Kyle Sullivan Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

- Submitting base game and beta updates for Minecraft on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, Android and iOS- Submitting updates for Minecraft Education- Maintaining store listings for base game and partner DLC on all platforms

I was always at the core of the build/release pipeline for Last Epoch, but my focus had to shift toward it more fully as we prepared to launch server-authoritative multiplayer. We now had to deploy game server and backend service updates in addition to game client updates. We hired a QA Manager to run that team, though I still work very closely with them.- Deliver client and server updates- Coordinate testing and deployments of backend service updates with backend team- Triage bugs and help determine priority of new feature development- Manage release branches in Git- Create release candidates and evaluate them alongside QA- Maintain build system to support dozens of builds each day for internal testing- Collaborated on migrating to custom Jenkins-based system for our Unity builds- Released 100+ updates for the singleplayer game from 2018-2022 (24 major content drops)

I got involved with Last Epoch even before this (pre-Kickstarter), so my role changed a lot as development ramped up and the team expanded. I started as the only dedicated tester and learned as much as I could about the design of the game, how it works and why.- Detailed, hands-on game testing - Evaluated game design and suggested improvements - Found bugs, edge cases and regressions - Processed and reproduced bug reports from players- Developed and documented testing processes as the QA team expanded from just me to 8 people- Worked directly with developers, artists, and designers for debugging and suggestions- Worked with production to make sure concerns raised by QA and the community were prioritized- Assuaged Git and Unity woes, wrote patch notes, interacted with the community, and did whatever else unblocked team members and kept the game going in the right direction.