Paul Sinnett

First Floor Flat 5, The Waldrons CROYDON Surrey CR0 4HB (UK) Home: +44 (0)2086805011 Mobile: +44 (0)7905071175 map e-mail

Profile
Freelance video game programmer with 8 years professional experience in console game development. Skilled in C++, C, and assembler coding for all the major gaming platforms. Knowledgeable in all areas of the game development lifecycle. Currently seeking the opportunity to help development companies bring original and exciting video games to the market, on time, and on budget.

Achievements

 * Led an in-house team at Acclaim in creating tools which allowed the artists and designers to substantially increase the speed and quality of their work on the games Forsaken and Re-Volt.


 * Recovered and shipped the overdue game ESL at Virgin Interactive by relocating the in-house team to Coyote's offices, and encouraging pair programming among the developers.


 * Helped to design and build Coyote's in house game libraries, which have been successfully used in most of Coyote's game projects to date, saving months of development time.

Gameography

 * Forsaken (PC, PSX, N64)
 * Re-Volt (PC, PSX, N64, Dreamcast)
 * Armorines: Project SWARM (N64)
 * European Super League (PSX, Dreamcast, PC)
 * ZooCube (GameCube)
 * ArmyMen: RTS (GameCube: awaiting publication)
 * BIONCILE (GameCube)
 * I-Ninja (GameCube)
 * Vietcong: Purple Haze (PS2, Xbox)

Work History
1999-2004: Coyote Developments Ltd.


 * Led programming teams that produced the games: ESL, ZooCube, ArmyMen, BIONICLE, I-Ninja, and Vietcong.


 * Set-up and managed the Coyote Linux network, including firewall, Internet proxy server, and sendmail e-mail server.


 * Introduced flex-time, pair-programming, unit testing, collective code ownership, and test first design to the company.

1996-1999: Probe Entertainment Ltd. (Acclaim Studios London)


 * Led the programming team that produced the game Armorines: Project SWARM, including the design tools for the project.


 * Led the in-house tool team.

Education
Educated to A level in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Technology.

Interests

 * Reviewer for the SWEBOK project
 * Contributor for wiki, wikipedia, wikibooks, and GameDeveloper
 * Member of the IGDA
 * Runs this wiki

Availability
Available for full or part-time contracts from 01/10/2004