Haley Magee
Gameplay Engineer
University & Class:
Shawnee State University Class of 2026
Field of Study:
Digital Simulation & Game Engineering
Work Experience Overview
Producer & Gameplay Engineer on 666 Malevolence Lane 2025-Present
Senior Resident Assistant at SSU 2025-Present
Bartender at Singing River Yacht Club 2025
Resident Assistant at SSU 2023-2025
Summer Intern with the National Audubon Society 2023
A Bit About Me
Born and raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, I've spent my life becoming a social and extremely dedicated woman making her own space in the gaming industry. Growing up I came to absolutely adore games - especially how they can make a player feel and the way they can bring people together. I'm itching to use my gameplay engineering skills and time-tested interpersonal intelligence to help your team's dreams come true.
Professional Experiences
Producer & Gameplay Engineer at Bearly-A Studio
2025-Current
What started as a typical senior project has evolved into much more. I serve as the central leader on an independent game project & studio, releasing our own games. In addition to basic game programming duties, I oversee the project's production, coordinate team communication, and kept people motivated.
Bearly-A Studio team headed to Central Ohio Game Group's Prototype & Play
March 2026
Senior Resident Assistant at SSU
August 2025 - May 2026
After two years of being an RA for Shawnee, they kindly asked me to step up into a lead position. I was happy to do so, and have done all I can to oversee and strengthen my team members. Some other new tasks included overseeing the onboarding process and devoting typical "off the clock" hours to the position.
Bartender & Server at Singing River Yacht Club
May 2025 - July 2025
My first service industry position, and a rewarding one at that! I'd take, prepare, and deliver orders in and out of the building. Was also quite important to maintian highly positive relations with patrons, as 99% of them were regulars. 5 days a week, 6 or more hours at a time. Needless to say, I really hustled that summer...and sweat, haha.
Resident Assistant at SSU
August 2023 - May 2025
Being a Resident Assistant is a decently challenging position acting in a variety of spaces and situations. Main skills applied include constant adaptation to changes, writing of professional & encompassing reports, and collaboration with team members. Additional duties consist of emergency response and creative skills.
Summer Intern at Pascagoula River Audubon Center
May 2023 - July 2023
A calm yet fast-paced opening to a professional working environment where I was tasked with accountability for myself and others, communication within large groups, and always retaining a friendly and courteous composure. Often found myself supervising and providing educational materials to groups of children (and the occasional adult).
Allowing summer camp children to face paint me, seeing as they weren't too interested in getting it applied to themselves.
Educational & Experiential Experiences
Student Representative at GDEX
September 2025
Selected & sponsored by Shawnee State to represent them at a multi-day game developers conference in Columbus, OH. Spent my time welcoming people to the SSU booth, touring the expo hall, taking notes in talks, and mingling with some pretty cool, insightful people in the industry.
Competition day for the once-or-twice a year automated tank battle. A fun & insightful programming challenge.
Spring 2024
SSU Computing Houses E-Board
2023 - 2026
By collaborating with peers and professors I have been able to orchestrate numerous fun and developmental events for my peers on campus. This includes anything from halloween parties to entire game jams. It's been such a wonderful experience to provide these opportunities for my community.
Student at Shawnee State University (SSU)
2022 - 2026
An active deep-dive into all things programming & simulation with plenty of experience with general education and campus life. Serves as a student representative on the University's Budget & Resources Committee, participated in the spirit band and was a dutiful member of the Honors Program.
Received the "Louis Armstrong Jazz Award" for my senior year in band. And yes, of course I play saxophone!
Student at Pascagoula High School (PHS)
2018 - 2022
Four of the busiest years of my life. In addition to taking numerous AP and honors-level classes, I participated in National Honor Society, multiple kinds of band, speech & debate, swim, and even some robotics. Graduated with a multitude of honors awards, including Mississippi Tech Masters and PHS Hall of Fame.