Sébastien AWALI - Lead Gameplay Programmer & Mobile Software Engineer

Who am I?

I am a gameplay programmer since 2020, as well as a mobile software engineer since 2013, from Lyon - France. Follower of new technologies, I am also interested in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) as well as Internet of Things (IoT).

Willing to keep on developing my skills, I am always looking for new challenges to overcome and technologies to discover and master.

Video games

I have always been attracted to video games. As a child, where others were simply looking to play games, I was trying to figure out how they worked. And since then, I have never stopped being curious about it: I started creating games with RPG Maker XP, FRoG Creator, then with time and experience I switched to more sophisticated and advanced engines like Game Maker, Unreal Engine and finally Unity. In early 2020, I had a wonderfull opportunity which let me accomplish my life-long dream: being part of the video game industry, and turning my passion into a job.

Mobile development

I have intended IT courses that I have quickly focused on mobile development: mainly Android, but also iOS and Windows Phone. I have been a mobile developer for 7 years and worked on various type of project and sectors: health, news, radio streaming, which led me to acquire a wide range of skills and knowledge about mobile development, in both native and cross-platform technologies.

Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality

Emerging technologies, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are two exciting subject that are important to me, specially when using it in video games, serious games, mobile applications and embedded devices such as Microsoft's HoloLens and Google Glasses.

Internet of Things

From light bulb to fridge, the Internet of Things (IoT) invaded our lives. The possibility to control your whole house (and more) only with your smart phone or by voice amaze me.

Experience & Education

Professional Scrum Master I

Scrum.org

Online

Nov. 2023

Old Skull Game, eager to improve its production processes, has decided to implement an organizational change in project management by transitioning from a traditional vertical management style to a more Agile approach, specifically by adopting the Scrum methodology. Several of my colleagues and I volunteered to drive this change and take on the role of Scrum Master for ongoing projects. After several months of training with François and practical implementation, I passed the PSM1 certification with a score of 92.5%.
Gameplay Programmer

Old Skull Games

Villeurbanne (69 - France)

Feb. 2020 - Today

I'm currently working at Old Skull Games as a Gameplay Programmer. I've worked on several successful Netflix and Apple Arcade titles such as Valiant Hearts: Coming Home, SpongeBob: Patty Pursuit and Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis, as well as a smaller PC & console game titled My Universe: Cooking Star Restaurant.
Project management

Actinuum

Saint Priest (69 - France)

Oct. 2018

Wishing to improve my skills, Sully Group offered me the opportunity to take part in a project management training. This training taught me the basics of project management, allowing me to become the project manager of a group of native mobile applications.
Lead Mobile Software Engineer

Sully Group

Saint Priest (69 - France)

Sept. 2016 - Feb. 2020

I worked at Sully Group for 3 years and a half as an application manager, as well as the Android, Flutter and Unity technical referent, and iOS and Xamarin developer. I took part in multiple project costing, conception and development, as well as publishing or shipping final apps. I also provide couples of Android and Flutter formations and participate in interviews, and initiated R&D (IoT, AR/XR and new technologies) and pre-sale projects.
Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer

Xamarin University

Online

May 2017

To strengthen the skills of its mobile team, Sully Group offered us the opportunity to train us online on Xamarin and Xamarin Forms technology. At the end of this training, I was certified Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer by the Xamarin and Microsoft team.
IT & Development Manager

SCMS Europe

Bourg-en-Bresse (01 - France)

March - Nov. 2015

I was in charge of the installation and maintenance of computers and servers, as well as the development of web, desktop and mobile business applications. I was also in charge of the hotline, and the contact between clients and field agents.
Android developer apprenticeship

EG Digital

Lyon (69 - France)

2013-2014

With the help of a Android lead developer, I developed Allzic Radio mobile application and a generic web redio streaming mobile application (white-label), allowing us to easily create an application for each radio of Espace Group (Radio Space, Generations, Jazz Radio, etc.).
Bachelor's Degree in IT and Mobile development

Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Bourg-en-Bresse (01 - France)

2013-2014

Wanting to focus my studies on mobile applications development, I naturally chose to continue with this apprenticeship, allowing me to acquire both the theoretical knowledge and the practice within a company.
Android developer internship

EG Digital

Lyon (69 - France)

April-June 2013

As part of my DUT IT & computer science, I have done a 10-week internship at EG Digital, the digital branch of Espace Group, during which I developed two news applications: Lyon Mag and mLyon. I also debugged the geolocation module of Infoconcert application.
DUT IT & computer science

Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Bourg-en-Bresse (01 - France)

2011-2013

Being attracted at a young age by computer science, I quite naturally oriented myself towards a DUT IT & computer science, curriculum that corresponded most to my expectations.