Me!

Blaise A. Rettig

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Software Engineer, Game Developer
Orange, CA | Seattle, WA

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Bio

I am a Computer Science and Game Development Student at Chapman University in Orange, CA. I am an effective leader, dependable resource, and someone who brings a unique and effective problem-solving approach through my Student Affairs and Law Enforcement background.

Languages:

Python, Java, C#, C, C++, HTML/CSS, Bash

Tools & Technologies:

Git, Docker, Unity, PlasticSCM, Aseprite, GIMP

Work Experience

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Software Engineer Intern

Jan 2025 - May 2025

Residence Life and First-Year Experience, Chapman University

Orange, CA

Leveraging OOP principles to develop a scalable, elegant, and user-friendly GUI application to automate otherwise time-consuming managerial duties, saving end users’ time.

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Resident Advisor

Mar 2023 - May 2025

Residence Life and First-Year Experience, Chapman University

Orange, CA

Responsible for the well-being of 50 Residents under direct supervision and 400+ total each year. Organize, plan, and execute monthly programs/events to build a healthy community. Mentor underclassmen both academically and as individuals for success.

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Deputy Sheriff Intern

May 2024 - Aug 2024

King County Sheriff's Office

Seattle, WA

Rode-along with, shadowed, and performed patrol duties with a commissioned King County Sheriff’s Office Deputy on assigned DUI emphasis patrol in the City of Burien, King County, Washington. Wrote reports and collected/documented/processed evidence for use in criminal trials.


Projects

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Csteroids

2025

2D Roguelite

An Asteroids inspired roguelite written entirely from scratch in C with the help of SDL3, a low-level graphics API!

Raw Gameplay...YouTube

Play it here...Itch.io

View the repo...GitHub

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C2

2025

GUI Application

C2 is a project I am developing as part of my Software Engineering Internship with Residence Life and First-Year Experience (RLFYE) at Chapman University. It is a GUI tool developed in Python with the use of Dear PyGui and Selenium to network and automate form submissions on the housing management system RLFYE uses, Roompact.

View the repo...GitHub

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Banish The Light

2025

2D Roguelike

A 2D, dungeon-crawling Roguelike in active development as part of the Game Development Capstone at Chapman University.

View the trailer...YouTube

EARLY early access build...Itch.io

Wishlist on Steam...Coming Soon

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MagLevs

2023 - 2024

Design and Fabrication

A project to prototype the creation of magnetic-levitation freeways in California, undertaken as part of the Grand Challenges Initiative at Chapman University.

Education

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Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Chapman University

Orange, CA

2022 - 2026

GPA: 3.96; 6x Provost's List; Dean's Scholar