Chris Wade
Founder Director at Luckshot Games
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Wade is a game designer, programmer, and artist with 12 years of experience building polished, experimental games and studios-driven projects from prototype to release. As founder and director of Luckshot Games he led design, art, programming, and business efforts on Sausage Sports Club and is currently directing a novel 3D platformer, Big Hops. His background spans AAA and indie titles—contributing gameplay code, tools, and design on projects like Mortal Kombat X, Battle Chef Brigade, and Manifold Garden—making him a versatile generalist comfortable across C#/Unity and C++ codebases. Known for owning features end-to-end, he blends creative systems design with production and marketing savvy, often shipping with small teams. Based in Austin, he brings an uncommon mix of artist sensibility and technical tooling experience that speeds iteration and strengthens game feel.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Game Development (Focus in Gameplay Programming), BS, Computer Game Development (Focus in Gameplay Programming) at DePaul University
Github Skills (31)
random-generation10
utilities10
spinner9
skill9
gamepad9
unity3d9
unity3d-editor8
conversations8
dialogue-systems8
mouse8
scriptableobject8
keyboard8
inspector7
unity-editor7
extension-methods7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cjacobwade/BigHopsTools
Mar 2020 - Apr 2022
Contributions:15 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
cjacobwade/HelpfulScripts
Nov 2013 - Nov 2019
A collection of random, useful scripts
Contributions:84 commits, 1 PR, 68 pushes in 6 years
utilitiesuseful-scriptsrandom-generation
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