Alan Haug

Santa Cruz, CA

I like to make things. My favorite things to make are video games, music, and drawings. I aim to create things that offer a rich and engaging experience with strong musical aspects. I'm excited to see games developed as powerful learning tools, which I believe still has a lot of untapped potential. Sometimes games are just fun and that is all they need to be. I graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2012 with a B.S. in Computer Science: Game Design. My current location is Santa Cruz, California. Take a look around to see some of the things I have worked on in the past and present. I am always interested to hear about exciting opportunities. Please feel free to check out my resume (which includes my work history) and contact me.

Published Games

These are games that I have worked on (in part or in whole) and have been released publicly.

• StoryLoom (2021 - 2024)
• The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™ (2017 - 2019)
• Dropzone (2015 - 2019)
• Kitten Rescue (2014 - 2015)
• Flappy Bird for Game Boy (2014)

Personal Projects

This is a list of software projects I worked on either to try out some game idea prototype or flesh out a thought experiment in my head. The older ones in the list date back to my college days and school work.

• Ludum Dare 32: Tickle Ninja (2015)
• Song of the Planets (2014, 2015)
• Fussball (2014)
• Musical Terrain (2014)
• Forest Quest (2013 - 2014)
• Senior Project: Hello World (2011 - 2012)
• Daedalus (2012)
• Xylofun (2012)
• Psychedelic Mini Golf (2011)
• Block Hop! (2008)

Interests

I love to create. I've found new potential for making interesting things over the years with my growing software skills, which usually leads me to pick up new technologies in a goal-oriented approach. Sometimes I get too caught up geeking out while looking into work with new tech like frameworks, game engines, languages, limited hardware, etc. and I never get to the actual making part... so I guess I really like learning new things as well.

When I'm not learning new software skills, I might be learning new instruments or songs to play. I currently have experience with: piano (and many other keyed instruments like the accordion, melodica and synthesizers), guitar, banjo, mandolin and bass. I have a cello that I still want to get the hang of playing as well as brush up on my drum programming skills.

Nature is a huge inspiration for me, so I do enjoy time outdoors going on hikes or staring at the ocean. Other people's creations also inspire me, especially when I get the feeling that the process behind the creation seems interesting, like procedurally generated music, or cross-discipline multi-media projects.

I also enjoy making birthday cards for friends and family with pens and colored pencils.

I just want to make awesome things that improve people's lives.