Sam Lantinga Email & Phone Number

Sam Lantinga is a Senior Software Engineer at Valve corporation. He possess expertise in game development, video games, gameplay, perforce, game design and 4 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I worked with Sam on quite a few projects at 38 Studios. Everything we worked on together succeeded beyond expectations, largely due to his talent and organization. As well as being an incredible engineer, Sam also has the ability to get the best out those working with him. I feel lucky to have been his colleague, and hope to work with him again in the future.", "In the year I worked with Sam on the server codebase, there seemed to be nothing he would hesitate to sink his teeth into. From database optimization, to gameplay features, to server-side physics, Sam's valuable contributions ran the gamut of the entire backend. Due to his intimate knowledge of several core systems, Sam was often the person I would approach first when I had a serverside implementation question. As a consummate team player, he would always be more than happy to act as a springboard for technical discussion. In summary, Sam not only does great work, but he is also a great guy to work *with*. I look forward to the day where we might be able to collaborate again.", and "Sam Lantinga. The man is a legend! Sam came to 38 Studios with a plethora of highly valuable game development experience. When asked where he would like to begin working, Sam found the toughest problems that no one seemed to want to face and tackled them head on. Those problems ranged from player death to localization. A huge breadth. One of the skills Sam has that I appreciated most was the ability to look at a design, examine existing systems and find innovative ways to use those existing systems to produce the desired in game results. Aside from his value as an engineer, Sam is just a great guy to be around."

Listed skills include Game Development, Video Games, Gameplay, Perforce, and 5 others.

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  University Of California, Davis

  Computer Science