Meir Arani

Fukuoka, Japan

Graduate Student

Kyushu University

  • Game Design
  • Programming
  • Writing

[email protected]

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Education

Kyushu University

Graduate School of Design

2022-2025

I am currently pursuing a graduate degree in design, researching under Hiroyuki Matsuguma's serious games project.

The University of Oklahoma

B.Sc. in Computer Science with Honors

B.A. in Japanese with Honors

Minor in Mathematics

2017-2021

I was designated an Oklahoma State Regents Scholar and received Olive Hawes Scholarship. I also co-authored several research papers. under Dr. Le Gruenwald.

The Oklahoma School of Science & Mathematics

2015-2017

I attended one of America's most prestigious high schools where I was distinguished as a Hefner Scholar by the Robert & MeiLi Hefner Foundation


Employment

Nikken Sekkei

Contracted Game Collaboration—Tenjin Dash

2022

C#, Unity, Game Design

I developed Tenjin Dash for Nikken Sekkei's 2022 event 都市DXフォーラム IN 九州. The collaboration was performed under the guidance of my research advisor.

NextThought

Continuous Integration Manager

2017-2021

Jenkins, Java, Developer Operations

I developed and maintained NextThought’s continuous integration software. I also managed many of the company's machines and sub-networks.


Expertise

Programming

  • Proficient in several programming languages
    • Java, C#, C++, Python, Javascript, etc.
  • Development Experience in Unity, Unreal, and Godot

Japanese

  • Certified Japanese proficiency at JLPT N2 level
  • Skilled in Japanese-English translation
  • Intermediate Japanese speaking ability

Art

  • Skilled in writing, photography, editing, and music composition