Primary Role: Lead Gameplay Programmer
Development: October 2018 - Nov 2019
Website: Maneater Website
Engine: Unreal Engine 4
Platforms: Windows, PS4, Xbox One, Switch

Lead gameplay programmer for Maneater after it was brought in-house by Tripwire Interactive. Responsibilities include:

• Manager for the gameplay programming team consisting of both in-house and contracted programmers.
• Led refactor and game thread optimization efforts for gameplay-systems with a focus on console performance
• Primary developer on systems controlling AI spawning and despawning using an open world-focused system.
• Volume-based approach for easier layout work for level designers
• Multiple types of spawn location layout within a volume including basic grid, ground + sea layer, or ground layer made of first blocking hit
• Runtime filtering of active valid spawn locations based on designer-set priority and distances
• Conditional spawning support using simple Blueprint class implementations
• Runtime performance optimizations using the UE4 significance manager system as well as performance bucket-based limits on active AI