Tools & Systems:
MS Visual Studio & Source Safe, Power PC embedded, IBM PC Compatibles, Macintosh, Commodore 64/128, Atari (ST, 7800, 800XL), Nintendo Gameboy

Rise of the Kasai - PlayStation 2 - C++

• AI design and implementation for second player characters in single player mode. Created a waypoint system with commands so that the designers could modify the ai with Maya on a per character/situation basis.
• AI for npcs and some bosses.
• High level networking for two-player mode.
• Reorganized and cleaned up most of the game code so that it was more object oriented and usable.

Screenplay - PowerPC 403GCX based embedded video editor.

• Designed and implemented an object oriented windowing GUI on an embedded PowerPC video editing platform in C.
• Implemented an alpha blending layering library in C as well as a Flash ROM library and a Unix style shell program.
• Ported and updated the existing OS to meet both new guidelines and to work under GCC in a Linux environment resulting in 10X faster build times.
• Designed and implemented an extensive documentation database in HTML where previously only scattered documentation existed.

• Lead Software Engineer on a variety of projects, on a variety of platforms including: VectorMan 2, Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park Rampage Edition, Spider-Man: Web of Fire, World Series Baseball '98, Arachnophobia, and Avoid The Noid.
• Involved in the initial design, development, coding, bug testing, and final release phases for a majority of the projects worked on.
• Selected projects included:

• Lead Software Engineer with a team of 3 other engineers.
• Created detailed project schedules and technical design specifications.
• Interfaced with the Sega producer on game design, milestones, bug testing and final release.
• Development environment - 68000 assembly language, developed on the PC with snasm cross-assembler and Segadev debugger.
• Involved in the design and implementation of all aspects of the game.
• Implemented all background environments and accompanying AI.
• Designed AI for and implement several 'boss' enemies.
• Designed and implemented all programming aspects of the main human character.
• Coordinated with art team on design and programming implementation.
• VectorMan 2 was Electronic Gaming Monthly's Genesis Game of the Year.

• Lead Software Engineer with a team of 6 other engineers for Jurassic Park and with a team of 3 other engineers for JP:Rampage Edition.
• Redesigned and re-implemented the game 'engine' between these two projects.
• Created detailed project schedules and technical design specifications.
• Interfaced with the Sega producer on game design, milestones, bug testing and final release.
• Development environment - 68000 assembly language, developed on the PC with snasm cross-assembler and Segadev debugger.
• Involved in the design and implementation of all aspects of both games.
• Designed and implemented all programming aspects of the main human character in both games
• Implemented several background environments and accompanying AI.
• Coordinated with art team on design and programming implementation.
• Jurassic Park was a 1.3 Million unit selling game and was completed on an extremely short schedule. JP: Rampage Edition had a similar schedule, with fewer engineers, but the redesigned game engine enabled it to be finished on time with a higher degree of quality.

• Joined this troubled project in mid-stream and successfully lead it to completion.
• Took over implementation of the main character, and several background environments and redesigned the game play in them.

• Designed and implemented a public web site for BlueSky Software Inc. in HTML.
• Designed and implemented a web based bug tracking program in C++.

I designed and maintain the following web-sites:

• http://www.sdkrashen.com
• http://www.benikomason.com
• http://www.inductionmovie.com
• http://www.comprehensible.com
• http://www.harveymaller.com
• http://www.frekei.com

• VectorMan - Software Engineer.
• World Series Baseball '98 - Software Engineer.
• Desert Demolition With Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote - Software Engineer.
• Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy's Invention - Software Engineer
• Starflight - Sega Genesis - Software Engineer
• TechnoClash - Software Engineer

• Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant - Software Engineer
• Blues Brothers 2000. - Game Design and Software Engineer.

• Arachnophobia - Software Engineer
• Avoid The Noid - Software Engineer

• Ninja Golf - Software Engineer
• Scrapyard Dog - Level Design
• Xenophobe - Level Design

• Programming consultant on a PC based strategy game for the Windows platform.

• Implemented the Pinata arcade game for an independent game developer.
• Created an object oriented game engine in C.
• Implemented the background environments, the main characters, and the enemies.