Author archive: Eric Yockey

Transgression™ (2012)

Transgression™ is an arcade-style game that was released on the Xbox Live Indie Games platform in 2012 and is available for 80 MS points ($1). Gameplay is similar to the classic arcade game “joust”, but with a cyberpunk twist. The game was a solo project while I attended the University of Baltimore, and was programmed…

University of Baltimore (Business Administration)

University of Baltimore (Business Administration)

BS, Business Administration (2009-2011) The University of Baltimore is a 95-year institution known foremost as a top-3 law school, the college’s B.S. in Business Administration was also ranked one of America’s best undergraduate business programs in 2022 by U.S. News & World Report and reached the Forbes Top Colleges list in 2021. I graduated Summa Cum Laude…

Marathon//Max (2009)

Marathon//Max is a total conversion for the MaxFX 2 engine used in Max Payne 2. The game merges a semi-modern 3D engine with the concepts and assets used in Bungie’s early 90s sci-fi “Marathon” trilogy, transforming a single-player 3rd-person experience into a multiplayer 2nd-person (over-the-shoulder) deathmatch. The game was released to ModDB in 2009 and…

Pop’nKO Music & Entertainment™

Founder, CEO (2004-2006) The company developed the original Neon FM®: Dance Radio™, manufactured a prototype cabinet, and negotiated a contract with Betson Enterprises for exclusive manufacturing and distribution. I co-founded the game studio in 2004 alongside Eric Ruth, Robert Ota Dieterich, and David Riley; and partnered with O2Media (Malaysia/Korea) to provide art and music for their…

Neon FM®: Dance Radio™ (2005)

Neon FM®: Dance Radio™ is a 5-panel arcade dance game designed to focus to North American musical tastes. The machine was engineered to use a revolutionary capacitive-sensing system which would use the player’s natural electrical field to activate the foot panels, resulting in a more natural dance experience and lowering the maintenance requirements of the…

Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts

Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts

AudioWorks Certificate (2004) Sheffield is a prestigious Maryland institute with multiple recording studios and licensed instructional programs. Their client list includes recording artists such as Billy Joel, Mariah Carey, and Walt Disney Motion Pictures. The AudioWorks program consists of 96 hours of lectures and 200 hours of labs (296 total) and qualifies graduates for employment in…

Websites

Below are some captures of websites designed for clients and for personal use.

Miscellaneous Work

Below are samples from a host of side projects and contracted work.

RFpay™

RFpay is a cashless payment system with a robust feature set, including user info retention, redundant card & tracked coin payments, and area denial with ID verification. The system is assembled in the USA. Modern arcades typically use a swipe-card system for payments, and the RFpay system was designed to disrupt the market by offering…