I'm a computer science professor at CSU Monterey Bay, developer, and educational nonprofit founder passionate about experiential learning and empowering the next generation of developers. I build software and games with students, emphasizing strong design principles, collaborative workflows, and real-world development experience.

• 👨‍🏫 Teach Java, Software Engineering, and Game Development at CSUMB
• 🧪 Mentor student-led projects and capstone teams
• 🛠️ Develop tools and teaching materials to support inclusive computing

• 🕹️ Exploring creating a nonprofit game studio to help students publish real games
  • 🎮 Rogue Dreams – A turn-based roguelite with procedural generation
  • 🚀 NeoADMM – Unity-based framework with Wave Function Collapse and collaborative diffusion
• 📘 Writing grant proposals and curriculum on project-based CS education

• OOP & design patterns (especially Gang of Four)
• Procedural content generation & AI in games
• Spring Boot, Unity (C#), Java, TypeScript
• Fitness, health, and wellness (mental and physical!)
• Mentoring, student portfolios, and equity in tech

• 🌐 clinkenbeard.info
• 📨 [email protected]
• 🧠 Always happy to talk code, teaching, or coffee

“Code is a craft, teaching is an art, and games are where both come alive.”