André Read
Lead Developer at Wield Interactive
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolAndré Read is a Lead Developer and seasoned game engineer with 11 years of experience designing and shipping games and educational apps across PC, web, mobile and console platforms. Based in Townsville after moving from Norway, he leads development on the Bronze Age RTS TFC: The Fertile Crescent and has a track record as a solo contractor delivering complete game projects and learning apps. He combines hands-on gameplay engineering (including UE5 prototyping and Blueprints) with teaching experience at university level, mentoring students in 3D modelling, animation and game engines. A practical founder and co‑creator of multiple studios, he pairs product-minded design with the ability to take prototypes to publishable releases. Notably, his background spans both classroom-focused MMOs and commercial console titles, reflecting a rare blend of educational and entertainment game expertise.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at Universitetet i Oslo (UiO)Bachelor, Interactive Medias, Bachelor, Interactive Medias at Høgskolen i Hedmark (HH)
Norwegian, English
Github Skills (3)
stream3
publish3
vimeo2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
LincRead/bronze-age
Aug 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:439 commits, 359 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
LincRead/rts
Jan 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:115 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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