With

Roblox
We Love Fine
Valve Corporation
Sesame Street
Cloud Entertainment Inc.
OceanTech
Sezzle
ASAP
Target Corporation

Get In Touch

Feel free to reach out if you're looking for a developer, have a question, or just want to connect.

Prefer to keep it simple? Just send me an email at star@starvsk.dev