Zynga Poker
Texas Hold’em Poker game by Zynga on Facebook.
Role
Game Developer
Tech
ActionScript 3, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Timeline
2010 — 2011
Tags
POKER, ZYNGA, WEB, FACEBOOK
Simulate playing Texas Hold ’em poker in a social gaming environment.
Working on the frontend (flash, as3) as well as the backend (php, javascript, html, css).
Contributed in building the HTML5 version of ZyngaPoker Mobile (wrote part of the core framework as well as frontend functionality).
Agile environment, attend daily scrums and have daily releases.
I worked very closely with animators and artists throughout my time on the team.
Won the Zynga Poker Rockstar Award (Q2 2011).
Was called out by the Director of Engineering for how high the quality code that I contributed to on the team was! Barely any minor bugs with every feature.
Acquired patent for the Hand Strength Meter. Details here.