Joanna Mijares
Gameplay Programmer
Art by Joanna Mijares
About Me
Hello! My name is Joanna Mijares. I’m a gameplay programmer with a passion for creative problem solving. I’ll face any technical challenge head-on and always make sure to put my best foot forward.
I am currently pursuing a M.S. in Interactive Entertainment at UCF’s Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) on the Programming Track. I’ll be graduating in August of 2026. I obtained my B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Florida in 2025.
Fun Fact: My favorite game is Stardew Valley!
Graduate Projects
Everent
October 2025-July 2026
C++, Blueprints, UE5
A 3D hoverboard platformer with 6 possible axes of movement. Created in an interdisciplinary team of 18 people in Unreal Engine 5 using C++ and Blueprints.
The Binding of Isaac: Datumites Edition
April 2026
C++, Godot
Recreated a portion of gameplay from The Binding of Isaac in a team of 5. Written in a custom, content-driven game engine in C++ using JSON and Godot tooling .
The Legend of Zelda Recreation
December 2025
C, OpenGL
Recreated the first dungeon level from The Legend of Zelda (1985) entirely in C. Utilized OpenGL for graphics rendering.
Undergraduate Projects
Into the Mewniverse
Summer 2023
C#, Unity
Into The Mewniverse is a solo-project that follows a cat named Orion living in the age of space-faring humanity. Orion accidentally takes an escape pod to an alien planet and must speak to the locals and collect parts to fix his ship in order to get back home to his human (and his scratching post).
Bee Major Beethoven
Spring 2023
C#, Unity
Bee Major Beethoven is a group project that centers around a young bee who was separated from his hive and must travel through dangerous landscapes, like the woods and the suburbs, to return home.
All of the code, level design, art work, and planning was done by myself and my two other group-mates.
Pokemon Team Builder
Spring 2024
JavaScript, HTML5
The Pokemon Team Builder is both a passion project and a scholarly project wrapped into one product. The final project for the Data Structures and Algorithms course required our team to create an executable or website that compared two data structures in some form.
Tabletop Tavern
Spring 2024
PHP, Python, CSS
The Tabletop Tavern is a one-stop-shop for all Tabletop Games or Boardgames. Our team chose to create a site that allowed users to search through our extensive database of boardgames and find games they may enjoy.
Class Website: My e-Portfolio
Spring 2024
HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Boostrap, jQuery, MySQL
CIS4930 – Internet Computing was an elective class taken at the University of Florida that focused on nearly all levels of web-development and the many different languages and libraries that can be applied in that setting.