Sunny Atwal

Technical Designer at Rockstar Games Toronto

Location
Toronto, Canada Area
Industry
Computer Games

As a LinkedIn member, you'll join 150 million other professionals who are sharing connections, ideas, and opportunities. And it's free! You'll also be able to:

  • See who you and Sunny Atwal know in common
  • Get introduced to Sunny Atwal
  • Contact Sunny Atwal directly

View Full Profile

Sunny Atwal's Overview

Current
Past
  • Computer Games Programmer / Sound for Team Thunderbirds at Dare to be Digital
  • Co-op Student at Ryerson University
  • DB2 Quality Assurance at IBM
Education
  • University of Abertay Dundee
  • Ryerson University
Recommendations

11 people have recommended Sunny

Connections

167 connections

Sunny Atwal's Summary

I have a strong interest in games and how they are designed. If you wish to contact me directly please do so at info@sunnyatwal.com

Specialties

C++, Direct X, OpenGL, ActionScript, Torque Game Engine, Torque Game Builder, Gamebryo Lightspeed, PS2 Linux Framework

Sunny Atwal's Experience

Technical Designer

Rockstar Games Toronto

Public Company; 501-1000 employees; TTWO; Computer Games industry

February 2010Present (2 years 1 month)

Technical Designer

Rockstar Games

Public Company; 501-1000 employees; TTWO; Computer Games industry

2010Present (2 years)

Computer Games Programmer / Sound for Team Thunderbirds

Dare to be Digital

July 2009August 2009 (2 months)

Participated in a 10 week games programming competition hosted by Abertay Dundee University in Dundee, Scotland.
Created a side scrolling beat'em up using Emergent's Gamebyro Lightspeed.

Co-op Student

Ryerson University

Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry

20062008 (2 years)

DB2 Quality Assurance

IBM

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry

May 2007August 2007 (4 months)

Responsible for the maintenance of IBM DB2 products worldwide
Worked with many individuals from across the globe to ensure the accuracy and stability of DB2 products
Responsible for starting and maintaining an internal newsletter for the team.

Application Developer

IBM Canada

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry

May 2005September 2006 (1 year 5 months)

Responsible for the deployment of Applications.
Responsible for maintaining records vital to the team’s organization and budget.
Responsible for developing Lotus Notes Applications.
Obtained a Thanks Award for designing and submitting an asset to the Intellectual Capital
Database.
Obtained a reward for assisting in the very successful CA Tools Project.

Sunny Atwal's Education

University of Abertay Dundee

M.Sc., Computer Games Technology

20082010

Attended classes remotely at Algoma University.

Activities and Societies: Designed various group and individual projects involving Direct X, PS2 Framework and Torque Game Engine. Works can be seen at sunnyatwal.com Residence Advisor, Teacher's Assistant for Computer Science, Participated in Dare to be Digital 2009

Ryerson University

B.Sc., Computer Science

20032008

Activities and Societies: Enrolled in cooperative program, VP Finance and 4th Year Representative, Wrote Thesis regarding the accurate sketching of lines on curved surfaces using C++ and VTK.

Sunny Atwal's Additional Information

Interests:

Playing guitar, Learning music theory, DIY projects

Contact Sunny for:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • expertise requests
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

View Sunny Atwal’s full profile to...

  • See who you and Sunny Atwal know in common
  • Get introduced to Sunny Atwal
  • Contact Sunny Atwal directly

View Full Profile

Not the Sunny Atwal you were looking for? View more »

Viewers of this profile also viewed...