Hi, I'm Justin Furtado

Hello, I'm a game developer. I've been making games for fun since high school, and since then for college. I'm currently in my senior year of college. I'm attending Neumont College of Computer Science, studying in the Bachelor of Science in Software and Game Development degree. I'll be graduating in August of 2018.

I have experience programming in C#, C++, JavaScript, Python, Java and Visual Basic. I have experience using Unity, and also making my own game engine with OpenGL. My capstone project made use of DirectX. I have written several shaders in both GLSL and HLSL. I have some exposure to HTML and CSS (this site, a couple web courses). For source control I have experience with git. I consider myself good at linear algebra (working with vectors and matrices is important to game development). I have used Maya for two 3D modeling courses I took as electives.

Below you can find some of my academic accomplishments, if you are interested in that. First you will find things I achieved in college, and below that you will find things I achieved way back in high school. I know they are not the most recent things I have done, but they do show that I have been a hard-worker and an achiever for longer than just college.

Also take a look at projects I've completed.

Neumont Awards/Honors

Capstone Invitational Award

I was invited to the capstone invitational to present my capstone project, an honor given to only some of the best capstone students at Neumont each year.

Project Showcase Overall Audience Favorite

Gemetary wins a Neumont project showcase competition across all categories.

My Half-Diploma

This simply shows that I am in college, that I am over halfway done, that I am in the game degree. I will be all the way done in August 2018 and have my full degree! Neumont gives these out to allow students to celebrate being 'half way there!'

Capstone Invitational Presentation

The Neumont Capstone Invitational is a cool honor, because you actually get to give a live demo of your project and speech about it to a large audience at the local library.

Capstone Invitational Presentation (2)

Me again, still giving my demo at the Capstone Invitational.

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Extended Details

Here you see a slideshow of various honors and awards I earned while attending Neumont.

One of them is that I won a project showcase award for Gemetary, my infinite 3D maze game. Project showcase is a Neumont event where students present things they've worked on and audience members (students, visitors, etc.) and faculty vote on their favorite projects. Gemetary won when I entered it.

Another is my half-diploma. I include this not because its amazingly impressive or anything, but simply to show that I am already over halfway through my degree in software and game development. I was proud to receive this. I will get my full degree in August 2018.

Finally, perhaps the biggest honor so far is being invited to present at the Neumont Capstone Invitational ceremony. This is an event exclusive to the few top students whose capstone projects shine above the rest. Due to the technical depth and potential usefulness of my capstone, I was invited to present my project live in front of a large audience at the library.

Concord High School Awards/Honors

Perfect Attendance

I had perfect attendance for 3/4 years in high school. I think that while some people would say this isn't worth posting because it just shows I 'showed up' I disagree. I think it speaks to my work-ethic to say that I never ditched, and only missed due to illness once in four years.

Class Awards

Here we have the awards I received that were specific to a class in high school. I like to point out that I got a math award for all 4 math courses I took in high school, and a computer award. I think it speaks to my math/logic mind and skills. I also had a few other awards like spanish, physics and history.

General Awards

Here we have some general awards I received that were both not for attendance and not for a specific course. They speak to hard work and intelligence through my success in advanced placement courses.

Graduation

Who isn't a bit proud of their diploma? I'm definitely proud of working hard for four years to graduate high school and continuing on to college. I value education and still have a bit of residual school spirit. Class of 2015, Concord High School.

ROP Student of Excellence in Computer Applications

This is one of my favorite sets of awards. I got these for being an outstanding student in a Computer Applications course even back in high school. I had to be recommended by my instructor, and I got several nice awards and even got to give a speech.

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Here you see a slideshow of various honors and awards I earned while attending Concord High School (Graduating Class: 2015)

I earned lots of awards during my high school career. I had perfect attendance 3/4 years, which speaks to my dedication to education. I earned 9 class-specific awards including 4 math class awards, 1 computer class award, 1 physics class award, 1 history class award and 2 spanish class awards. I earned several other awards too including AP Scholar with Honor for my advanced placement test scores, as well as multiple for maintaining a 4.0+ GPA throughout all of high school. Finally I received special recognition for my performance in a computer applications course, being nominated for an award by my teacher and getting to give a speech about the course and how I found it valuable.