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Me! Nick Heindl - I love to make things 🔧

  • ❗NOTE❗ These are all super old! Check my website for recent info: nheindl.com!

❗NOTE❗: I also have a more traditional portfolio site here as well.

I no longer use this repository, but I keep it here because it reminds me of better times, and has out of the box emoji support:+1::muscle:

Picture of me in Egypt

This is me on New Years Eve 2014/2015 in Egypt! 🐫

Welcome to my Me (:tm:) profile. Shouts to my friend L O Z O R D for the idea and inspiration.

🏆 In 2015, I was chosen as an IGDA GDC Scholar! 🏆

I was a fifth year undergrad at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I'm majoring in both Computer Sciences 💻 and Linguistics 👅, with a certificate/minor in game development 🎮 (I believe I'll be the first person with this too!).

Last Summer I worked at Raven Software on Call of Duty Online. Before that, Amazon Web Services as a software development intern. Besides working on personal projects and things for the Undergrad Projects Lab, I'm currently contracting some work for AppleTV:green_apple::tv: development with Flippfly while finishing up my degree.

I'm super passionate about learning and improving the world. I was fortunate enough to help teach in Africa:camel: over my 2015 Winter break, and I'm pretty involved in the Madison games and tech communities. I love language, music, and creating things (particularly weird things). Some of my areas of interest: Game and Engine development, AI and Machine Learning, Natural Language and Computational Linguistics, Information Security, and Open Source Development.

I was playing: TIS-100, Diablo 3, Dark Cloud, Heroes of the Storm, and The Witness

Resume

Personal Game stuff

Games:video_game:, Mods:wrench:, Maps:round_pushpin:

  • 🎮 Monologue - Game made with Phildo during the Train Jam, a game jam on a train from Chicago to San Fran.
  • 🎮 Mosh Ball - Game made with a partner for Computer Graphics class in 2013.
    • Made with OpenGL and Box2d (C++). Did a bunch of cool shader and shadow stuff.
  • 🎮 "Look Up" Twine - My attempt at creating a personal, narrative driven experience.
  • 🎮 Pacemaker - Rhythm/runner game made with some buddies for GGJ 2013.
    • We made our own engine in html5/js, and I worked on a dynamic audio system in web. 🎼
  • 🎮 Sushi Sensei - A game made in 2 days for a facebook hackathon at UW in 2012.
    • Can teach basic vocabulary in German:de:, Japanese:jp:, and Spanish:es:. Used XNA framework.
  • 📍 AoE II HD Map - Built a mildly popular map (workshop front page 🏆) in one of the best games of all time 🏰
  • 🔧 Minecraft Mod - Brought 🍕 and overhauled farming 🍄 alongside a large mod that gives PvP, Skills, and Quests.
  • 🎮 C.A.V.E. VR Project - Project for 2nd year in Uni, where we brought some neat game/puzzle design to VR.
    • Coded the worlds and puzzles in a proprietary language. Presented to the public in a multi-million dollar CAVE.:moneybag:

Other Resources

Some Older Projects and Talks

  • GitHub - A bunch of code projects here. A lot of assorted projects are within here
  • Project Euler - PE is great to actually try to put some of the theory you learn in school to use - and learn a bunch in the process! My highest solved problem is 407, although I did skip around a lot 😎.
  • Working my way through Nucl.ai's Game AI course and enjoying it a bunch.
  • I love giving talks and hosting events. You can find some here, and I've given other talks at Madison Indies Meetup. I've hosted a bunch of events from hackathons, to roundtables on internships.

Other Interests

Language

I've had a fascination with language since I can remember. I've experience learning German:de: and a bit of Japanese:jp:, French:fr:, and Mandarin:cn:.

I'm currently working on a few linguistic focused projects: an etymology of 'dank', an 'awesome-list' of linguistic resources, and possibly a paper on 'intuitive conjectures' in the field. I'll update this more as they progress.

Hackathons

I've learned a lot by attending, running, and even giving talks at numerous hackathons! During my 'hack career' I've worked across the country with awesome people to make some amazing hacks. Some examples: A plant that tweets its feelings and a programming IDE that translates real life dance moves into usable python.

Here are some I've attended: BoilerMake, MHacks, hackMIT, HackTech, Facebook Midwest Hack, etc.

Music

I love music; all different kinds. Particularly fond of old skool jungle and uk 'ardcore, drum and bass, jazz, classic rock, etc. One of the happiest moments of my life was at a rave skankin' to Calyx and Teebee with 30 of the biggest Junglists in the Pacific Northwest 📣 I have two technics 1200 turntables and like to scratch records every now and then 💽💽

These days I've been listening to rinsefm and subfm a decent amount.