About me

Son Nguyen Hoang – game developer, a writter, book lover, Emacs & Linux fanboy.

Pierre Auguste Cot · Springtime

My story

My name is Son Nguyen Hoang, I was born in 1998, Hanoi City. The first language I picked up was Pascal – oh, I miss those days so much. Then I learned RPG Maker to make final-fantasy-like games.

In 2017, I moved to HCM City to enroll in the Software Engineering program at RMIT University. University life was full of joy and exciting things! I spent one year in Melbourne as an exchange student.

Now, I choose game development as my main career. Visit my GitHub to know more about my projects – I deployed my games there. Sometimes I record and upload videos of my projects to YouTube. Hope you enjoy it!

Experience

May 2025 – now

Corochti

Game Programmer

I am a core developer at a Vietnamese game studio focused on the local market. Our mission is to reimagine familiar aspects of Vietnamese everyday life through games. Two of our titles, *Trở Về Tuổi Thơ* and *Xóm Nhỏ Tuổi Thơ*, were recognized among the Top 5 by the judging panel at the Vietnam Game Hub contest.

Dec 2024 – now

Sisyphus Lab

Co-founder · Game developer

A new startup on robotics and game development. We are young and currently create PC games using Godot Engine and Roblox games, crafting video games from creative, original ideas.

Mar 2021 – May 2024

Imba Studio

Game developer

Coding game features from the specifications of game designers and artists, with Unity 2D and C# on the client, JavaScript on the server, and Firebase and PlayFab as backend services. Games: Kawaii Puzzle, Kawaii Mansion, Kawaii Island, Kawaii Fishing, Kawaii Theater Solitaire and Tile Plays: Kawaii Show Design.

Mar 2022 – Feb 2023

Young Buffalo Studio

Core game developer

The first game developer in a brand-new studio: core developer and semi-tutor for two junior developers, building prototypes such as a zombie-shooting tycoon game on Roblox, a business simulation on BlockmanGo and a Unity mobile game.

Jun 2020 – Jan 2021

RMIT Developer Club

Member · Event host

Hosted events and game projects, including Spaceship Shooter and Wizardry Fate.

Jun 2020 – Jan 2021

ABB Company

Capstone project

With my team, developed software to control a robot that picks objects in random positions and poses from a box, guided by two RGB cameras.

Sep 2017 – now

RMIT Vietnam – IT and Engineering Group

Founder

A private Facebook group for Engineering and IT students at RMIT: a relaxing, educational forum for alumni and current students, with 390 members.

Projects

See the full portfolio →

Education

2019 – 2021
Bachelor of Software Engineering (Honours, First Class), RMIT University, Saigon South · GPA 3.6/4.0
2018 – 2019
RMIT University, Melbourne
2017 – 2018
RMIT University, Saigon South
2014 – 2016
Yen Hoa High School, Hanoi

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Credits

Built with Hugo. Set in Literata and JetBrains Mono. The paintings on this site are in the public domain:

  • Georges Rochegrosse, The Knight of the Flowers, 1894
  • Alphonse Mucha, Madonna of the Lilies, 1905
  • Joaquín Sorolla, Italian Girl with Flowers, 1886
  • Pierre Auguste Cot, Springtime, 1873
  • Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889
  • Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818
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