Paweł Kubiak Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Building foundation for various AI sub-systems (FSM and BT, investigations, search, detection, and senses). Developed light and shadow system (evaluating lighting level of objects/agents) extensively used by AI vision. Prototyping mirrors support and player shadows detection in AI system. Integrating internal motion matching solution into locomotion and motion planning. Part of strike team responsible for overseeing and analyzing game performance regressions (responsible for both gameplay and AI). Mentorship and knowledge sharing with AI and gameplay teams.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Providing technical support on gameplay side after Watch Dogs Legion went live. Extending spawning system to support hordes of zombies for WD:L zombie mode expansion. Technical leadership over gameplay team, investigating and proposing solutions for various gameplay systems (ECS, interactive cinematics, quest systems, etc.) for unannounced project.

Toronto, Canada Area

Overseeing a team responsible for maintaining, redesigning and expanding spawning system for an open world project (Watch Dogs Legion). Technical leadership over optimization efforts of gameplay and AI including performance analysis, work planning and the actual optimizations. Designing and prototyping automated testing solution using bots. Participating in Ubisoft's mentorship program.

Wroclaw, Lower Silesian District, Poland

Further improvements and extensions for AI in Dying Light (spiritual successor of Dead Island). Low level game systems support and refactoring. Improvements in build system including automated patch and game package generation. Implementing platform specific functionality related to PS4/XBO consoles in engine (i.e. Streaming install/PlayGo). Game code performance analysis and CPU/memory optimizations especially for PS4 and XBO plaftorms. Implemented Diablo-like loot generation system for unreleased cRPG project. Knowledge sharing sessions with dev team.

Wrocław Area, Poland

Implementing game mechanics prototypes like active ragdoll. Improvements in animation events system allowing it to be customized with actions. Refactoring and expanding existing AI systems. Taking care of external physics engine integration into ChromeEngine. Designed and implemented weapon crafting and coop difficulty balancing systems. Developed local enemies level scaling system allowing players at different character levels having fun when playing coop.

Wrocław, Dolnośląskie, Poland

Designed and implemented goal oriented AI (HTN) with P2P network simulation. Developed from scratch AI locomotion, navigation, spawning, senses, combat. Preparation and oversight over mocap sessions for enemies animations. Implemented player navigation, quests management, enemies behavior for Dead Island. Developing coop AI for Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. Augmented AI navmesh-less navigation with dynamic obstacle avoidance system.

Łódź, Łódzkie, Poland

Part of small group of passionate indie developers, working on Fallout spinoff cRPG game, with isometric view, taking place in post-apocalyptic Poland. Using open-source OGRE 3D engine. Implemented world partitioning and streaming. Design and implementation of core game systems (buildings, actors, items, inventory, etc.), and in-game editor. Integration with physic engines including ODE, and PhysX.

Master'S Degree, Mathematics And Computer Science

High School, Mathematics