I have worked in many different teams in Sumo, primarily as a Gameplay programmer. When working in prototype teams, I have worked on any game dev work requried of me including but not limited to VFX, Vehicle Modelling and Rigging, and Animated Materials.

A summary of my work experience at Sumo is as follows:

• Mission system: I have worked on designing and implementing mission scripting systems, given project specific requirements. I was in charge of designing the system, organizing tasks for myself and carrying out said tasks. I proposed workflows and pipelines, designed the system architecture, communicated with designers to get feedback and implemented the system with required editors for designers to work with.

• Dialogue system: In narrative focussed game projects, I have worked with in-house tools for managing dialogues. I have also worked with Ink for scripting dialogues and used Chinese Room's Inkpot plugin for Unreal Engine to import Ink scripts and run dialogue in game. I have also worked on extending the Inkpot plugin's import feature to fix issues when importing Ink scripts.

• Editor Extensions: I have worked on customizing the Unreal Editor to provide features for designers. For eg: A combo box for selecting from a set of names instead of typing the name manually. I have also created custom asset editors (with graphs) and custom editor modes for my mission systems. I have extended the blueprint compiler to support custom blueprint types. I have also written custom K2_Nodes.

• Procedural Content Generation: Investigated options to implement a PCG pipeline in a project to achieve endless replay. Wrote my own Procedural generation framework with modular generators, rule processors for introducing contraints (such as height limits, quantity limits, etc), sub generator support etc. to achieve creating city blocks with buildings populated with furnishings. Used Unreal Engine's Geometry modules to create noise patterns to add variety (especially voronoi for roads). Tested Unreal Engine's PCG (during UE5.0) framework to investigate if it was suitable for the project requirements. Also investigated Apparance plugin to test if it was suitable for the project.

  In a different prototype project, modified procedural dungeon generator to suit project prototype.

• AI: I have written simple AI behaviour for NPCs and Enemies using the behaviour tree. Used MassAI framework to implement pedestrians and traffic in a prototype project. The traffic and vehicles were implemented usinf the Traffic plugin from the CitySample project.

• Inventory system: Extended an inventory system to make it more generic and accept different pick up types. Inventory supports picking up collectables, dropping a quantity and stealing from another player's inventory.

• Network Replication: I have an excellent understanding of Unreal Engine's Networking. I have written network optimised code for all features I have implemented while at Sumo. I have also implemented Lobbies with Split screen and networked co-op in the same game and used EOS to playtest the game remotely with my team mates.

• UI: Implemented UI as required in Unreal Engine. Proficient in UMG and Slate. Also worked with Noesis to implement UI for an in house engine written in C++. Have also used ImGui to create debug menus.

• Code testing and debugging: I am good at testing and debugging my code and other people's code. I am also good at finding solutions for issues and implementing them quickly.

• Miscellaneous: Created animated materials for prototypes (like Sine waves, animated arrows, etc.). Created particle FX using Niagara. Modelled and rigged a simple truck in blender for a prototype. Extended a prototype ability system to work in a online multiplayer game and created custom skills for characters. Worked on creating simple cinematics. Implemented a simple Interaction system that can work in multiplayer games. Interactions happen on the server only. Made split screen extend to a second monitor.