the simple life

Tyler Gorzney

The Road Less Traveled

A Five-Year Retrospective

Chattanooga, Tennesee
February, 1st 2019 - 2020

Accomplishing more with less - The Twelve Tribes and solo game development.

Eight months getting to know The Twelve Tribes and a year learning Unreal Engine 4 and Blender.

Atlanta, Georgia
June, 13 2017 - February, 1st 2019

Doing what it takes... - Volunteer diving at the Georgia Aquarium and paying off debts.

Twenty-five dives at the Georgia Aquarium, working two jobs and donating plasma twice a week. Paid-off $9k in debt, saved up $2k and built a $1.8k laptop for game development.

Maui, Hawaii
April, 20 2016 - June, 13 2017

Fourteen months in "Paradise" - becoming a PADI Divemaster while living outside in a hammock on a tropical island.

Three-hundred SCUBA dives, an epic dive with bottle-nose dolphins, hitch-hiking through Hana (twice), hiking up Haleakalā and a final fairwell with Manta Rays.

Summit County, Colorado
July, 23 2015 - April, 20 2016

Rockies, Crags and Champagne Powder - Climbing, hiking and snowboarding in the Rockies.

Living outside in a hammock in the Rockies, hiking part of the Colorado Trail, rock-climbing Clear Creek Canyon and a total of thirty-two days snowboarding at Breckinridge and Keystone in Summit County.

The Creative Spirit

Games | Graphics | Data | Web

Graphic Design

Marketing Collateral | Brand Identity | Environmental Signs & Graphics | Web Design

Game Development

Real-Time Rendering | 3D Modeling | Tech Art | Visual Scripting

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Photography

Best Shots Gallery

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Database Engineering

Learning and Experimentation with MySQL

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