Christian Henschel
Software Engineer
Christian Henschel
About Me
After I started coding games with Turbo Pascal and Assembly at the age of 12 and later successfully finishing my vocational training as a media designer and web developer in 2003, I started working as a professional software engineer and game developer in 2009.
- Age41
- ResidenceGermany
- CityBernau bei Berlin
What I Do
Employers & Clients
Testimonials
For our project "Mask Scanner" we were able to find a great development partner in Christian Henschel. The challenging project of an interactive museum station, in which masks are virtually put on museum visitors, has found an optimal implementation through him. We are very satisfied with the result, the communication and the numerous creative ideas on his side and hope to be able to realize further projects with him in the future.
Chris‘ remarkable knowledge of game development helped us a lot in building the Starberry tech foundation and our game Merge Mayor. He was a very reliable member of our development team and I enjoyed working with him during his 1.5 years at Starberry.
Fun Facts
Programming languages learned
15Years as gamer
32 yearsCoffees consumed
~11680Resume
Education
2014-2017
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
HTW Berlin, Berlin, International Media and Computing
Specialisation: Game Technology & Interactive Systems
2005-2009
Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Applied Computer Science
Field of study: Environmental informatics
Experience
2021-2022
Applovin GmbH
Lead Software Engineer
- Lead engineer on word riddle game with team of 5 engineers
- Architect of Match3-engine framework for Unity
- Task management
- Review of technical solutions
- Defined technical guidelines and job descriptions
- Held technical interviews and 1-on-1's
2021-2022
Playersjourney UG
Lead Software Engineer (Contract)
- Lead engineer on Unity AR project
- Implemented application logic and UI
- Coordinated tasks with backend engineer and management.
2020-2021
Starberry GmbH
Senior Game Developer
- Early team member
- Architect of unit tested core gameplay mechanics for Merge Mayor
- Implementated vehicle simulation (Steering behaviour, pathfinding, state machine driven AI)
- Created flexible ingame shop system
- Evalution and integration of new technologies
- Occasional GitHub and Jenkins maintenance
- Lead technical interviews
- Mentoring of team members
2017-2020
TreasureHunt GmbH
Senior Unity Developer
- Gameplay, UI and backend implementation
- Evaluation and integration of new technologies and frameworks
- Mentoring
- Lead of prototyping team
- Introduced ECS architectual pattern to team
2016-2017
Hello, November GbRLead Unity Engineer (Contract)
- Contract work as Unity engineer and technical lead
- Implementation of
systems and editor tools to facilitate app-content creation - Task management
- AppStore setup
2015
Gamelab.berlin (Humboldt University)
Lead Unity Engineer
- Mixed-reality (AR/VR) project
- Technical consultation
- Code reviews
- Root cause analysis
- Unity, Oculus Development Kit 2
2013-2014
Xyrality GmbH
Unity Developer
- Gameplay and UI implementation
- Mentoring junior developers
2009-2012
Kr3m. media GmbH
Flash- / Game Developer
- Browser game implementation using Adobe Flash & ActionScript 3
- 3d frameworks Away3D, Sandy3D
- Backend development with Java
- Evaluation of new technologies (physics engines, 3D enginers)
- iOS/Android ports of Flash games using Adobe Air
- Tool development (Asset manager, Level editor)
2003-2004
Jung & Alt e.V.
Community Service
Working for a mobile nursing service.
2000-2003
a2b COMMUNICATIONS
Vocational training - Media designer for digital and print media
- Webdesign using Adobe Photoshop & Adobe Illustrator
- Implementation of websites and interactive content using Adobe Flash, ActionScript 2&3, HTML, JavaScript and CSS.
Coding Skills
C#
Unity
Software architecture
Java
PHP
HTML/CSS
Swift
Tools
Rider
Git
Trello
VSCode
Google Docs
Miro
Confluence
Jira
Graphic design
Photoshop
Photopea
Figma
Gravit Designer
Knowledge
- Game Development
- Software-Architecture
- Object-oriented design
- ECS
- Task management
- 1-on-1's
- Tech interviews
- Scrum
- Communication
- Analytical thinking
- Problem-Solving
- Flexibility
- Zenject
- Playfab
- Firebase
- MySQL
