About (Software Engineer)

Taro Omiya is a graduate student studying Masters for Computer Science at DigiPen Institute of Technology. With four years of experience in the AAA game industry, he’s expert on the Unity game engine, and has developed over 30 games on PC, mobile, and web. His experimental projects, many of them open-source on GitHub, have received over 850,000 views and downloads thanks to critical acclaim and media coverage.

He has over a decade and a half of professional full-stack software development experience, especially in C# and Java. He also has worked with C++, Typescript, Javascript, SQL, and Python. His other talent is in game design, especially in game feel and puzzle design. Game engines he has worked in besides Unity includes Unreal, Godot, Construct 3, GDevelop, and Ren’py. Lastly, he’s fluent in English and Japanese.

Skills

Code

Over a decade and a half of professional experience.
Over 5 years of full-stack web tools development experience, including Blazor, Vue, NW.js, and Java.
Expert in C#, C++, Java, and Typescript.
Experienced in backend development for Unreal mobile games.

Unity

Over a decade of professional experience.
Published over 30 Unity games.
Created apps for VR, mobile, PC, and Web.
Developed open-source Unity packages, including a tool that builds to multiple platforms in one click.

Game Design

Designed indie games for over 9 years.
Specializes in Game Feel and UX: created the Make it Juicy presentation on designing game feedback.
Provided talks on game design, including puzzle and tutorial design.