| EDUCATION |
| 2009-present |
CMU Entertainment Technology Center (ETC)
Masters of Entertainment Technology
Expected Graduation Date: Spring 2011
The ETC master's degree is focused on extensive semester-long project courses where
technologists and non-technologists work together to "produce artifacts that are intended to
entertain, inform, inspire, or otherwise affect an audience/guest/player/participant." |
| 2006-present |
CMU School of Computer Science (SCS)
Current Major: Computer Science
Current Minor: Art
Special Courses: Graphics, Animation Art and Technology
Fall 2009 Cumulative GPA: 3.89
Expected Graduation Date: Fall 2011 |
| 2002-2006 |
Montgomery Blair High School Science and Mathematics Magnet Program |
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COURSE WORK |
| 2009 fall |
Building Virtual Worlds
Programmer for five 3D worlds coded using Panda3D and python and built on either the Playmotion shadow-recognition platform
or the Head-Mounted Display (HMD) platform. Worked on teams with 3 other people - a modeler, texture artist, sound artist
World Descriptions:
Fly Pilot (Playmotion)
the player rides a large fly, which travels on a rail, and must dodge obstacles by leaning left and right using his/her shadow
Portfolio Link: http://www.yangshangames.com/portfolio/fly_rider.html
Cow Corral (HMD)
the player is a cowboy on a horse who must throw a lasso to catch escaped cows
Portfolio Link: http://yangshangames.com/portfolio/cow_corral.html
Late One Night (Playmotion)
Producer; A zombie infestation game involving all students in ETC class of 2011. The player holds a flashlight and must focus the light on infected students
Portfolio Link: http://yangshangames.com/portfolio/late_one_night.html
The Stagehand (Playmotion)
A performance piece where the actor finds that shadows are alive. Shadow puppets made by the performer come to life on the screen
Portfolio Link: http://yangshangames.com/portfolio/shadow_horse.html
Served (Playmotion)
Producer; A two-player rhythm game inspired by Elite Beat Agents. The player uses his shadow to hit buttons and sliders in time with the music in order to mimic popular dance moves.
Portfolio Link: http://yangshangames.com/portfolio/served.html
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| 2009 spring |
Animation Art and Technology
Created an animated short using Maya with a team of 5 modelers. Modeled and animated a cartoon-style boy
in one scene of a 3 minute animated short named "Artbot" - a story about an artist and a computer nerd working together to create a "beautiful robot"
YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK7FW-Vyam4
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Multimedia
Lead programmer and artist for a 2D tower defense game using Adobe Flash and ActionScript
Portfolio Link: http://yangshangames.com/portfolio/ninja_defense.html
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INDEPENDENT GAME DEVELOPMENT |
| 2006 fall |
Super Ninja Go Jump
2D platforming game coded in C++ and created for Game Creation Society. I was co-producer and lead concept artist for this project.
Portfolio Link: http://yangshangames.com/portfolio/sngj.html
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| 2007 fall |
Xtreme Ironing
2D puzzle game coded using C# and XNA. I was Lead programmer for this Game Creation Society Project.
Portfolio Link: http://yangshangames.com/portfolio/xtreme_ironing.html
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| 2007 winter |
Squirrel Wars
2D turn based shooter game using C# and XNA. I was a programmer for this personal project.
Portfolio Link: http://yangshangames.com/portfolio/squirrel_wars.html
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EXPERIENCE
Microsoft Intern
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| 2009 summer |
Software Developer for Powerpoint 2010
Fixed Video Portability feature of PowerPoint 2010 for compatibility with QuickTime
Implemented fallback code that converts any video into WMV format using C++
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| 2008 summer |
Software Developer in Test for Live Search Answers
Designed a new testing framework for Live Search Answers Test Team using C#
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| 2007 summer |
Explorer Intern in Subscriptions and Commerce
Created 3 basic verification tests and an artificial intelligence for keyword recognition using C# and ASP.NET
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CMU Campus Jobs
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| 2006-2009 |
Web Admin for Women@SCS Webteam
Website: www.women.cs.cmu.edu
Worked on scripting for website admin forms, calendar backend, login sessions, and profile pages using PHP and MySQL
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| 2009 spring |
Class Assistant for Graph Theory
Graded homework and exams of students in Graph Theory
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| COMPUTER SKILLS |
| Programming: |
ActionScript, C, C++, C#, CSS script, HTML, Java, JavaScript, MySQL, OpenGL, PHP, Python, T-SQL, XNA
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| Applications: |
Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk Maya |
| HOBBIES |
Drawing, piano, origami |
| CITIZENSHIP |
U.S. Citizen |
