Matthew Doucette
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Current Positions
- Xbox Ambassador Community Champion, Microsoft
- Co-founder + Board Member, Ignite Labs
- Faculty + Faculty Chair, Game Development + Game Programming, NSCC Truro Campus
- Co-founder + Game Producer + Lead Programmer + CEO, Xona Games
Résumé
- 2023: 99.7% percentile, Chess.com Puzzles
- 2023: Xbox Ambassador Level 2, Microsoft
- 2023: 99.6% percentile, Chess.com Puzzles
- 2023-present: Xbox Ambassador Community Champion, Microsoft
- 2023: Xbox Ambassador Level 1, Microsoft
- 2023: 99.4%, 99.5% percentile, Chess.com Puzzles
- 2023-present: Xbox Ambassador, Microsoft
- 2022: 2700 Peak ELO, Chess.com Puzzles
- 2022: 2700+ ELO, Chess.com Puzzles
- 2022: 99.0%, 99.1%, 99.2%, 99.3% percentile, Chess.com Puzzles
- 2022-present: Game Programming Faculty Working Group Chair, NSCC Truro Campus
- 2022: Launched Game Programming + Game Art programs, NSCC
- 2022: 2600+ ELO, Chess.com Puzzles
- 2022: Won $2,800, Intel GameDev Q1 Inspire Contest
- 2022: Basketball: 26 3-Pointers in a Row
- 2022: Prototyped HiKōri 火氷, Global Game Jam 2022
- 2022: Prototyped NanoSnake, Nanite Simulation
- 2022: Prototyped Low-Res MonoGame Template
- 2021: Beat Maim Chess v1.13 CV0, Blitz
- 2021: 2500+ ELO, Chess.com Puzzles
- 2021: Released Fractal Art v3, The Makers Exhibit
- 2021: 2000+, 2100+, 2200+, 2300+, 2400+ ELO, Chess.com Puzzles
- 2021: Prototyped The Quest For Truth v2, 2D Text-Based RPG
- 2021: 1500+, 1600+, 1700+, 1800+, 1900+ ELO, Chess.com Puzzles
- 2021: Prototyped The Quest For Truth v1, 2D Text-Based RPG
- 2021: Beat "Chess AI", Blitz
- 2021: Prototyped Kakeru 乗数, Global Game Jam 2021
- 2021: Hosted Nova Scotia Jam Site, Global Game Jam 2021
- 2020: 100,000 Gamerscore, Xbox
- 2020-present: Board Member, Ignite Labs
- 2020: Published Matthew's Numbers
- 2020: Prototyped Rehabilitation, Global Game Jam 2020
- 2020: Launched 52 Weeks of Sharing series, YouTube
- 2020: Launched Authentic Studio Environment, NSCC Game Development
- 2019: Prototyped Interactive Fiction, The Mystery of the Book...
- 2019: Launched Game Programming Concentration, NSCC Game Development
- 2019: 1857 Peak ELO, ChessTempo
- 2019: 1800+ ELO, ChessTempo
- 2019: Launched Game Development Resources
- 2019: Prototyped God Particle 3D, NSCC Game Jam 2019
- 2019: Launched NSCC Game Jam 2019, NSCC Game Development
- 2019: Discovered Lowest Unused Anti-Prime Factors, Integer Sequence
- 2019: Prototyped Hyperbol, Global Game Jam 2019
- 2018: Co-founded Ignite Labs
- 2018: Launched NSCC Game Jam 2018, NSCC Game Development
- 2018: Launched NSCC Game Jam series, NSCC Game Development
- 2018: Prototyped Multi 360, Global Game Jam 2018
- 2017: Released Fractal Art v1, f5://imagination
- 2017: Launched Forza 7 Nürburgring Nordschleife series, YouTube
- 2017-present: Game Development Faculty Working Group Chair, NSCC Truro Campus
- 2017: 1700+ ELO, ChessTempo
- 2017: Prototyped The Exploration Thereof...
- 2017: Prototyped Infinite Ammo, Global Game Jam 2017
- 2016: Won $850, Atlantic Lottery Hackathon
- 2016: Released Random, Atlantic Lottery Hackathon
- 2016-present: Game Development Faculty, NSCC Truro Campus
- 2016-2022: Xbox MVP, Microsoft
- 2016: Released Score Rush Extended 撃点, PS4
- 2016: Released Xonafish, Chess AI
- 2016: Released Scaredy Ship, Kids Make Games
- 2016: Released Color Crush, Kids Make Games
- 2016: Launched Xona Learn, Brilliant Labs + Xona Games
- 2016: Prototyped Xonakoid, Global Game Jam 2016
- 2015: Co-founded Kids Make Games, Brilliant Labs
- 2015-2016: Game Development Instructor, Brilliant Labs
- 2015: Launched Forza 6 Nürburgring Nordschleife series, YouTube
- 2015: Steering Committee Member, Brilliant Labs
- 2015: Co-founded The Hub Yarmouth
- 2015: Launched Powerful Education Videos collection
- 2015-present: CEO, Xona Games
- 2014: Co-founded Lake Doucette Street Car Challenge
- 2014: Nominated for Xbox MVP, Microsoft
- 2014: Official PS4 Developer & Publisher
- 2014: 27.67s PR, Rubik's Cube
- 2014: Won $50,000, Tizen App Challenge
- 2014: Prototyped Rumble Strips, Global Game Jam 2014
- 2013: Won $20,000, Rogers Big Idea contest
- 2013: Official Xbox One Developer & Publisher
- 2013: Prototyped God Particle 2D, Halifax Game Jam 2013
- 2013-present: Lead Programmer, Xona Games
- 2012: Released Score Rush MP, HTML5
- 2012: Released Score Rush, HTML5
- 2012-2013: Lead Programmer, Marroni Games
- 2011-2012: Venture Capitalist, Xona Games
- 2011-2012: Software Development Engineer, Web.com
- 2011: Prototyped Raccontra, Halifax Game Jam 2011
- 2011: Won $1,000, Red Gate Software's Windows Phone 7 Competition
- 2010: Released Score Rush, Xbox 360
- 2010: Released Decimation X3, Xbox 360
- 2010-2011: Xbox LIVE Indie Games Advocate: Xona Proposal
- 2010: Released Decimation X2, Windows Phone
- 2010: Co-founded Xona Games
- 2010: Prototyped Press Fire To Begin
- 2010: Won $100,000, Innovacorp
- 2010: Launched First Minutes of Gameplay series, YouTube
- 2010: Released Decimation X, Xbox 360
- 2008-2011: Prototyped Duality ZF
- 2008-present: Game Producer, Xona Games
- 2007-2008: AI Programmer (NDA)
- 2004: Coined "Domain Hack"
- 2004: Released Domain Hacks
- 2004: Co-founded Xonatech, Technology Blog
- 2004-2008: Graphics Programmer, eScape
- 2003: Venture Capitalist, eScape
- 2000-2001: Invester (3Dfx)
- 1999: Beat Maim Chess v0.31, Blitz
- 1999-2000: Game Designer, Saw Tooth Distortion
- 1999: Co-founded Saw Tooth Distortion
- 1999: Co-founded Incubation Center, NSCC Burridge Campus
- 1999: Released To Be Continued...
- 1999: Released Quote Collection
- 1998-1999: Graphics Programmer, 3Dfx
- 1998: Released Wipeout, Reversi AI
- 1997: Graphics Programmer, Mode 13h
- 1995-2003: Composer, Xonatron
- 1995-1999: Bachelor of Computer Science, Acadia University