Christopher Barney

About Christopher Barney

I am a game designer and game design professor with a professional background in web-based applications, an educational background in virtual world design and conversational artificial intelligence, and personal background in interactive narrative and improvisational theater. I am the author of the book Pattern Language for Game Design.My goal is to save the world. No, really. and I believe that making games and teaching game design can be a huge part of that.Specialties: Game Design Patterns, Game Systems Design, Game Systems Architecture, Narrative Design, Software Project Specification, PHP 7, MySQL 8, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Redux, SVN/CVS/Git, Photoshop, Unity, Unreal Editor, Construct3

Experience

1. Gdc Conference Associate Staff

   Ubm Plc

   Mar 2015 — Present

   One of the largest and most closely knit groups of Video Game development professionals in the industry. Also the best run, most effective and positive group I have ever been a part of. Nominally this group helps to run the Game Developers Conference, and they do indeed to that better than any other conference staff in the world. But beyond that this group is dedicated to the support and networking of it\'s members within the industry.

Education

• Marlboro College

  BA, Computer Science / Sociology

  1994 — 1999

• Azusa Pacific University

  MS, Computer Science

  2000 — 2002

Skills

• Amazon S3
• Drupal
• User Interface Design
• Game Design Documents
• C#
• Oop
• Multiplayer
• Json
• Game Development
• Css
• Mobile Applications
• Jquery
• Mmo
• Unity
• Memcached
• Game Design
• Xhtml
• Javascript
• Web Development
• Content Management Systems (Cms)
• User Experience
• Software Architectural Design
• Eclipse
• Html
• Ampersand
• Subversion
• Mysql
• Ajax
• Svn
• Unity3d
• Xml
• Mobile Devices
• Game Programming
• Programming
• Adobe Photoshop
• Video Games
• Narrative Design
• Photoshop
• Php
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)