Placement Programmer

• Join an in-development project as a programmer
• Understand an existing code-base from reading source-code
• Program for Unreal Engine 5 using C++ and Blueprints
• Use Jira for task management and Miro for creating documentation
• Use Swarm for code review
• Use Perforce with UGS for source control

Project D5 (Gamemodes Team)

• Join the gamemodes team: implementing features, fixing bugs, owning and maintaining systems
• Fix bugs affecting gamemodes, including UI, networking, and Game Ability System related
• Implement new gameplay features based on requests or specifications
• Fix bugs and complete tasks listed in Jira without needing additional support
• Own two gamemodes, fixing bugs and implementing new features as required
• Harden Blueprint prototypes, and convert them C++

Unannounced Unreal Engine 5 Project (3Cs Team)

• Join the 3Cs team, working mostly on character movement and combat
• Work with Unreal’s Mover system to for player character locomotion
• Implement locomotion debugging visualisations with Rewind Debugger and line drawing
• Implement player combat and movement abilities
• Implement prototype abilities from a specification, iterating with designer feedback
• Work with sound designer to specify and implement hooks for character sounds
• Implement prototype user interfaces with UMG

Unreal Engine 5 Programmer

• Set technical direction for Unreal Engine 5 project
• Manage tasks, assist, and review work of other programmers
• Program in C++ and Blueprints, with native systems supporting Blueprint scripting
• Using Git and Trello

Input and UI

• Develop input and UI system using Common UI and Enhanced Input
• Create custom Slate widget for input rebinding interface
• Support KBM and gamepad, with input rebinding

AI & Navigation

• Create State Trees for ranged and melee enemies
• Create custom State Tree Component that pulls enemy configuration from a Data Table
• Create centralised enemy positioning system using Environmental Queries

Animation Blueprints & Materials

• Implement Animation Blueprint for main character, blending locomotion and combat animations
• Use Chooser to switch between weapon animations
• Program custom materials for animated lights

Tools

• Create Unreal Engine 5 tools with a focus on ease-of-use for designers
• Insert loadout configuration menu in editor using Unreal’s Menu Extensions
• Create spline-locomotion system for an on-rails shooter, including locational event system
• Make enemy and weapon values driven by Data Tables

Games Technology Student

• Creating many game projects and demoes
• Multi-disciplinary collaboration
• Programming: Primarily C++, but also TypeScript and Python
• Engine programming: scene/object management and creating usable APIs
• Graphics Programming: DirectX11, OpenGL, shadow maps, compute shaders
• Network programming: TCP/UDP, researching and implementing roll back for player movement
• Mathematics: rigid-body physics, splines, collisions, and intersections

Web Developer

• Create a 2D game engine and editor interface with TypeScript and WebAssembly
• Package a website into a Progressive Web App
• Port PPMd (prediction by partial matching) compression software to the web with WebAssembly
• Create a 2D level editor that uses Unicode characters for graphics
• Create a WebGL renderer for 2D character graphics
• Serialise and compress game data into a QR code to allow for offline storage and transfer
• Write documentation for game engine and editor
• Integrate Lua scripting into a web-based game engine
• Write a dissertation on my project and present it orally

Unreal Engine 5 Programmer

• Collaborate with designers, producers, artists, and other programmers to create a game
• Program a first-person cooking game in Unreal Engine 5, from initial concept to EGX stand and (non-commercial) Steam release
• Use C++ and Blueprints to implement features
• Implement physics based item interaction and item snapping system
• Manage game state across rounds with dynamic level elements
• Implement cooking mechanics: chopping (skill check), cooking, frying, and mincing
• Implement tutorial with object highlighting and NPC dialogue system
• Create custom C++ latent Blueprint node to ease tutorial creation
• Implement controller support, including aim-assist for item interaction
• Use Git and Jira

Developer

• Participate in Grads in Games Rising Star Programming challenge
• Extend existing DirectX and Windows API based framework
• Implement font and UI rendering using DirectXTK
• Implement instanced rendering for particles
• Integrate PhysX into an existing framework
• Implement audio support with SFX and music support
• Create abstract interfaces to isolate underlying implementation
• Implement procedurally generated trading market using Perlin noise
• Create enemy ship AI with (6DoF)

Developer

• Port a fight from Undertale to the NES
• Program a demo in 6502 assembly
• Create sprite and game state machine to organise game logic
• Convert pixel art graphics to be compliant with NES constraints
• Integrate sound engine for fight music