Robbie Wagner
Gameplay Engineer at WaxHeart Team
Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobbie Wagner is a Gameplay Engineer with 11 years of software experience who splits his time between fintech development and building games in Unity. He designs and implements platforming and puzzle mechanics, creates editor tools to speed designer iteration, and mentors junior developers while leading technical discussions. At WaxHeart he shipped systems like balance beams, chase sequences, ladder editors, and FMOD-integrated audio logic, blending gameplay polish with production-ready engineering. Previously he developed .NET web features and AWS integrations at Athene, bringing a practical background in debugging legacy systems and version-control best practices. Based in Des Moines, he combines a maker’s curiosity—“makin’ games!” on GitHub—with disciplined delivery across both games and enterprise software.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Simpson College
Github Skills (27)
rendering9
trie9
phaser9
canvas8
elixir8
game-development8
mobile-web8
2d-game8
reddit8
javascript8
webgl8
parsing7
mathematical-expressions7
html7
facebook-instant-games6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Rob-bie/ElixirPlusReddit
Jan 2016 - Aug 2016
Reddit API wrapper in Elixir
Contributions:54 commits, 1 PR, 26 pushes in 7 months
elixirreddit
Rob-bie/retrieval
Apr 2016 - Feb 2022
Trie implementation in Elixir
Contributions:2 PRs, 13 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 11 months
elixirtrie
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