Electronic Arts · Gameplay and AI systems leadership
Making a virtual city feel alive
Led gameplay and ambient AI systems across the Skate franchise, including pedestrians, security, characters, interactions, spawning, persistence and world simulation infrastructure. Coordinated execution across engineering, design, animation, art and production.
An open-world skate franchise where the city itself had to feel alive. Pedestrians, security, ambient actors, spawning and persistence all served the moment-to-moment player experience.
Systems were designed to be legible to the player without being noticed: reactive behavior, believable interactions, and the simulation infrastructure to keep the world consistent as the player moved through it.
Players do not experience systems. They experience worlds.