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A self-driven individual who is able to easily fit in to a wide range of work environments and cultures. Well-articulated communicator and effective planner, with strong problem-solving skills and a highly organized, analytic approach. My long term goals are to create games that tell incredible stories with amazing characters in which players feel they are part of a massive universe far greater than themselves, yet have the ability to impact it in enormous ways.…A self-driven individual who is able to easily fit in to a wide range of work environments and cultures. Well-articulated communicator and effective planner, with strong problem-solving skills and a highly organized, analytic approach. My long term goals are to create games that tell incredible stories with amazing characters in which players feel they are part of a massive universe far greater than themselves, yet have the ability to impact it in enormous ways.

Ziyad Barakat

Game Developer, Programmer, Designer, +3

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A self-driven individual who is able to easily fit in to a wide range of work environments and cultures. Well-articulated communicator and effective planner, with strong problem-solving skills and a highly organized, analytic approach. My long term goals are to create games that tell incredible stories with amazing characters in which players feel they are part of a massive universe far greater than themselves, yet have the ability to impact it in enormous ways.…A self-driven individual who is able to easily fit in to a wide range of work environments and cultures. Well-articulated communicator and effective planner, with strong problem-solving skills and a highly organized, analytic approach. My long term goals are to create games that tell incredible stories with amazing characters in which players feel they are part of a massive universe far greater than themselves, yet have the ability to impact it in enormous ways.

Available to hire

A self-driven individual who is able to easily fit in to a wide range of work environments and cultures. Well-articulated communicator and effective planner, with strong problem-solving skills and a highly organized, analytic approach.
My long term goals are to create games that tell incredible stories with amazing characters in which players feel they are part of a massive universe far greater than themselves, yet have the ability to impact it in enormous ways.

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Work Experience

Graphics/AI/Gameplay Programmer at 3DRealms

November 1, 2022 - December 1, 2023

Worked on Phantom Fury: designed and implemented enemy behaviors using Behavior Trees; created custom EQS generators; added SMAA and CAS to UE4 and combined them to form a TSMAA solution; performed bug fixes, performance improvements and polishing.

Porting Programmer at Slipgate-Ironworks

March 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022

Ported Remnant: From the Ashes to Nintendo Switch; conducted bug fixes and performance optimizations.

Graphics Programmer at Slipgate-Ironworks

February 1, 2021 - March 1, 2022

Worked on porting an existing AAA game to PlayStation 5; enhanced Temporal Anti-Aliasing, implemented a custom Temporal Upsampling solution and performed various bug fixes.

Game Programmer at Next-Gen Dreams

February 1, 2020 - April 1, 2020

Worked on an unreleased Unreal Engine 4 title; developed various weather effects for a tactical survival game.

Game Programmer at Impact Wall

July 25, 2016 - January 1, 2018

Created custom driver software and demo game projects in Unity 3D for Impact Wall's proprietary laser wall technology.

Graphics/AI/Game Programmer at 3D Realms

November 1, 2022 - December 1, 2023

Helped design and implement behaviours for multiple enemies using Behavior Trees and created custom EQS generators. Added SMAA and CAS to UE4 and combined both to create a custom TSMAA solution. Implemented a series of bug fixes, performance improvements and polish.

Portfolio Programmer at Slipgate Ironworks

March 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022

Porting Remnant: From the Ashes to the Nintendo Switch. Various bug fixes and performance optimizations.

Graphics Programmer at Slipgate Ironworks

February 1, 2021 - March 1, 2022

Porting existing AAA game to PlayStation 5. Added improvements to existing Temporal Anti-Aliasing solution in proprietary engine. Implemented a custom Temporal Upsampling solution. Various bug fixes.

API Programmer (Volunteer) at Open Source / Self-Directed Projects

January 1, 2014 - Present

Created a series of cross-platform C++ libraries for various open-source projects.

Tools and Games Programmer at UAA Software

January 1, 2014 - Present

Created a Windows-based tool used to decompile and display SPIR-V binaries, and volunteered to work on a shoot-em-up game in Unreal Engine 4.