Braden Kovalovich
B.S. in Game Development and Production from Drexel University
Hi there! I’m a game programmer who specializes in making games fun. I've been passionate about games since before I could spell the name of the state I live in. (Pennsylvania, age 5)Below you can find examples of my work and the tools I've used. Feel free to reach out using the email given above!
Technical Lead, TIMEWORKS
Unity | Nov '22 to Apr '24 | 16 person team
I led implementation of primary systems for
Timeworks, an award winning 3D puzzle game.
Programmer, 4th Terra
Unity | Sept ‘23 to Mar ’24 | 17 person team
I continued development of the educational game 4th
Terra, designing features using feedback gathered from pilot schools.
Technical Lead, Boast Guards
Unity | Sept '24 to June '25 | 20 person team
I led implementation of primary systems for a
competitive co-op game inspired by Overcooked.
Programmer, BONED
Unity | Sept '24 to June '25 | 20 person team
I implemented UI and tertiary systems for a four player arcade vs game inspired by Killer Queen.
Languages
• C#/.NET
• C++
• Python
• Javascript
• Lua
• GDScript
Engines/Tools
• Unity
• Unreal
• Godot
• Monogame
• Version Control (Perforce, Git, PlasticSCM)
Unity Experience
• Inspector Scripting (Scriptable Objects, Editor Windows)
• Physics System (character controllers, raycasting, collision systems, etc)
• Input (Unity input, touchscreen controls)
• Asynchronous Programming (Coroutines, C# asynchronous functions)
• Level Design (greyboxing, ProBuilder)
• Camera Systems (Cinemachine, Splines)
• UI Programming (DOTween, custom UI systems)
• Animation (2D/3D, Vicon Motion Capture, importing assets)
• Lighting (Baked, static, Post Processing )
• VFX (Unity Particle System, VFX Graph)
• Sound (Wwise, custom sound systems)
• Shaders (HLSL scripts, ShaderGraph)
• Enemy AI (Navmesh, State Machines, Behavior Trees)
• Procedural Generation (levels, game environments)
• Save systems (JSON, EasySave3)
• Optimization (Profiler, Burst)
• Deployment (Windows, WebGL, IOS, Android)
Timeworks Final UI
Timeworks Emote System
Timeworks Level Design Process
Boast Guards Throwing System
Boast Guards Interaction system
Contact me!
Emote System - Timeworks
Timeworks is a unique game that challenges players to think both spatially and temporally. From inception through release, our greatest design challenge was making fourth-dimensional traversal feel as intuitive as possible so players could focus on solving puzzles. Even late in development, playtesting revealed that our systems still weren’t meeting players halfway.