Hussein Al Khayyat

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Language

English
Fluent
Arabic
Fluent

Work Experience

Director / Lead Programmer at Catloaf Studio
January 1, 2025 - October 16, 2025
Spearheaded development efforts as the lead programmer for a game studio, overseeing all technical aspects of game creation, including design, implementation, and debugging. Demonstrated advanced programming proficiency in Unity while balancing deadlines with university coursework.
Director / Lead Programmer at Catloaf Studio
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
Led the technical development of the commercial title Book of Abominations for Steam. Implemented core gameplay systems, turn-based combat mechanics, save/load architecture, and performance optimizations in Unity with C#. Integrated asset pipelines, coordinated with artists and designers, and managed CI and version control using Git. Performed profiling to maintain stable framerates across target platforms.
Lead Programmer (Industry Project with Rockstar Games) at Abertay University
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024
Led a 9-person interdisciplinary team to produce a psychological horror prototype in Unreal Engine 5. Designed and implemented gameplay systems, AI behaviours, and environmental interactions in C++. Coordinated with Rockstar representatives to formalise milestones and deliver industry-standard artefacts, code quality and documentation.
Lead Programmer at Abertay University
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024
Led a 9-person interdisciplinary team to produce a psychological horror prototype in Unreal Engine 5. Designed and implemented gameplay systems, AI behaviours, and environmental interactions in C++. Worked with Rockstar representatives to formalise milestones and deliver industry-standard artefacts, code quality and documentation.

Education

BSc Computer Game Applications Development at Abertay University
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2025
HND Game Development at Dundee & Angus College
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2022
HNC Game Development at Dundee & Angus College
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2022
BSc (Hons) Computer Game Applications Development at Abertay University
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2025
HND / HNC Game Development at Dundee & Angus College
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2022
BSc (Hons) Computer Game Applications Development at Abertay University
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2025
HND / HNC Game Development at Dundee & Angus College
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2022
BSc (Hons) Computer Game Applications Development at Abertay University
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2025
HND / HNC at Dundee & Angus College
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2022

Qualifications

Bachlors
November 5, 2025 - November 5, 2025

Industry Experience

Gaming, Education, Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment
    paper Project Manager

    A website made using ViteJS via ReactJS as the frontend and nodejs as the backend, alongside PostgreSQL.

    The website was made for a company that makes the process of managing the company easier, with being able to create and assign employees to certain projects and tasks which are linked to a specific project. The owner has permissions to manage employees as well as clients with the ability to also modify their permissions.

    The employees, can view the tasks and projects they are assigned to, and attach required files to be reviewed by a person in charge.

    This project was made entirely by me.