Ibrahim Akinde

Freelance Gameplay Programmer | Combat Designer with 8 years of professional experience in Unreal Engine.

Design focus includes user interface development, combat design, and artificial intelligence.

Welcome to my page .

Shipped Titles

Sparkadia is a new gaming ecosystem brought to you by veterans of Riot, Bungie, and Blizzard.

Predecessor is a 3rd Person MOBA currently in Development for release on PC and console. Get it on Steam.

Introduction to Unreal and C++ Module Lecturer at Pulse College (Online).

HELIX is an upcoming high-fidelity metaverse being developed by Hypersonic Laboratories.

Six Temples, a multiplayer magic slasher set in a mythic past. Get it on Steam.

UNREAL ENGINE 4 MARKETPLACE PRODUCTS

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The Art of Combat is designed entirely in blueprints to be a plug and play solution for melee combat designers.

The Art of Combat

The Targeting System

The Targeting System (C++ Plugin)

The Minimal Icons

The Flanking System

The UI Menu

Close Combat Animset

Hand Seal Animset: Volume 1

Simple AI Combat Component

Hand Seal Animset: Volume 2

Hand Seal Animset: Volume 3

Hand Seal Animset: Volume 4

Jutsu Activations: Volume 1

Skills

Unreal Engine-Specific

Technical Animation - Professional
Blueprints Visual Scripting - Professional
AI Programming - Professional
UMG (User Interface) - Professional
Unreal C++ - Amateur

Version Control

GitKraken - Usage
Perforce - Usage
Plastic - Usage
Web-based Solutions (Dropbox, OneDrive, Mega) - Setup, Usage

CV: Works (Mostly Under NDA)

Hypersonic Laboratories - Full-time - October 2022 to Present
- Principal Unreal Engine UI Developer
World Spark Studios - Contract - December 2022 to February 2023
- Unreal Engine UI Developer
Pulse College - Contract - October 2022 to January 2023
- Introduction to Unreal and C++ Module Lecturer
Omeda Studios - Full-time - November 2020 to April 2022
- FrontEnd/UI Developer
Eddaheim Studios - Contract - January 2021 to February 2021
- Combat Design Consultant
Unreal24 Solutions - Contract - 6 months (May 2021)
- FrontEnd/UI Developer
Exiled Republic Studios - Contract - 4 months (November 2020)
- Front-End/UI Developer
- AI & Gameplay Programmer
5th Cell Studios - Contract - 4 months (2019)
- Front-End/UI Developer
Maya Virtual Inc (Project Six Temples/Ammonite 3D) [Contract, May - June 2019]
- Combat Programmer
- Systems Integrator (The Art of Combat + Advanced Locomotion + Active Ragdoll)
- Network Programmer/Multiplayer Designer (Dedicated Server)
- Technical Artist
- UI Developer
Grassroots Studios - Contract
- Gameplay Programmer
- Combat Designer/Programmer
- Front-End/UI Developer
Deadlift Studios - Contract
- Gameplay/Systems Programmer
- AI Designer/Programmer
- Front-End/UI Developer
High Level Studios (Project Arena) - Contract
- Gameplay Programmer
- Combat Designer/Programmer
- Front-End/UI Developer
- Network Programmer/Multiplayer Designer
- VFX Programmer
- SFX Programmer
Last Ninja Standing (Indie Project directed by Juan "J" Antelo) - Contract
- Gameplay Programmer
- Combat Designer/Programmer
- Network Programmer/Multiplayer Designer
- Technical Artist (Animation)
Ethos LLC (Project Ethos) - Contract
- Combat Designer
- Technical Artist
Vekro Studio S.R.L (Paragon Project) - Contract
- Combat Designer
- AI Designer
Dinosaur Battlegrounds LLC (Project Dinosaur Battlegrounds) - Contract
- AI Designer/Programmer
- Combat Designer/Programmer
- Gameplay Designer/Programmer
- Network Programmer/Multiplayer Designer
- Technical Artist (Animation)

Other Software and Skill Sets

FL Studio (Music/Score/Automation/SFX Composition, Mixing, Mastering, Recording) - Professional
Daz 3D Studio (Scene and Lighting Composition, Advanced Rendering with Iray) - Professional
Evernote (Game Writing, Document Sharing) - Professional
Adobe Photoshop (Image Composition/Manipulation/Retouching, Logo Design, Graphics Design) - Professional
Adobe After Effects (Motion Graphics, Rendering, Composition) - Advanced
Unity 3D (Level Design) - Intermediate
CryEngine 3 (Visual Scripting, Level Design) - Intermediate

Portfolio Links

LinkedIn Profile: https://ng.linkedin.com/in/ibrahim-akinde-2401bb97

Game Design/Gameplay Programming/AI Programming/UI Design Portfolios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk0anDEBKcA&list=PLPnLVuQKEU672dQliFieBbo-SIWT6u9iH

The Art of Combat (Robust combat solution for the Unreal Engine 4): https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/the-art-of-combat

Music Portfolio on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ibmax

3D Rendering Portfolio on Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artist/maxxrexx

Ethos: It Begins Again (Combat Design, Systems Design): www.ethosthegame.com

Steam Greenlight Page for Adrayvia: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=724127444

Steam Greenlight Page for Ethos (Already Greenlit): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=733562240

Education

Crescent University: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science (2009 – 2014)

Dissertation titled, "Video Game User Interface Development Using Scaleform Gfx (CLIK™ AND SCALEFORM 3Di™). Published in (IJCSIS) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, Vol. 12, No. 5, May 2014.

Dissertation titled, "Development of a Real-Time Strategy Game". Published in Asian Journal of Computer and Information Systems (ISSN:2321–5658) Volume02–Issue 04, August 2014.