Jon M. Email & Phone Number

Montreal, QC, CA

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Integrated Unreal Engine's Enhanced Input System into project systems and extended functionality to allow input type (press, tap, hold, etc.) to be remapped by users.
• Developed real-time mantle/climb detection system which can identify climbable locations from arbitrary geometry.
• Implemented mantle/climb heuristics system which used various player behaviors to trigger automatic mantling in line with player intentions.
• Implemented aim assist system which picked a best target based on player's aiming behavior and could provide up to 4 different player tunable methods of aim assistance.
• Worked on a wide variety of player weapons and powers: a) implemented new abilities based on designer documentation and discussions, b) performed maintenance, bug fixing, optimization, and design iteration on player.
• Collaborated with various departments/disciplines on many complex features; often helped lead planning discussions.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Worked extensively with new Mass Entity system in Unreal Engine 5 (implemented existing functionality, modified functionality to fit new use cases, extended functionality to add new features).
• Implemented tools and systems to generate assets from raw data files.
• Fixed bugs in Unreal Engine's rendering system (caused by floating point precision issues in large world coordinates).
• Investigated and extended functionality of replication systems in client/server communication.
• Created Unreal Engine Commandlet for batch asset processing.
• Worked with Git for version control.

• Worked with advanced Perforce features on multiple project branches
• Worked with complex internal systems, tools, and file types.
• Worked with internal game engine; performed maintenance and implemented new features (C++)
• Implemented new UI features and performed various bug fixes in UI systems (C++/Lua)
• Implemented system to import over 800 settings from previous games (using multiple different save file formats) from both offline and online sources.
• Investigated various systems for profiling, and bug fixing purposes.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Ported Unity plugin for Ink (branching dialogue script language) to Unreal Engine 4 (C# to C++).
• Implemented assisted and unassisted player movement systems using gamepad or mouse/touch controls.
• Implemented crowd life systems which dynamically rearranged off screen crowd members to create large efficient crowds.
• Implemented various systems to manage camera movement, audio, player objectives, UI, dialogue, animation, and other gameplay features (Unreal Engine 4, C++).
• Created a marketing camera plugin for Unreal Engine 4.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Designed and developed game systems in Unity Editor for Unity3D engine.
• Assembled character animation state machine using highly edited motion capture clips and inverse kinematics (Unity)
• Designed and built UI with video, audio, and custom input remapping options (C#, Unity)
• Coded 3D platformer physics behaviors (C#, Unity)
• Wrote custom shaders for thick tall grass and water (Cg/HLSL, Unity)
• Wrote general code which integrated sound effects, particle effects, lighting effects, post processing effects, and general gameplay behaviors (C#, Unity)

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Hired as an Articling Student and promoted to Associate in July 2017. Work as a lawyer included:
• Drafted arguments for patent and trademark examinations
• Searched international patent and trademark databases for similar prior registrations
• Drafted client communications and opinions
• Drafted patent technical specifications and drawings
• Summarized technical and legal documents into brief summariesIn addition to my responsibilities as a lawyer, I performed various tech related tasks, including:

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Intellectual Property Law, B

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science, 83%

Transferred from Carleton University during computer science degree.