Summary
Mickey Sanchez is a founder and software engineer based in the Portland, Oregon metro area, leading New Beings, a video game studio he founded with a partner in 2015 and has made his full-time focus since late 2020. The studio develops original games for iOS, Android, PC, and the web and also offers consulting in game design, level design, programming (Unity), writing, and production. Earlier in his career, he built web and game software as a freelance developer and as a software engineer at Kongregate and Joystick Interactive, delivering projects for Google, Shazam, HBO, and the Ohio Lottery. He also shares his craft by teaching game development at the Pacific Northwest College of Art and Portland Community College. He holds an MA in Performance Studies from New York University and a BA from NYU's Gallatin School, bringing a multidisciplinary perspective to engineering and storytelling.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (M.A), Performance Studies, Master of Arts (M.A), Performance Studies at New York University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Constructed Realities, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Constructed Realities at New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study
App Academy