Adam Mattacola

Sole responsibility for realistic physics-based ship sailing: ocean, buoyancy, sails, wind, heel and rudder systems. Primary contact for anything ship related. Built a custom component to sync ship physics across multiplayer, with a heavy focus on realism and real-world simulation.

Led development on core gameplay features for a large-scale multiplayer game with up to 100 players. Primary liaison for animation and sound departments. Mentored junior developers. Implemented GAS-based abilities, animation graphs, AI, UI, and ship systems.

Adapted a single-player VR title's AI soldiers for multiplayer, reworking existing code so client and server only made calls where needed. As the AI did not use the Character Movement Component, built a custom movement replication component to keep large numbers of AI soldiers playable at once.

Developed real-life simulation training applications for wind tunnel instructor safety certification. Capable of building any type of training simulation — from safety and military applications to professional skill development for specific job roles.

Created AI/NPC systems with different dinosaur behaviours - from drinking water and roaming to ambush predators. Built a subsystem for interaction points on a large open world with grid searching radius for efficiency.

Led character development using motion matching, implemented IK alignment for dual-weapon support, and added abilities like directional shielding, dash, and flying with adaptive camera transitions.

Built a VR training prototype for indoor skydiving instructors. The system demonstrates correct hand placements, analyses the distance between instructor and student, and tests instructor reactions to emergency scenarios in real time.

Developed and released multiple titles on Android/iOS. Implemented custom spline-based movement, gameplay progression, ads integration, and unique AI behaviors.

Integrated into a large pre-existing codebase. Delivered mini-map with quest & party tracking. Handled core gameplay tasks with minimal supervision.