my profile

Hey There

You have stumbled upon the home page of Tapan Ranjan (Avid Gamer, IoT enthusiast and overall a fun guy to work with). Currently I'm working at PlaySimple Games as a Senior Software Engineer on the mobile game WordWars (Unity, C#, GoLang).

I am into engine and framework development, I also enjoy solving puzzles and programming problems. If you think there is an opportunity I'd be interested in, or would like to chat / discuss my projects / share memes; feel free to contact me.

personal info

name: Tapan Ranjan E-mail: tapanranjan@gmail.com LinkedIn: in/tapanranjan/ Github: /opeious
Professional Skills
C#
Unity
GoLang
AS3
JS

  • Experience building Data driven game systems.
  • Worked on Server-client based multiplayer games.
  • Have closely worked with Designers, Tech Artists and UI/UX to develop QoL tools and game features.
  • Experience working on gameplay engineering and quick prototyping.
  • Worked on deploying and troubleshooting solutions for iOS, Android and Web.
  • Modelled and programmed player behaviour prediction models to achieve system design and revenue targets.
  • Worked on multiple projects from spec stage, tech design, cost allocation and planning of team members to execution and production support.
Other things I have experience with
  • Familiar with software engineering methodologies. i.e. Agile, Waterfall
  • Have a sharp eye for debugging and troubleshooting.
  • Experience with MVVM (MVC) architecture pattern.
  • Worked on Phase3 JS Game Engine - AI simulations, Facebook Instant Games - (Link)
  • Limited experience with Unreal Engine (UDK, UE4) - Side projects
Things I enjoy in my free time
Currently playing: Pokemon, Brawl Stars, Runescape and Minecraft. (Discord)
I also enjoy listening to music, checkout what I am currently listening to on Spotify. I also like to work on electronics and IoT projects in my sparetime. Eg: 1 2 3

My Timeline

Senior Software Engineer

( Aug. 2019 : Present ) PlaySimple Games, Bangalore

Software Engineer

( Oct. 2017 : July. 2019 ) Zynga Games, Bangalore

Software Engineer

( Mar. 2016 : Sept. 2017 ) Zynga Games, Bangalore

Software Engineering Intern

( Sept. 2015 : Feb. 2016 ) Zynga Games, Bangalore

B.tech Computer Science and Engineering

( Aug. 2011 : June. 2015 ) VIT University, Vellore, India

Thesis: “Low cost universal digital assisant - Github”.

Other Projects

project 2
3DS to Unity exporter
project 3
Genetic Algorithm Based TSP Solver
project 5
Phaser.io / AI tech demo