Jared Goronkin | M.S. (RIT)

Building software for simplicity and
developer ergenomics. Game engineer
looking to join a passionate dev team.

Led engineering on a client-funded mobile game released on iOS and Android

Build gameplay systems that scale and give designers the control they actually need.

Showcased work at GDC’s NYS Pavilion twice, along with RetroGameCon, RPI GameFest, Roc Game Fest, EDGE, and Imagine RIT.

Co-founded an independent student initiative that raised $30K+ to send 12 students to GDC.

Earned an M.S. in Game Design and Development from RIT.

Featured Work

Generalized Physical Animation Without Kinematic Bodies

Fully physics-driven character animation system with no kinematic bodies or per-character retuning.

Herdspun Harvest, Lead Engineer (Contract)

Client-funded mobile game for Clean Cashmere via StarSouls Studio; prototype secured follow-on funding, demo shipped in 2 months.

Echoes in the Mists

Shown at GDC 2025 NYS Pavilion, I led engineering and production on this souls-like. Descend into a corrupted seaport where danger and discovery lurk around every corner. Powered by Mosaic.

Mosaic

Designed and engineered a Unity package featured at GDC 2025 for its ability to rapidly develop gameplay mechanics and systems. Leveraged by Echoes In The Mists.

Testimonials

“I’ve rarely encountered a student team so driven to achieve excellence, and much of that came from Jared’s leadership. Echoes in the Mists stood out as one of the strongest games developed that year.”
— Sten McKinzie | Graduate Program Director, RIT

“Jared Goronkin was an excellent student in my Game Graphics Programming class, demonstrating strong performance in mastering a wide range of low-level graphics concepts, from rendering pipeline fundamentals to advanced topics such as multi-shader programming. For his final project, he implemented a real-time mesh generation system using compute shaders and a scalar-field-based chunking approach to efficiently handle complex marching-cube structures at multiple levels of detail. I also served as one of the advisors for Jared’s capstone team project. Beyond his technical contributions, Jared took the lead in coordinating production, communicating progress with advisors, and ensuring the team met key milestones, including pitches, playtests, and a showcase at the GDC conference. His team game achieved exceptional quality across narrative design, gameplay mechanics, and graphical implementation. Jared consistently demonstrated strong communication skills, leadership, and collaboration, which are the qualities that make him a standout team player.”
— Chao Peng, MFA, PhD | Associate Professor, Interactive Games & Media, RIT