Jose Striedinger

Gameplay engineer and designer.

Selected work

A Deep World

Gameplay engineer & designer

2D underwater stealth game with procedural animations. Developed smart enemy AI, multi-threaded flocking system, led a 4-person team delivering a vertical slice.

The Guardian

Director / Lead engineer & designer

Led a 17-team delivering a May 2026 demo of an emotional journey between a kid a watchful protector. Developed NPC AI, interaction systems and more.

Sorelle

Gameplay Engineer

Built a dialogue subsystem powering all in-game conversations through a datatable workflow for a whimsical 3D adventure game with 3 switchable characters.

ARKDE platform

Founder / Designer / Engineer

Designed, developed and currently managed an eLearning platform teaching 1500+ Hispanics about game programming and technical art. Epic Mega grant recipient.

Lovebird Unreal Engine

Gameplay engineer at Fermata Inc · Premiered Lovebird, a AI powered dating simulator, during SXSW 2026, worked on C++ and Blueprints components for a AI game demo for Netlfix R&D.

A Pigeon Tale Unity

Gameplay designer and engineer · 3D point-and-click narrative driven game about a hurt pigeon in an attic exploring family memories. Winner of Indiecade Hidden Heroes Jam 2023.

Diverse technical and storytelling skills

During my time at USC I challenge myself as an engineer and storyteller, learning multiple skills.

Computer graphics

Learned and developed graphics projects with OpenGL and C++, implementing camera, shaders and ray tracing.

Motion capture

Directing actors and getting body and face mocap performance with Motive on a real professional mocap stage.

Virtual production

Polish mocap animations on Motion Builder, export and use them on Unreal Engine metahumans for a polished final previs with Sequencer.