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Nicholas Reardon

Gameplay and Systems Programmer focused on Unreal Engine, C++, modular gameplay architecture, and designer-friendly content workflows.

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September 2025 - present

Tethered

Lead System Designer and Gameplay Engineer In development Unreal Engine 5.8

Unreal Engine 5 action rogue-lite prototype focused on modular combat, encounter, travel, and persistence systems.

Unreal EngineC++GASLyraGameplay Systems

2025 game jam

Last Oasis

Primary gameplay and tooling programmer Released Godot

A browser-playable Godot platformer with a state-machine character controller, traversal abilities, and jam-focused authoring tools.

Game JamGodotPlatformerGameplay Tools

Three-day game jam

A Totally Normal Bike Ride

Primary programmer Prototype Godot

A Godot physics prototype about balancing a unicycle across telephone wires, built for a three-day game jam.

Game JamGodotPhysicsPrototype

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Gameplay systems built around how people actually author content.

My strongest work comes from Tethered, a Lyra-based Unreal Engine action rogue-lite prototype, and from game jams where I build gameplay systems, traversal mechanics, and small authoring tools under real production pressure.