Ben Fickes

Gameplay Programmer

My Work

About Me

Professional Projects

Software I've created as part of a professional team

Personal Projects

Software I've created for fun


Rogumon

Creature Collector + Roguelite
Demo password: Exile
Team: Me as programmer/designer/writer, various art asset packs
  • Designed and implemented variety of creatures, items, abilities, moves, and passives
  • Created a custom UI system for managing different screens and UI elements
  • Made necessary data serializable in order to save progress
  • Implemented meta progression and character unlock systems
  • How to scope and manage my time on a solo project
  • How to save player state properly through serialization
  • Unity (C# scripts)
  • Trello
  • Git

Darkfire Mod

For Slay the Spire
Team: Yours Truly
  • Developed a new character (The Darkfire) with a new deck and mecahnics (ex: add random "flames" to hand)
  • Progress is slow due to school and job search, but I'll be adding more cards (and relics) when I can
  • I did the card art, though you can see I'm not an artist
  • Currently: 1 new character with 13 new cards
  • Beginning something is the hardest part - I spent a lot of time getting the first card working, then things got much easier
  • How to follow wikis and documentation closely (since there aren't people to ask questions)
  • It's incredibly fun to make something I can show to people and watch them play
  • Java. I also used a Java decompiler (to reference game code) for the first time
  • ModTheSpire and BaseMod, popular modding tools
  • Git

About Me

I graduated from Northeastern University in 2020 with a degree in Computer Science & Game Development. I now work at Wonderstorm as a Gameplay Engineer - you can see more about my past and present work here. When I'm not programming, I enjoy Dungeons & Dragons (as a player and a DM - you can check out some of my homebrew campaigns here), running, and gaming with friends.

If you make games and are looking for a programmer, send me an email or give me a call. Want more info to help make your decision? Check out my Github, my resume, or email me with any questions.

Address


Oakland, CA

Phone


+1 (302) 750-3364