Isaac Sloat
Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIsaac Sloat is a versatile software developer with 11 years of hands-on experience building game systems and personal projects across Java, C++, C#, and Python. He contributes to the well-known open-source Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup project, focusing on core gameplay logic, data structures, and creature mechanics—work that demonstrates attention to design, balance, and maintainable back-end code. A dual-background thinker with BAs in Philosophy and Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he pairs analytical rigor with practical engineering. Isaac is actively developing indie and open-source games in Unity, showing both creative drive and the ability to ship features across codebases. He also brings leadership and mentoring experience from captaining his university fencing squad, translating coaching skills into collaborative development and onboarding.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy at University of Wisconsin - MadisonGreen Bay Southwest High School
French, American Sign Language, English
Github Skills (8)
mechanics10
c-language10
game-development10
cprogramming-language10
data-structure9
algorithm9
data-structures9
algorithms9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
crawl/crawl
Aug 2016 - Dec 2017
Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup official repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:228 commits, 84 PRs, 149 pushes in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Isaac primarily contributed to the core gameplay logic and data structures of the Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup game. Their work focused on enhancing existing game mechanics, particularly improving the presentation and messaging around character attribute increases and species-specific abilities. They also implemented features such as adding new monster types, and modifying existing ones, along with modifying their behaviors and abilities. These changes involved modifying code related to player stats, monster abilities, and game mechanics.
dungeonstonerpgroguelikedungeon-crawl-stone-soup
isloat/Java-Textbook-Exercises
Apr 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:100 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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