Josh Szepietowski
http://www.goosey.info 
Goosey@gmail.com 
330-204-8251 	8604 Hunters Trace Ln
Plano TX, 75024

Game Experience

Kings Isle Entertainment Inc    Fall 2006 – Present
Associate Programmer            Unannounced Title
- Team Size: Large (30+).
- Fully implemented custom font system and related tools.

Kings Isle Entertainment Inc    Summer 2006 – Fall 2006
Programmer Intern               Unannounced Title
- Team Size: Large (30+).
- Fully created a mini game. 
- Implemented upgrades to the custom GUI System and Scripting system.
- Implemented upgrades and bug fixes to the Script Editor/Debugger tool.
- Was three time “Idea of the week” winner.
- Performed enhancements to boost developer productivity.

Invalid Tangram DS               Fall 2006 - Spring 2007
Sole Developer                   Port to the Nintendo DS portable system
- Port of PC game Invalid Tangram to the Nintendo DS hardware.
- Supports both the 2D and 3D hardware. 

Grimoire                         Fall 2006 - Spring 2007
Senior Programmer                Half Life 2 Death Match Total Conversion
- Team size: 5 Programmers, 4 Artists, 6 Level Designers.
- Wrote several sections of the TDD and performed final quality pass.
- Built configuration system allowing in game tweaking without restarting.
- Made particle system allowing effects to be composed in real time.
- Created a number of particle effects for the spells and spell system.

GRENDER                          Fall 2005 – Spring 2006
Sole Developer                   Fully Featured Dual API 3D Rendering Engine
- Shader effects including: parallax mapping, cel-shading, and gloss mapping.
- CPU and GPU skeletal character animation.
- Terrain using chunked LOD and Root-Mean-Square to eliminate popping.
- Shooter demo featuring a terrain editor and real time fluid surface dynamics.
- Usage is identical for both Direct3D 9 and OpenGL 2.
- Extendable and optimized particle system.

GScript                          Winter 2006 – Spring 2006
Sole Developer                   Custom Scripting Language and Virtual Machine
- Performance tuned stack based virtual machine with JIT compiling.
- C-Style syntax with type-free variables.

Danger Ball ‘77                  Winter 2006 – Spring 2006
Programmer                       Unreal Tournament 2004 Total Conversion
- Team size: 4 Programmers, 2 Artists, 6 Level Designers.
- Wrote custom melee attack code including a lunging strike.
- Wrote gameplay and network code for a several systems.
- Wrote several sections of the TDD.
 
Invalid Tangram                  Summer 2005 – Fall 2005
Sole Developer                   Original concept 2D puzzle/shooter game
- Out of 19 programmer games Invalid Tangram was picked by faculty to be shown in The Guildhall 2005 Winter Exhibition.
- Fully designed and implemented a fun and original puzzle/shooter hybrid.
- Uses custom XML file formats and a custom 2D vector rendering engine.

AWGIPDFFETEFA51                  Fall 2004 – Winter 2004
Lead Programmer & Designer       Original concept 2D action platform game
- Team Size: 1 Programmer, 2 Artists
- Developed a custom 2D engine and implemented all gameplay elements.
- Designed the contra-style side scrolling action with aliens fighting marines.

Education
The Guildhall at SMU	Summer 2005 – Spring 2007
http://guildhall.smu.edu/
Masters-Level Certificate
Digital Game Design: Software Development Specialization

Stark State College of Technology	Fall 2003 – Spring 2005
http://www.starkstate.edu/
Associates
Interactive Media Computer Science: Video Game Design Option

Skills
- Languages: C/C++, STL, HLSL, Cg, GLSL, ARB Assembly, x86 Assembly, ARM Assembly, Actionscript, Java, C#, Unrealscript, Makefiles, HTML
- APIs: DirectX 9.0c, OpenGL 2.0, Source Engine, FMOD, TinyXML, DevIL, MFC, Win32, libnds
- Development Software: VS.NET 2003/2005, SVN, Photoshop, 3DSMax, MS Office, GCC/G++, Make
- Target Platforms: Windows, Nintendo DS