Aaron Melcher
Owner, President Programmer at Knockout Games INC
Cape Coral, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolAaron Melcher is a seasoned game software veteran and founder, currently steering Knockout Games INC as Owner, President, and lead programmer since 2014. He brings 14+ years of hands-on experience across graphics, engine development, and multi-platform game production, having contributed to titles at Turbine and major ports for Mac and console systems. Aaron has led teams of varying sizes—from small indie efforts to larger studio collaborations—while also handling project management and cross-disciplinary game logic, rendering, and physics. A former board member of IGDA Boston and contributor to the local game-dev community, he has consistently blended technical depth with entrepreneurial initiative. Based in Cape Coral, Florida, his career spans independent development, contract work, and startup leadership, underpinned by a BA in Game Development from Full Sail University. Expect continued innovation as he expands capabilities at Knockout Games and explores new genres, including casual and touch-screen titles.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Game Development, BA, Game Development at Full Sail University
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Github contributions (5)
knockoutgames/mojoshader
Oct 2014 - Oct 2014
Contributions:9 commits in 1 day
ZaaLabs/PushButtonEngine
Jan 2011 - Jan 2011
Contributions:3 commits in 1 day
pushbuttongamedevframeworkflashgame-development
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