“Michael has always seen a little farther than others. Not many people remember this, but the first iPhone didn't allow 3rd party applications. However, the instant Apple announced their App Store for the iPhone 3, Michael immediately pivoted towards app creation. He saw a future where non-developers could develop apps without requiring large teams, so rather than focusing on building our own apps, Michael designed GameSalad around enabling small teams to create their own mobile applications, predating the rise of the independent app studio. GameSalad was also one of the first app engines to provide a full publishing solution, when Michael predicted that small game teams would need help navigating the variety of publishing methods on various mobile platforms. Michael is driven, hardworking and far-sighted. He challenges you by looking at the details you often overlook or disregard, and he can articulate why they're important to the user in a clear manner.”
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● Invented GameSalad, a popular domain specific language for games, grew to 3 million…
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📢 Big news: I've officially become a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz! 🚀 After ~2 years as an Entrepreneur in Residence, leading SPEEDRUN—our premier…
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Activities and Societies: Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), Electronic Game Developers Society (EGaDS!), Filipino Students Association (FSA), International Game Developers Society (IGDA), MacATX (Macintosh Users Group)
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GameSalad Windows Creator - UX
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During the design and engineering of the PC-based GameSalad Creator development environment, I contributed to the team focused on user experience improvements and interface design. As a power user of GameSalad for Mac as well as other competing game development platforms, I was able to assist design iteration, prototyping and live demonstration. The internal game team, under my leadership, tested pre-release versions and provided critical user feedback and use cases for all available features.…
During the design and engineering of the PC-based GameSalad Creator development environment, I contributed to the team focused on user experience improvements and interface design. As a power user of GameSalad for Mac as well as other competing game development platforms, I was able to assist design iteration, prototyping and live demonstration. The internal game team, under my leadership, tested pre-release versions and provided critical user feedback and use cases for all available features.
This team was able to successfully soft launch a curated version of Windows Creator in Spring 2013 and launch officially in October 2013 in time for Windows 8 public release.Other creators -
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