Tim Ryan

Founder, full stack programmer, game developer, designer, producer, writer

Role
Founder and Head of Games at Upswing Games
Location
Columbus, GA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Tim Ryan

Game engineer, designer, product manager and producer for casino, lottery, mobile and PC games.Executive Producer of slot machines and digital ports for AGS / Cadillac Jack where in 4 years I grew production capacity from 16 to 52 games per year and ported a total of 50 games online.Director of Development for Casino Life Poker for Kaneva where I transitioned the team to a new platform and genre, launched in 8 months, and ran a live service on four platforms for over 2 years.Designed and patented more than 20 innovations in slot machine and skill game mechanics and game systems.Drove the iLottery roadmap for Scientific Games and tripled game performance for 1st party games.Senior Producer at Hope Lab on Re-Mission, the first cancer-fighting serious game that literally saved lives, shipping on time despite inherited delays and an increased scope.Publishing Producer at Sony for Frequency, the first online game for the PS2 and winner of a BAFTA for innovation.

Experience

  1. Founder and Head of Games

    Upswing Games

    Aug 2024 — Present · US

    Founder, Head of Games and Chief Engineer of an igaming dev studio. Created a complete igaming solution. Designed and developed slot and eInstant games with patent-pending features.

Education

  • City College of San Francisco

    Computer Science, Art

    1987 — 1990

Skills

  • Level Design
  • Multiplayer
  • Game Mechanics
  • Video Games
  • Gameplay
  • Outsourcing
  • Python
  • Scrum
  • C#
  • Mobile Games
  • Sketchup
  • Online Gaming
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Agile
  • Ms Project
  • Excel
  • Casino
  • Game Design
  • Javascript
  • Html 5
  • Gimp
  • Xbox 360
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Social Games
  • Wpf
  • C++
  • Computer Games
  • Unity3d
  • Budgeting
  • Odbc
  • Sharepoint
  • Unreal Engine 3
  • Scheduling
  • Vba
  • 3d Studio Max
  • Vb.net
  • Game Development
  • Sql
  • Visio

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