James Lamusse

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About

Hi, my name is James Lamusse and I love anything related to software engineering and development.
Though I also do love surfing since I was 6 and love going outdoors wherever that may lead me.

Game Developer & Web Developer & Software Engineer

I have excellent problem solving skills and work well within a team. I have worked independently and attained deadlines on projects. I've also worked with many industry-standard tools whilst creating applications. I love making games but also love creating solutions for real life problems in businesses.

  • Phone: +27 63 485 0227
  • Email: lamussejames@gmail.com
  • Freelance: Available
  • City: Durban, South Africa

Contact me if you'd like to get to know me more!

Skills

  • C#
  • Java
  • Python
  • JS
  • HTML5/CSS3
  • Unity
  • .NET
  • Firebase
  • Blazor
  • SQL
  • Git
  • Azure DevOps
  • Perforce SCM
  • Plastic SCM
  • Wordpress

Resume

Summary

James Lamusse

Innovative and deadline-driven Software Engineer with 2+ collective experience of Game and Software Engineering, as well as developed a lot of user-centered interfaces.

  • Durban, South Africa
  • +27 63 485 0227
  • lamussejames@gmail.com

Education

NSC Grade 12 Bachelor's Pass

2016 - 2020

Westville Boys' High School

I matriculated during the Covid-19 year of 2020 during which everything became online.

App Developer & Marketing Staff

2019

Durban Youth Council

Worked for 1 year in a NPO during my grade 11 Year as an app developer to build an app for DYC. DYC helps and serves the community by creating projects by the youth to make Durban a better place. I also part of their marketing staff in DYC.

Professional Experience

Software Engineer

Oct 2021 - Present

First Digital, Durban, South Africa

  • A core developer that is put on many projects within First Digital based on client projects.
  • Supervise many sites as well as have many SLAs that I maintain.
  • Full-stack development, this making mock-ups for the front-end to developing project architectures in the back-end.
  • Worked on 10+ projects that are either completed or being maintained by me, or within a team.

Game Programmer

Oct 2020 - Oct 2021

Seven Volt Games, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

  • Delegated tasks to new trainees and managed my own time with project sections I was responsible for.
  • Programmed a lot of the UX game-play mechanics with-in the main, IP Commanding Nations.
  • Reworked networking solutions for Commanding Nations in Unity being the lobby system and player relay system.
  • Readjusted and configured A* pathfinding for Commanding Nations for a better player experience.

Portfolio

These are the major projects I've worked on either solo or with-in a team.

Commanding Nations
Commanding Nations

Project I worked on while I was at Seven Volt Games, within a programming team of 3-4, I was a key valued programmer in their multiplayer systems.

Unity Engine - C# - RTS Game - Steam

Steam Page
DYC App
DYC App

Using my knowledge of Unity I created my first RMS application being the DYC App alone. Built with C# and Firebase, I built a dynamic user-based system for the Durban Youth Council to complete and execute projects to help the community.

Unity Engine - C# - RMS - Firebase

Github
Deliirum
Delirium

Delirium was originally a game made during a game jam. I worked in a team with 2 of my friends. Using Unity and C# we created a fun and action-packed endless shooter.

Unity Engine - C# - Game Jam

Preview
News Dasboard
News Dashboard

A project using ASP .NET to create a web service, that had a user base with register and login as well as a API to request a list of news articles to be displayed. This was done to show my skillset in the MVC structure of ASP .NET alone.

ASP .NET - C# - Ajax - News API

Github
Linex Yamaha
Linex Yamaha Commerce Sites

My first project working at First Digital within a team of 5+, I was responsible for creating pages in the NOP Commerce framework and going through Blob structure in the back-end.

Razor - C# .NET - SQL - Azure - NOP

Website
PPK
PayPerKay Car Rental Site

A site made from scratch at First Digital within a team, I was involved in the back-end and front-end. From developing the admin portal API to the actual front-end management pages.

Razor - C# .NET - SQL - Azure

Website