David Fierstein
Interactive Design And Programming Contract And Consulting Work at Freelance | Self-Employed
Felton, California, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Fierstein is a Unity and iOS game developer with 11 years of experience blending programming and 3D digital art to build interactive, data-driven experiences for mobile and desktop. He has shipped AR/VR and kiosk apps, created GPU-accelerated visualizations from scientific NetCDF datasets, and helped design complex UI and shader systems for an Earth digital twin project. Comfortable with Swift/iOS and C#/Unity, he pairs tooling and backend integrations (Firebase, custom simulators) with creative shader and VFX work to make educational and scientific content engaging. A former Udacity VR mentor and long-time freelancer, he has collaborated with clients from National Geographic to MBARI, bringing science communication and chemistry-informed curiosity to his designs. He’s especially interested in making serious games that teach through play, often tying level progression and learning to real-world datasets.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
iOS Developer Nanodegree, iOS Developer Nanodegree at UdacityUniversity of California Santa CruzAssociate’s Degree, Computer Science, Associate’s Degree, Computer Science at Cabrillo College
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Github Skills (3)
reboot9
minecraft9
ios6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
davidiad/newleaf
Jun 2018 - Jan 2019
reboot of leaves
Contributions:231 commits, 10 PRs, 201 pushes in 7 months
leavesminecraftreboot
davidiad/AahToZzz
Feb 2016 - Dec 2021
Contributions:330 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
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