Paul Sinnett

Current

Contract programmer at Just Add Water Developments
Director at Powered Up Games

Past

Contract programmer at Attractive Games
Contract programmer at Coyote
contract programmer at Oxygen

Contract programmer at Razorback
Contract programmer at Lionhead
Contract programmer at Coyote
Contract programmer at Avalanche
Programmer at Coyote
Programmer at Acclaim
Programmer at Probe

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Education

Haywards Heath Sixth Form College

Recommended

5 people have recommended Paul

Connections

181 connections

Industry

Computer Games

Websites

Paul Sinnett’s Summary

Profile: Professional video game programmer since 1996. I became a contractor in 2005 and now work through my own company, Powered Up Games Limited.

Hardware: DS, Xbox, PS2, Gizmondo, GameCube, PC, PSX, N64, Dreamcast
Languages: C++, C, VU programming on PS2, generic scripting, Lua, MaxScript, Java, Assembler
Development Software: Visual Studio, .NET, SourceSafe, Perforce, GCC, CVS, Subversion
Libraries: STL, DirectX, Alchemy, Renderware, OpenGL ES, fmod, MFC
Design methods: design patterns, programming by intent, TDD, UML
Coding practices: refactoring, unit testing, DBC, pair programming

Paul Sinnett’s Specialties:

Engine work, porting, optimisation, and process improvement.

Paul Sinnett’s Experience

Contract programmer

Just Add Water Developments

(Computer Games industry)

September 2008 — Present (11 months)

new download title on PS3 for PSN
Director

Powered Up Games

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Games industry)

July 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)

Powered Up Games offers video game programming services.
Contract programmer

Attractive Games

(Computer Games industry)

March 2008 — September 2008 (7 months)

Wonder World on Wii and Agent Hugo Hula Holiday on Wii, PS2, and PC
Contract programmer

Coyote

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

January 2008 — March 2008 (3 months)

game programming for Matchday Poker
contract programmer

Oxygen

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

January 2007 — October 2007 (10 months)

Cross platform engine development for Wii and DS
Contract programmer

Razorback

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

March 2006 — October 2006 (8 months)

Xiaolin Showdown on Nintendo DS

* resource management including VRAM layout
* 3D projection
* mixing 2D and 3D systems with a depth buffer
* high level audio interface to Logik State middleware
* 2D collision map
* bitmap processing tools in Lua
* tri-stripping tools in Lua and C++
* file-handling
* performance optimisation tools
* memory usage reporting
* memory fragmentation and leak detection tools
* extending the scripting system with Lua callbacks
* 4 mini games
* defect analysis, reporting, and fixing
* makefile build process
* Subversion branch management
Contract programmer

Lionhead

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

January 2006 — February 2006 (2 months)

The Movies to PS2. This project was cancelled in February.

* Renderware DMA packet generation and compression
* Renderware VU decompression
* distributed asset building on PS2 workstations
* memory usage reporting
* compiler version control via Perforce
Contract programmer

Coyote

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

August 2005 — October 2005 (3 months)

Conflict Vietnam on Gizmondo

* additional AI and animations
* HUD elements
* particle effect optimisation
* cut scene scripting
* OpenGL ES optimisation
* fmod audio maintenance
Contract programmer

Avalanche

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

January 2005 — July 2005 (7 months)

Just Cause PS2: contracted to get to alpha

* defect analysis over PC, Xbox, and PS2
* PS2 shadows and bird rendering effects
* PS2 Bink movie player integration
* PS2 memory optimisation
* PS2 performance optimisation with PA
* PS2 DMA chain management
* PS2 Scons and makefile build tools
* PS2 Perforce build branch and build machine
Programmer

Coyote

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

December 1999 — July 2004 (4 years 8 months)

Video game programmer

* Vietcong: Purple Haze PS2
* I-Ninja GC
* BIONICLE GC
* ArmyMen: RTS GC
* ZooCube GC
* European Super League PSX, DC, and PC
Programmer

Acclaim

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; AKLM; Computer Games industry)

December 1998 — December 1999 (1 year 1 month)

Video game programmer

* Armorines: Project SWARM N64
* Re-Volt (tools) PC, PSX, N64, DC
* Forsaken (tools) PC, PSX, N64
Programmer

Probe

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; AKLM; Computer Games industry)

March 1996 — December 1998 (2 years 10 months)

Tools and video game programmer