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Unnanounced (February 2020 - February 2021)Gameplay Programmer/Combat DesignerDarksiders: Genesis (November 2017 – February 2020)Gameplay Programmer/Combat Designer* One of two full-time programmers for the first twelve months of development, principally responsible for: player melee/ranged combat, weapons and targeting, unlockable ability tree, projectiles, impacts, Portal tech, interactables, grappling hook, mounts, Chaos/Havoc form, resource management* Designed and implemented animation-driven ability system supporting 100+ player and AI abilities and combos* Continually balanced network performance against responsive client experience

Prey: Mooncrash (July 2017 – November 2017)Gameplay Engineer* Worked closely with lead systems designer to prototype more than a dozen new player features and abilities* Designed and implemented novel 3rd-person underground traversal mechanic* Implemented Operator and Mimic AI petsPrey (June 2014 – June 2017)Gameplay Engineer* Responsible for taking numerous player abilities and support systems from prototype to polish, including:Spatial targeting, blink, possession, gravity manipulation, time shifting, psychokinesis, mind-control* Owned Mimic Matter universal possession ability * Core gameplay feature with high-visibility in press and marketing * Developed flexible entity-controller framework to support possession of 100+ dynamic gameplay objects, from rigid bodies (mugs, bananas, carpet rolls, large cabinets) to stationary turrets and robot NPCs * Implemented 3rd-person camera with clipping avoidance in tight, densely-populated interior spaces * Collaborated with UI, VFX and audio devs to improve readability and feedback of player abilities* Designed low-level data structures and API to support dynamically-generated discovery quests* Wrote offline dependency visualizer to streamline debugging and optimization of visual scripting language