Jared Goronkin | M.S. (RIT)

I am a multi-faceted, technically empowered Game Developer seeking a chance to complement the efforts of a passionate development team.

Earned my M.S. in Game Design and Development from RIT, a graduate program ranked #3 in the nation where I applied my research on how animations can be leveraged to drive gameplay to my capstone and implemented various procedural terrain generation techniques.
Personally developed Mosaic, a Unity package that has helped teams develop and refine gameplay features with less technical overhead, resulting in shipping builds faster.
Led engineering and production on Echoes in the Mist, a PC game powered by Mosaic.
Showcased work at GDC (NYS Pavilion, twice), RetroGameCon, RPI GameFest, Roc Game Fest, EDGE, and Imagine RIT
Co-founded an independent student initiative that raised $30K+ to send 12 students to GDC.

Featured Work

Echoes in the Mists

Shown at GDC 2025 NYS Pavilion, I led engineering and production on this souls-like. Descend into a corrupted seaport where danger and discovery lurk around every corner. Powered by Mosaic.

Mosaic

Designed and engineered a Unity package to enable full modularity in systems development. Leveraged by Echoes In The Mists

Animations Driving the Game Simulation

In this paper I analyze animation pipelines within various engines and explore how animation driven game simulations impact development.

Procedural Terrain

A series of explorations into procedural terrain generation in Unity.

Testimonials

“I’ve rarely encountered a student team so driven to achieve excellence, and much of that came from Jared’s leadership. Echoes in the Mists stood out as one of the strongest games developed that year.”
— Sten McKinzie | Graduate Program Director, RIT

“Jared Goronkin was an excellent student in my Game Graphics Programming class, demonstrating strong performance in mastering a wide range of low-level graphics concepts, from rendering pipeline fundamentals to advanced topics such as multi-shader programming. For his final project, he implemented a real-time mesh generation system using compute shaders and a scalar-field-based chunking approach to efficiently handle complex marching-cube structures at multiple levels of detail. I also served as one of advisors for Jared’s capstone team project. Beyond his technical contributions, Jared took the lead in coordinating production, communicating progress with advisors, and ensuring the team met key milestones, including pitches, playtests, and a showcase at the GDC conference. His team game achieved exceptional quality across narrative design, gameplay mechanics, and graphical implementation. Jared consistently demonstrated strong communication skills, leadership, and collaboration, which are the qualities that make him a standout team player.”
— Chao Peng, MFA, PhD | Associate Professor, Interactive Games & Media, RIT