Cody Haskell Email & Phone Number

United States

Cary, Nc, Us

Fortnite Gameplay (2017 - Present)- LTM Team, formerly on Mobile TeamParagon UI/Gameplay (2014 - 2017)- Initially was the only UI programmer for the first year of the project. Worked with Creative Director and Lead UI Artist on all aspects of the UI.- As scope of project grew, transitioned to be Primary HUD Programmer. Worked with designers and artists to bring their UI visions to life.- Helped implement early gameplay systems when the project was in pre-production.- Integrated Nvidia's Ansel into ParagonFortnite - Gameplay/UI (2012 - 2014)- Initially worked on UI, helping to implement HUD, Inventory, and other major screens.- Designed and implemented "Weak Spot" harvesting mini-game, and was listed as the inventor on the associated patent.- Designed and implemented Trap Placement system, working with artists to get visuals and feel correct.- Voluntarily worked nights and weekends to design, prototype, and implement many new features in the game.- Was the Primary Missions Programmer, supporting four designers and helping them bring their designs to fruition.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

• Gameplay Programmer for Scribblenauts, hugely popular franchise with over 4 million copies sold.• Ramped up quickly and implemented various gameplay and UI features.• Owned the design and implementation of the lead new feature of Super Scribblenauts, ‘Adjectives’, from end to end, from the dictionary tool that defined the game data, to the UI system where you type in ‘Red Angry Flaming Panda’, to the multi-language parsing and spellchecking, to the gameplay and rendering code that actually makes a red, angry, flaming panda appear in the game.• Beyond my regular programming responsibilities, I conceived of, designed, prototyped, pitched, and implemented several key gameplay and UI features.• Spearheaded overhauls in our milestone delivery process, increasing programmer and QA efficiency.• Identified and solved designer work flow issues, taking designer iteration time for changes to data down from 7 minutes to 0.5 seconds.• My prototyping efforts have become so prevalent that I now own and maintain a personal branch of the project just for prototyping designs.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

• Began as an hourly intern, and then moved up to part time Gameplay Programmer, later full-time.• Quickly promoted to the lead PC Team, reporting directly to the Technical Director of the company.• Learned Lua and utilized it to implement gameplay puzzles and aid designers in scripting scenes. • Designed and implemented numerous architectural improvements to the C++ game engine.• Designed and implemented a designer-facing Cutscene Tool that allowed designers to implement cutscenes using the game engine as opposed to full motion video, giving us massive savings in disk space and the freedom to ship more content.• Received a very nice “Thank you” card from the designers and artists for inventing various additional content pipeline tools that greatly enhanced their workflow.