Tobias Heinemann
Game Developer at exA-Arcadia
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolTobias Heinemann is a game developer and generative artist with nine years of experience blending animation, interactive design, and data-driven processes to create immersive media and procedural worlds. Trained at UCLA’s Design | Media Art program, he brings a rare mix of artistic craft and technical rigor—rooted in early mechanical engineering studies and film scholarship—to projects spanning projection mapping, custom software, and live installation. As Lead Generative Designer at Refik Anadol Studio and now a game developer in Tokyo, he specializes in "data sculpting": turning raw datasets into motion-rich visual experiences rather than conventional visualizations. He pairs hands-on pipeline creation and programming with UI/graphic design, and maintains an active freelance practice in procedural animation and game graphics. An avid arcade enthusiast and co-host of a games journalism webseries, he also leverages public performance and event experience to shape how audiences engage with interactive work.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Design | Media Art, Approx 3.94 Major GPA - Dean's List for Six Consecutive Terms, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Design | Media Art, Approx 3.94 Major GPA - Dean's List for Six Consecutive Terms at University of California, Los Angeles
English
Github Skills (13)
tint10
shader8
genesis7
nintendo-3ds6
sega6
hlsl6
testing6
enet4
homebrew4
unity3d3
toolchain3
multiplayer3
networking2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Softdrink117/libnaomi
Nov 2022 - Sep 2024
Toolchain and system library enabling hobby/homebrew software to be developed for the Sega Naomi platform.
Contributions:10 PRs, 27 pushes, 7 branches in 1 year 10 months
sega-naominaominintendo-3dsgenesistoolchain
Softdrink117/unity-watercolor-shader
Jun 2017 - Feb 2020
Tests for a postprocess watercolor-esque effect - that wasn't terribly successful
Contributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years 7 months
postprocesswatercolortestingtinthlsl
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