Anirudh Kumar

Long-term contract engagements with four game studios, delivered concurrently and sequentially, leading Unity teams and owning technical scoping, estimation, and delivery.

Lead the studio's Unity team, owning architecture decisions, code review, sprint planning, and delivery across concurrent client projects. Built a WebGL dialogue game with ScriptableObject-driven story flows and Addressables, cutting build size and runtime memory by up to 70%.

Re-architected the Everest Climbing simulation game's networking from Photon to a custom Node.js/Socket.IO server, reducing networking costs by 50%. Led the development team through the launch of five real-money multiplayer games, setting coding standards and running code reviews.

Designed and programmed all game logic for a 3D animal-hunting game, including shooting mechanics, bullet-hit physics, ragdoll, animal AI, and ad monetisation. Developed a car-driving learning game with dynamic traffic system and multi-language support.

Led development of InkWars, Ludo, and Bomb.io from concept to launch, including game logic, multiplayer functionality, and UI. Developed multiplayer server logic on Photon Networking, then transitioned to a custom server solution for better scalability and cost efficiency.

Designed and implemented a server-authoritative architecture for an online Chess game, moving all move validation and game state to the server. Built a scalable backend in Node.js and Socket.IO with Redis, sustaining 30,000 concurrent users.

Delivered core gameplay modules for an open-world multiplayer title, including inventory system, mini-map, portals, zip-line and helicopter traversal, along with dedicated server logic.

Managed the development team for a 5v5 sword and magic combat game built in Unity with Photon Fusion, including project planning, time estimation, task allocation, and delivery tracking.

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, from 2010 to 2014.