Resume
Matthew Young
Matthew Young
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
Bachelor of Games Design and programming
Year 12- 1994
Worked various roles in Kitchens since 1999
Experienced Head Chef/Sous Chef/Kitchen Porter
Experienced Event Manager
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)
• Train other kitchen staff and apprentices
• Preparing and cooking food
• Planning menus
• Run the two sections of the White Peaks kitchen
• (The front of house and the kitchen)
Head Chef/Manager (full-time)
October 2010 – May 2013
Deans Diner (Newtown/Sydney)
Rostering for staff and ordering stock
Examining foodstuffs to ensure quality
Preparing and cooking food
Planning menus and estimating food requirements
Serving food to customers
Organising and catering for varying functions (10 - 200+ people)
Train other kitchen staff and apprentices
knowledge of OH&S standards and skills
• Preparing Rotas
Crowd Care Administrator (casual)
January 2007 – January 2013
Employer Creative Entertainment (Sydney)
Organisation of volunteers and volunteer events
Responding to inquiries concerning services provided and costs for room and equipment hire
Meeting with clients to discuss their needs and outlining package options to meet these needs
• Arranging and coordinating services, such as conference facilities, catering,
• Organisation of audiovisual equipment, accommodation, transport and social events, for
• participants
• Organising registration of participants
• Negotiating the type and costs of services to be provided within budget
Skills & Achievement
Composer of sound tracks and SFX for games, movies, television and theatre
High level of computer literacy. Ranging from windows to mac o.s.X
High level in design - Unity v.2018.2.6f1
Basic level in programming - Unity v.2018.2.6f1
High level in design - Unreal Engine 4 v.4.19.2
Medium level in programming - Unreal Engine 4 v.4.19.2
Microsoft Mono-Develop / Visual studio (Programming Compiling Client)
Pro-tools (Professional Audio Recording Software)
VR experience in Unity and Unreal Engine
Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Power Point
Megavoxel
Github
Trello
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