David Clyde

Current

• Sr Software Engineer at Blizzard Entertainment

Past

• Senior Programmer/PC Systems Lead at Big Huge Games
• Programmer at Big Huge Games
• Assistant Programmer at Big Huge Games

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Education

• Full Sail Real World Education
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Recommended

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Connections

151 connections

Industry

Computer Games

Websites

• My Website

David Clyde’s Summary

Shipped Titles:
Rise of Legends on PC
Catan on XBLA

Senior Programmer working in the Core Engine, Graphics and Tools on AAA titles. Runs and organizes small teams on specific tasks to guide their implementation.

David Clyde’s Specialties:

Specialties:
System wide architecture, model formats and importing, tool usage and design, shader systems and general graphics pipeline.

Platforms I am familiar working with:
PC(DX9), XBox360, PS3

Software Languages:
C++, C++/CLI, C#, C, SQL, Lua, Assembly familiarity

Middleware Familiarity
Collada, Cruise Control, Lua

Software:
Visual Studio, Perforce, Pix, ProDG, MS SQL Server Management Tool

David Clyde’s Experience

• Sr Software Engineer

  Blizzard Entertainment

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

• Senior Programmer/PC Systems Lead

  Big Huge Games

  (Privately Held; THQI; Computer Games industry)

  February 2007 — July 2009 (2 years 6 months)

  Senior Programmer tasked with designing and implementing core engine, tools, and pipeline systems.

• Programmer

  Big Huge Games

  (Public Company; THQI; Computer Games industry)

  February 2005 — February 2007 (2 years 1 month)

  Cinematics and Camera programmer on Rise of Legends. Worked closely with Senior Programers planning future revisions of the engine.

• Assistant Programmer

  Big Huge Games

  (Public Company; THQI; Computer Games industry)

  January 2004 — February 2005 (1 year 2 months)

  Worked closely with artists on various tool requests for the Rise of Legends tool set.

David Clyde’s Education

• Full Sail Real World Education

  Programming 2002 — 2003

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Engineering 2000 — 2001

Additional Information

David Clyde’s Websites:

• My Website

David Clyde’s Groups:

•    International Game Developers Association
•    Game Developers
•    Full Sail Game Development Industry, Students and Alumni

David Clyde’s Contact Settings

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• job inquiries
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• business deals
• reference requests
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