Peter Green

Work History

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  Senior Software Engineer

  Blizzard Entertainment

  May 2004 - August 2020

  StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm
  Integrated physics into the game's combat and set up the ragdoll special FX.
  
  StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty
  Architect and primary implementer for following systems:
  1. Actor, a scriptable presentation framework used by all game visuals (except terrain), in-game cinematics and the SC2 Editor.
  2. Combat FX infrastructure, including game side model-based combat collision system.
  3. Missile construction kit, a framework for building complex anime-style missile flight paths.
  4. Client-side animation API. Enables multiple animations to be played simultaneously per model in response to arbitrary game events.
  These systems can be used by programmers from C++ and Galaxy (SC2's C-based compiled scripting language), and by non-programmers from SC2's editor via XML data. All systems are usable by modders.

  

  

  

  

• Lead Programmer / Lead Designer

  Zono

  January 2001 - April 2004

  Riot Police; Lead Programmer / Lead Designer
  Budget strategy title. Implemented gameplay. Designed units, mechanics and UI.
  Aliens vs. Predator: Extinction; Programmer / Designer
  XBox/PS2 console RTS. Implemented almost all units and upgrades (over 60 in all). Designed unit set and tech tree. Did unit balancing.
  Everest; Lead Programmer
  Budget strategy title. Implemented gameplay.
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  Programmer

  Westwood Studios

  July 1999 - January 2001

  Red Alert 2; Implemented units, mechanics, special FX, UI, LAN lobby.

• Programmer

  Total Entertainment Network

  February 1997 - June 1999

  Implemented two generations of Java/Web-based lobbying clients. Wrote Internet Bridge, etc. Can still see them at www.pogo.com.
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  Senior Technical Staff / Technical Staff / Technical Support Analyst

  Oracle Corporation

  June 1990 - February 1997

  Multiple positions. Oracle Media Objects engine development. QA engineer for Oracle Glue, a database middleware product. Supported diverse range of client, network and server software.
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  External

  Gravity

  1994 - 1995