Altair Lane

Email: altair

Objective None at this time

Employment 2003 -- Present High Voltage Software Hoffman Estates, IL

Software Engineer

• Responsible for memory management on several projects.
• Created an ActionScript virtual machine.
• Created tools allowing remote use of art processing software.
• Researched and prototyped a memory allocator, which provided significantly reduced fragmentation at a minimal cost.

1994 – 2002 Sculptured Software / Acclaim Studios SLC SLC, UT

Sr. Programmer

• Worked on many projects in roles from Programmer, Engine level programmer, Co-Lead, to Lead programmer.
• Developed motion and file I/O tools used in all of the current Acclaim SLC products for GameCube, PS2, and XBox.
• Developed a remote game-modifying application (DEVCOMM) that allowed us to replace data and change settings while the game was running. This used the DECI protocol on the PS2, a Windows DLL, and a communication manager on the PC.

1990 – 1994 Park Place Productions Oceanside, CA

Programmer

• First Project was Dvorak on Typing for the PC where I wrote 80% of the code.
• Developed graphics engine used in Park Place products from 1991 to 1993.

Education 1987 – 1990 Palomar College San Marcos, CA

Languages / I am proficient in C/C++ and Perl, and have a solid understanding of MFC, and VBA.

Platforms

I have developed products for PC, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, Sony Playstation, Sony Playstation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox and PSP. I have assisted on products for Super Nintendo. I have experience creating cross platform code and managing cross platform development.

Products

2006	PSP	Blitz: Overtime	Sr. Programmer
2005	NGC	Call of Duty 2: Big Red One	Sr. Programmer
2005	Xbox/PS2/NGC	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Sr. Programmer
2003	Xbox	NBA Inside Drive 2004	Programmer
2002	NGC	Legends of Wrestling II	Assisted
2002	NGC	Legends of Wrestling	Lead Programmer
2001	PS2	Legends of Wrestling	Co-Lead Programmer
2000	N64	Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000	Assisted
1999	N64/PS	WWF Attitude	Sr. Programmer
1998	N64	NHL Breakaway 98	Sole Programmer
1998	N64/PS	WWF Warzone	Sr. Programmer
1997	PS	MtG: Armageddon	Lead Programmer
1996	Saturn	Space Jam	Lead Programmer
1995	Genesis	WWF Wresltemania	Sr. Programmer
1994	Genesis	SeaQuest DSV	Programmer
1993	Genesis	Champions World Class Soccer	Sole Programmer
1991	PC	Learn to Type	Designer/Sole Programmer
1990	PC	Dvorak on Typing	Designer/Programmer

Details 2002 NGC/PS2/XBOX “Squid 2” Sr. Programmer

During the last half of this year I have been working on the team that was to create the “next generation” of the Legends brand. Tasks included designing a new career mode, re-designing and improving my file I/O tools, using and updating database tools, and creating new camera logic.

During this time I also supported the other teams in the studio using my motion and file I/O tools. For motion, this support included modifying the formats to support longer motion and changing the way the motion data was processed for export. For the file I/O tool, this support included adapting it to work using a database to generate the contents of a resource file and using data driven code to load the files.

This new code was mostly C++ with some legacy C.

2002 NGC Legends of Wrestling II Assisted

I provided assistance during the last two months of this project. I made changes to the file I/O code to allow partial reads for large data files. I looked for memory leaks that were specific to the GameCube version. I fixed other miscellaneous bugs and performance issues.

This game was written in C with some C++ features.

2002 NGC Legends of Wrestling Lead Programmer

I supervised two other programmers and coordinated with our in-house engine team. I converted the file I/O and motion tools made for the PS2 version of LoW to work with the GameCube and XBox. I focused on getting the display and gameplay portions of the product working on the GameCube. I also wrote a background process to copy files from the disc to the hard drive for the XBox version.

This game was written in C.

2001 PS2 Legends of Wrestling Co-Lead Programmer

I created the motion tools for this product. This included a creating a FiLMBOX plug-in to export the motion data, designing several motion formats, creating tools to verify the motion data, and writing code in the engine to extract the motion data and apply it to a skeleton. The motion formats used several methods to minimize data size while not introducing significant visible error. I created a PS2 test application that used my DEVCOMM tools to preview and analyze the motion data.

I also created the file I/O tools for this project. This included an MFC application to create compressed disc resource files, output DSP project files to facilitate building the data within Visual Studio, and an API for accessing the data (synchronously and asynchronously) on the PS2.

I also was responsible for helping other programmers on the team diagnose and solve programming problems.

During this time, I also created the DEVCOMM tools so we could replace data and change variables in the game. Our goal was to create tools the designers and artists could use to improve the product without requiring programmer involvement.

This game was written in C.

2000 N64 Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 Assisted

I provided assistance during the last four months of this project to add various camera effects, create “Winning Sequence” code, in-game audio, memory card, and work on portions of the front end.

This game was written in C.

1999 N64/PS WWF Attitude Sr. Programmer

Like Warzone, I was responsible for maintaining the N64 version of this game.

This game was written in C and Assembly.

1998 N64 NHL Breakaway 99 Sole Programmer

The team that created the 98 version of this product left the studio soon after it was completed. I was assigned to update the game with the current teams, rosters, and stats. Since this was the first year with the Nashville Predators expansion team, and a reorganization of the conferences, this involved more than changing some data. All of the tools used to create the stats and team information were modified to support the new NHL structure, the career mode and playoff logic was re-worked, and everywhere that the number of teams was hard coded or “implied” was found and fixed. I also had to find room on the cartridge for another team’s worth of art and data. While I worked on this project, the rest of the Warzone team worked on Attitude.

This game was written in C and Assembly.

1998 N64/PS WWF Warzone Sr. Programmer

I was responsible for maintaining the N64 version of this game. This included writing Perl scripts to convert PS2 data and structures to formats used on the N64, creating the N64 versions of common functions, and fixing bugs. I also implemented portions of the front end such as the “Bio Room”.

This game was written in C and Assembly.

1997 PS MtG: Armageddon Lead Programmer

This was a port of the arcade game Magic the Gathering: Armageddon. The team consisted of myself and three other programmers. The original was written using 3dfx Glide on Windows NT. We created interface functions to change the Glide calls to our own PS functions. We had the world displaying and some character functionality when the project was cancelled because Acclaim closed the Arcade division.

This game was written in C and Assembly.

1996 Saturn Space Jam Lead Programmer

On this project, the team consisted of myself and two other programmers. My tasks were creating the display engine, writing support tools, creating a couple of the mini-games, and coordinating with the PS team.

This game was written in C and Assembly.

1995 Genesis WWF Wrestlemania Sr. Programmer

This was a port of the arcade game from Midway. I was responsible for various portions of the conversion process and making the modifications necessary to make it run on the Genesis.

This game was written in Assembly.

1994 Genesis SeaQuest DSV Programmer

This is the first project I worked on for Sculptured Software. I joined the team in the last six months of the project. I wrote the physics (basic acceleration with resistance) for several of the vehicles. I also worked on portions of the front end and tasking system.