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    I'm Devin G Monaghan, a junior game programmer and current senior at Chico State's Computer Animation and Game Design (CAGD) program, minoring in Project Management. I am very passionate about problem solving and creating things, be it sculpting clay, building Legos, or, of course, making games. You can contact me or find some of my work here:

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