Alex McCarthy

Current

Gameplay Programmer at Crytek

Past

Game Programmer at Digital Extremes
Programmer at Cosmic Infinity

Education

University of Waterloo
Lunds universitet
Markham District High School

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Industry

Computer Games

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Alex McCarthy’s Summary

I'm a generalist gameplay programmer eager to perfect the art of creating fun. I'm always eager to use a wide variety of familiar and novel technologies to create solutions, solve problems, and progress the state of the art around me.

I refuse to stand idly by and accept problems in the product, workflow, or toolset. Instead, I simply fix them.

Alex McCarthy’s Specialties:

C++
Gameplay design, prototyping, and implementation

Alex McCarthy’s Experience

Gameplay Programmer

Crytek

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Two unannounced projects (PS3 / Xbox 360):
-General gameplay code
-Network code
-Contextual actions
-Multiplatform crash handling
-Game design
-Researching and developing new technology, focusing on process improvements
-Jira plugin development
-Build process timings and improvements
-Proposed, designed, and created a tool that 200+ Crytek employees use in studios around the world
-Mentored junior programmers
-Phone and onsite interviews
-C++/STL, C#, Lua, Java
Game Programmer

Digital Extremes

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

January 2007 — January 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Worked on the Xbox 360/PS3 title Dark Sector, specializing in:
-AI
-Networked inventory and weapons
-Moveable objects
-General gameplay code
-Build process improvements
-C++, Perl, Java

I designed, prototyped, and implemented Dark Sector's critically acclaimed dual-wielding system.
Programmer

Cosmic Infinity

(Computer Games industry)

September 2005 — August 2006 (1 year )

Two 4-month programming internships for Cosmic Infinity (now Capcom Interactive Canada):
-Wrote 3 cell phone titles
-Wrote 5 in-house java applications
-Wrote an eclipse plugin
-Contributed to several other released titles and prototypes
-C/BREW, J2ME, Java

Alex McCarthy’s Education

University of Waterloo

BCS , Computer Science , 2003 — 2008

Activities and Societies:

UW Chamber Choir
Lunds universitet

2006 — 2006
Markham District High School

1999 — 2003