Games

Principal programmer from prototype through full live-ops support. Owned the UI using Unity's UI Toolkit and held product ownership over architectural systems — push notifications, video ads, and analytics. Much of the reusable middleware in my code portfolio grew out of this work.

Implemented a web-based client through the Unity engine, backed by Web3 smart-contract and blockchain technology. Contributed creatively and technically to a new kind of game balancing open player data and ownership with traditional free-to-play mechanics.

As Senior Lead Programmer on Budge's Central Technology & Tools team, supported this flagship live-ops title — managing a live-ops team of 10 programmers against an aggressive release schedule, building shared technology across teams, and balancing tech debt against new-feature development.

Lead Programmer on this award-nominated action title. Drove engineering across platforms and gave design feedback throughout development.

Designed and implemented several levels from paper design through prototyping, production, and final shipping. Working in Rockstar's proprietary scripting language and animation tools, I brought each mission to screen — AI, gameplay difficulty, cutscenes, custom animations, audio, music, and level progression all had a significant scripted component.

• Managed a team of 5 scripters for 2 years while maintaining my own scripting and design work.
• Coordinated with scripting teams across 4 international studios.
• Built initial level layouts (grey boxes) in 3D Studio Max.