Alex Carlson
Senior Game Developer at MindMaze
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Carlson is a Senior Game Developer based in New York with 11 years of experience building compelling, accessible gameplay across platforms—from large-scale web projects at Target to intimate VR installations. He blends a BFA in Web and Multimedia Environments with front-end engineering chops to craft moment-to-moment experiences that prioritize joy and immediate player engagement. Comfortable leading production-level teams and shipping polished interactions, Alex has moved between UI engineering roles and indie game studios, giving him a rare mix of product-scale rigor and creative playfulness. At MindMaze he continues to focus on immersive experiences, while his background at We're Five Games and Target demonstrates an ability to translate design sensibilities into robust, user-facing systems. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic and player-first, with a knack for simplifying complex interactions so they feel delightfully obvious.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Web and Multimedia Environments, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Web and Multimedia Environments at Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Github Skills (21)
vscode8
gamepad3
frontend3
websocket2
socket-io2
json2
nodejs2
operating-system2
game-development2
backend2
command-line2
jquery1
p5js1
javascript1
mp31
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
alex-carlson/Quizzems
Mar 2025 - Jul 2026
Contributions:342 pushes, 11 branches in 1 year 4 months
Digitalistic/SuperTropicalActionBoating64
Nov 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:50 commits, 41 pushes in 11 days
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