25 years of game development experience
John Styes - Experienced Technical Director / Working Lead Engineer
On September 27, 1999, I started my first game development job at the fabled Iguana Studios in Austin Texas. My journey included many platforms, many games, and many friends along the way. Whether it is a mobile game or writing games for custom hardware, I never shy away from a challenge or give up looking for the last TRC bug. In leadership roles, I have put together demos, created biz-dev decks, hired new employees, and managed large teams of engineers. Lastly, as a technical director, I have guided projects to tools, generated standards and practices, setup development infrastructure, and guided leads to become better leaders.
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MY HIGHLIGHTS
Last Expedition
Last Expedition
Last Expedition
Last Expedition is a PVPVE Extraction Shooter developed in Unreal Engine 5 game
Gotham Knights
Last Expedition
Last Expedition
An Unreal Engine 4 Brawler game set in the DC Universe
Doom (Switch)
Last Expedition
Villains Con Minion Blast
Worked with Panic Button on performance optimization to get Doom on the Nintendo Switch
Villains Con Minion Blast
Villains Con Minion Blast
Villains Con Minion Blast
A Universal Studios ride featuring custom hardware, projectors, and multiple clients using Unreal Engine 5.
Voyage of the Dead
Villains Con Minion Blast
Voyage of the Dead
A UE4 shooter on rails using PDP's MARS hardware
DCUO
Villains Con Minion Blast
Voyage of the Dead
A Massively Multiplayer Online Game featuring DC's biggest names on all major console and the PC.
TMNT: Out of the Shadows
TMNT: Out of the Shadows
TMNT: Out of the Shadows
An Unreal Engine 3 4-player co-op multiplayer TMNT fighting game that was released on all major consoles.
My Prototypes
TMNT Fighter Demo
Alien Isolation Demo
Alien Isolation Demo
TMNT Fighting game demo made in 3 months with UE4
Alien Isolation Demo
Alien Isolation Demo
Alien Isolation Demo
Alien Isolation Demo VR/PC (UE4)
Dawn of Fire Demo
Alien Isolation Demo
Dawn of Fire Demo
Another Arkham-style combat demo with blood and Vikings (UE4)
My INDY STUFF
Knight of the Hamsters
Cave-In: Miner Rescue Team
Knight of the Hamsters
An indy game released on Steam where knights kill hamsters that turn into demons at night
Cheneystar
Cave-In: Miner Rescue Team
Knight of the Hamsters
A political satire game based on the arcade game Sinistar
Cave-In: Miner Rescue Team
Cave-In: Miner Rescue Team
Cave-In: Miner Rescue Team
A 3D Match 3 game with a mishmash of fun gameplay mechanics (Xbox 360)