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Statrookie - Financials Junior GM

Front End Engineer, Designer
Statrookie - Financials Junior GM

Lead front end engineer developing a web based game for Statrookie, a startup focusing on equitable math education and data literacy through sports analytics.

Technologies

React, Typescript, SCSS, Lerna, Framer Motion, Git

Statrookie - Financials Junior GM

In January of 2021 I began building a game designed to help 2nd and 3rd graders build their skills in math and statistics by acting as the general manager of a hockey team. Statrookie's client was the San Jose Sharks, who launched the game a part of their free education programs for communities across northern California.

Statrookie - Financials Junior GM
Statrookie - Financials Junior GM

This project was a great opportunity for me to build something from scratch that would be widely used by a large organization. With a tight deadline and ever changing demands, the initial version was tightly coupled with the original customer. Understanding the limitations this presents for scalability, it's been a continuous undertaking to abstract the core components and logic into a separate libraries to be reused for new customers as the company continues to grow.

Statrookie - Financials Junior GM

One unique challenge in this project was the creative use of SVG elements and animations as interactive props in the game. The complex animations were achieved using a React library called Framer Motion. I also used this library to animate an interactive tutorial that students could walk through the first time they played the game.

Statrookie - Financials Junior GM