Resumé

Senior Programmer / Lead Programmer

Software Engineer

Areas of responsibility have included:

• Design & implementation of memory management & monitoring library.
• Implementation of "Driver AI", "Ghost Car", and other gameplay features of arcade racer "Groove Rider".
• Implementation of UI, animation, and gameplay features for technology and gameplay demos..

Software Engineer

My main roll was the in the on-going development of experimental 3D game engine technology for the PC, and next-gen consoles, including:

• working extensively with existing code to improve performance and stability,
• design and implementation of new features, including:
  • an advanced Virtual Machine, and performance profiler for an existing scripting language & agent model,
  • a generic (template based) route planning system (a* algorithm, as used in Ms PacMan, and forthcoming titles), &
  • procedural generation of realistic rainbow effects,
  • tools for simulating bio-chemical reactions

• A "Dinosaur Park" alife simulation tech-demo, featuring flocking, predator-prey behavior and cinematic camera control, &
• Gameplay prototypes of "Beasts", and "Yeren".

Software Engineer

• AI
• game mechanics
• interface
• tools
• visual effects

• Magic & Mayhem

  Critically acclaimed realtime strategy/RPG for Win95/DirectX.

• X-COM Apocalypse

  Critically acclaimed turnbased/realtime strategy game for DOS/Win95 (under DOS4GW), 300000+ units sold, 2nd in gallop charts for several weeks.

Jnr Programmer

Duties consisted mainly of implementing interfaces for corporate database solutions using Visual Basic under Win3.1, but also included responsibility for some program & interface design.

During my contract I implemented the front end for the Personel Training Management database system for General Portfolio.

• C++

  Using OOP methods and the STL with MSDev on Win95/NT/DirectX to develop:

  • Creature Labs' (unnamed) game engine, and related tools.
  • Magic & Mayhem, and related tools.

  Developing CL tools under Linux.

• C

  With DOS4GW and the 32 bit Watcom compiler under DOS to develop X-COM Apocalypse and related tools.

  With the Borland 16 bit DOS compiler to create an ASCII GUI directory navigation and management tool for DOS.

• PocketC

  On the PalmOS to develop free applets, in my spare time.

  For more information on PocketC visit: www.orbworks.com

• PHP4, HTML, XML

  Creating websites and documentation for both professional, and personal projects.

• Pascal & Assembly80x86

  Creating 16 bit DOS apps, of a graphical nature, including a 3D Fractal Landscape generator and renderer developed in my free time whilst at college.

• Visual Basic

  Constructing interfaces under Win3.1 for corporate database solutions.

• ACCU

  I am an active member of the Association of C and C++ Users, and had articles published, and am on the editorial team for Overload.

  For more information on the ACCU visit: www.accu.org

• Board game AI

  I have written platform independent core game engine and AI code for Dr Eric Solomons "Thoughtwave" game, and AI code for Dr Solomons Entropy using a game engine created by others. I have developed an AI framework and tournament system for the coin game "FIGHT!", and have written a world-leading AI for it.

• IOCCC

  I collaborated on a winning entry for the 15th The International Obfuscated C Code Contest.

  For more information on the IOCCC visit: www.ioccc.org

• PocketC

  Participating in the development community, as well as creating free applets such as PocketIFS, a free IFS fractal visualisation tool, and piemansimon, a simple memory game.

  For more information on piemansimon visit:
  www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?prodID=7594

  For more information on PocketIFS visit:
  www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?prodID=3995

I also enjoy / am interested in:

• Philosophy
• Popular & classical fiction
• Music
• Art
• Photography
• Board Games
• Artificial Intelligence
• Enviromental Issues