Zachary Patten is an application developer with 12 years of experience building production software from Kansas State University to enterprise teams in Topeka, Kansas. He has delivered across the stack at companies like Advise Technologies and Gulfstream Aerospace, specializing in practical, maintainable solutions for complex business domains. A versatile coder, Zachary’s open-source contributions include implementing classic games (Snake, Tetris, Wumpus World) as .NET console applications, reflecting a knack for clear game mechanics and user-facing logic that double as educational examples. Colleagues rely on him for steady execution and readable code, and he brings an engineer’s curiosity to both UI and backend challenges.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Kansas State University
Game examples implemented as .NET console applications primarily for providing education and inspiration. :)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:44 reviews, 624 commits, 71 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Zachary contributed new game implementations, including Snake, Tic Tac Toe, Wumpus World, and Tetris, within the .NET console application framework. The commits demonstrate a focus on the development of game mechanics and user interfaces, along with associated code changes within each new game. The user also created the base for additional games such as: Pong, Hurdles, and Tanks.
Contributions:25 releases, 4 reviews, 1228 commits in 3 years 6 months
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