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Resume

Matthew Young

Matthew Young

22-02-76

Sydney, N.S.W.

mkstudiosaustralia@gmail.com

Graduate Bachelor of Game Design and Programming

Bachelor of Game Design and Programming - S.A.E QANTM Sydney
Specialising in Level Design and VR

Education

  1. Bachelor of Games Design and programming

  2. Year 12- 1994          

  3. Worked various roles in Kitchens since 1999

  4. Experienced Head Chef/Sous Chef/Kitchen Porter

  5. Experienced Event Manager

  6. Experienced Business Manager

Titles released through MK Studios:

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Calming Sirius - Calming Experience.

Released through Liminal VR

(Currently rated the #2 VR experience to achieve the desired calming result)

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/go/1645146858877576/?locale=en_US


Wreckoon city - https://mk-studios.itch.io/wreckoon-city

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MK_Studios.WRECKOON_CITY

A 2D endless skater

Release on - 

Mobile (Android)

PC

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CarnEvil VR - https://mk-studios.itch.io/carnevil

A 3D VR Horror Carnival experience

PC

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RUN Gilgamesh RUN - https://mk-studios.itch.io/run-gilgamesh-run

A 2D endless runner

PC

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Beary Hungry - https://mk-studios.itch.io/beary-hungry

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A 2D instance based Platformer

PC

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Employment History

CEO MK studios

February 2017 - Current

Founder of MK Studios Australia

Specialising in Game Engines:

- Unreal Engine 4

- Unity

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Building, Designing and releasing games in the Genres:

- Endless runner

- V.R.

- FPS

- Third Person R.P.G.

- Serious / Educational for children


Designing and developing levels

Sous Chef (Full-time)

June 2013 - April 2014

Employment History


The Orangery & White Peaks at

Kew Royal Botanic Gardens,

for Peyton & Byrne.

(Kew/London)

  1. • Train other kitchen staff and apprentices

  2. • Preparing and cooking food

  3. • Planning menus

  4. • Run the two sections of the White Peaks kitchen

  5. • (The front of house and the kitchen)

Head Chef/Manager (full-time)

October 2010 – May 2013

Deans Diner (Newtown/Sydney)

  1. Rostering for staff and ordering stock

  2. Examining foodstuffs to ensure quality

  3. Preparing and cooking food

  4. Planning menus and estimating food requirements

  5. Serving food to customers

  6. Organising and catering for varying functions (10 - 200+ people)

  7. Train other kitchen staff and apprentices

  8. knowledge of OH&S standards and skills

  9. • Preparing Rotas

Crowd Care Administrator (casual)

January 2007 – January 2013

Employer Creative Entertainment (Sydney)


  1. Organisation of volunteers and volunteer events

  2. Responding to inquiries concerning services provided and costs for room and equipment hire

  3. Meeting with clients to discuss their needs and outlining package options to meet these needs

  4. • Arranging and coordinating services, such as conference facilities, catering,

  5. • Organisation of audiovisual equipment, accommodation, transport and social events, for

  6. • participants

  7. • Organising registration of participants

  8. • Negotiating the type and costs of services to be provided within budget

Skills & Achievement

  1. Composer of sound tracks and SFX for games, movies, television and theatre

  2. High level of computer literacy. Ranging from windows to mac o.s.X

  3. High level in design - Unity  v.2018.2.6f1

  4. Basic level in programming - Unity  v.2018.2.6f1

  5. High level in design - Unreal Engine 4  v.4.19.2

  6. Medium level in programming - Unreal Engine 4  v.4.19.2

  7. Microsoft Mono-Develop / Visual studio (Programming Compiling Client)

  8. Pro-tools (Professional Audio Recording Software)

  9. VR experience in Unity and Unreal Engine

  10. Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator

  11. Microsoft Word

  12. Microsoft Power Point

  13. Megavoxel

  14. Github

  15. Trello

  16. Google drive

Referees:

Geoffrey Hill

Head Lecturer (SAE Qantm)

Program Committee - Chair - Games Development

+61(0) 2 8241 5200

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Cliff Sharif

Lecturer (SAE Qantm)

Game Design & Development - Unreal Engine & Unity 

+61(0) 2 8241 5200

Hobbies and Interests

Music, Skating, Performing, Computer animation, Financial Investing, Bitcoin, Theatre work
(writing soundtracks, designing and making props and acting), Charity work, Martial Arts and
Fitness, writing screen plays for movies, Writing novels, Photography, Portrait
drawing, Tattooing, Fine arts, Cooking, Bitcoin mining

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