Robert Lafferty
Game Programming Instructor at Academy of Art University
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Lafferty is a game programming instructor and seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building gameplay systems for AAA titles, casino systems, and military weapon interfaces. With MS and BS degrees in Computer Science and a focus on cybersecurity and game development, he brings deep C++, C#, Python and tooling experience to both production and instructional contexts. He shipped gameplay features at Treyarch and prototyped AI mechanics for Deviant Games, and has practical experience adapting legacy C++ systems to modern C# stacks for enterprise gaming platforms. An educator for eight years, Robert blends classroom pedagogy with industry practice—teaching freshman programming while coordinating large course labs and grading programs. He also led VR research work for autism therapy, demonstrating an interest in applying game tech to real-world therapeutic and accessibility problems. Based in Los Angeles, he is equally comfortable mentoring students, collaborating with designers and artists, and shipping performant, documented systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of Nebraska-LincolnBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Senior, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Senior at Kansas State University
English
Github Skills (19)
steam-api6
visual-studio-code-extension4
gift4
react4
php-server4
php3
serve3
javascript3
game-dev3
nodejs3
vscode-extension3
steamworks2
steam2
api2
vscode2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rclafferty/rclafferty.github.io
May 2017 - Nov 2024
My website, posted on GitHub to show the code
Contributions:3 reviews, 5 PRs, 206 pushes in 7 years 7 months
rclafferty/Machine-Learning-Tutorial
Mar 2018 - Dec 2023
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
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