João Costa Portfolio | Github
jpbotelho.costa@gmail.com
EU Ctitizen
Education
Faculty of Science of the University of Lisbon
Bachelors Degree in Informatics Engineering
Bachelors Degree in Applied Statistics
Expected Graduation June 2024
Work Experience
Self-published Unity developer Store url
Sep 2016 - Present
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Sold procedural generation and graphics programming packages in the Unity asset store.
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Handled feedback and provided support when requested for products with 250+ sales.
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Updated and maintained products to keep up with a competitive and evolving market.
International Volunteer
July 2022 - August 2022
European Solidarity Corps
Timisoara, Romania
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Planned, implemented and promoted activities for young people in Timisoara and Lugoj;
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Contributed to weekly reports, evaluation and dissemination activities;
Freelance Unity Graphics Programmer
April 2018
MVRK
Remote
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Developed a Unity rendering package to display smooth outlines for complex meshes while handling
overlaps in real-time using C# and HLSL.
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Final product was displayed by the company at the Netflix FYSEE 2018 convention.
Projects
My open-source contributions have gotten me invited to Web Summit as a developer in 2018, 2019 and 2022.
Micolet Scraper Github
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Developed a Python script to fetch 5000+ listings from an online store using Selenium.
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Designed a filtering system to facilitate finding items listed below the market rate, saving me 100€+.
Music Video Generator Github
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Developed a Python script to generate videos with an album’s cover and associated metadata in the
style of youtube “topic” videos using FFMPEG, saving hours of manual editing.
Raymarched Fractals Github
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Implemented a real-time renderer of 3D fractals in Unity without the need for models using raymarching
that runs solely on the GPU using C# and HLSL.
Activities
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Participated in European University of Lisbon’s social responsibility game jam in 2018, 2019 and
2022. Collaborated in teams of 4 to 5 elements to design and create a game in order to bring awareness
to the mission of a local NGO.
Skills
Java, C#, Python, GLSL, HLSL, Git, Selenium, Unity