Kiri Jolly

Graphics Programmer

kiri@expiredpopsicle.com, 1-805-406-0812

Skills

• C/C++ programming

  Windows and Linux programming. ANSI C, C99, C++98, C++11 and up. DOS, Windows, and Linux development.

• Graphics programming

  Engine development for PC, XBox 360, XBox One, and Stadia. DirectX API, OpenGL API. Vulkan API.

• Unreal Engine 4 and 5

  Graphics programming, blueprints, animation blueprints, materials. C++ coding. Setup and use on Windows and Linux. Android development and mobile optimization. Plugin development.

• Godot Engine

  GDScript, engine development, general game logic, UI development. VTuber software in Godot.

• 3D game engine and content pipeline engineering

  Blender scripting and exporters. General asset processing (models, textures, etc). In-house import/export tools. Unreal 4 texture/model asset pipelines.

• Real-time facial animation

  Face and hand tracking using Google's Mediapipe, mapping onto a realtime-rendered character. (See SnekStudio in the non-commercial products section.)

• Build systems

  Unreal Build Tool, GNU Autotools, handwritten Makefiles, Watcom Makefiles. Continuous integration with Gitlab. CI with Jenkins. Github Actions.

• Linux/Unix skills

  Installation and use. Use and configuration for desktop and development. Maintenance and updating. Mainly Debian and Debian-based distributions.

• Assembly language

  6800 assembly, 68HC11 assembly, x86 assembly (real-mode and 32-bit, DOS and Linux), small amount of x86-64 assembly.

• Specific applications

  Emacs, Visual Studio, Blender, Gimp, Krita, Photoshop, Inkscape, Illustrator, Blender, Clang, GCC, GDB, Valgrind, American Fuzzy Lop, Watcom compiler for DOS.

• XBox 360 development

  Programming and performance profiling.

• XBox One development

  Graphics engine optimization.

• Stadia development

  Tech demos, exploring the possibility of a full data center as a game console at Google.

• Android development

  Augmented reality, general graphics programming and graphics performance work.

• Version control software

  Git (setup and use), SVN (setup and use), Perforce (usage only), CVS (please don't).

• Audio programming

  MOD format decoding and playback (from scratch, no libraries), Soundblaster 2.0 hardware programming, ALSA MIDI programming. Phoneme recognition for real-time VTuber face animation.

Professional Experience

• Cloud Chamber

  Novato, CA. (remote). January 2024 - August 2025. Senior Rendering Engineer.

  • Unannounced Bioshock Title - Unannounced platform(s) (January 2024 - August 2025)

    • Graphics programming

• Cryptic Studios (Second employment at Cryptic)

  Los Gatos, CA. March 2021 - November 2023. Staff Software Engineer.

  • Unannounced Title - PC (2022 - 2023)

    • Graphics programming

  • Magic: Legends - PC, PS4, XBox One (March 2021-June 2021)

    Free-to-play MMORPG.

    • Graphics programming

  • Neverwinter - PC/XBox One/PS4 (March 2021-current)

    Dungeon and Dragons license MMORPG.

    • Graphics programming
    • Engine programming

  • Star Trek Online - PC/XBox One/PS4 (March 2021-current)

    PC Space MMORPG set in the Star Trek universe.

    • Graphics programming
    • Engine programming

  • Champions Online - PC (March 2021-current)

    • Community events
    • Graphics programming
    • Engine programming

• Google

  Mountain View, CA. March 2017 - March 2021. L5 Software Engineer.

  • Unannounced Stadia projects - Stadia (March 2019-Current)

    • Graphics programming with Vulkan and Unreal 4.

  • ARCore for Unreal - Android (March 2017-March 2019)

    Google's augmented reality plugin for Unreal Engine 4.

    • Graphics programming
    • Mobile optimization

• Neoglyphic Entertainment

  Campbell, CA. August 2015 - March 2017. Senior Programmer.

  • NeoFur - PC (Win/Mac/Linux), Android, iOS, PS4, XBox One (August 2015-March 2017, launched 2016)

    Fur and hair rendering and simulation plugin for Unreal Engine 4.

    • Graphics programming
    • Mobile optimization
    • Build engineering

    Notable titles using NeoFur:

    • Tekken 7
    • Marvel Powers United VR

• Trion Worlds

  Redwood City, CA. December 2014 - August 2015. Senior Graphics Engineer.

  • Rift - PC (December 2014-August 2015, launched 2011)

    Free-to-play PC MMORPG.

    • Graphics programming

• Cryptic Studios

  Los Gatos, CA. July 2009 - November 2014. Programmer.

  • Neverwinter - PC (2009-2014, launched 2013), XBox One (2013-2014)

    Dungeon and Dragons license MMORPG.

    • Graphics programming
    • Engine programming
    • XBox One graphics optimization
    • WINE support

  • Star Trek Online - PC (2009-2014, launched 2010), Mac (2009-2014, launched 2014)

    PC Space MMORPG set in the Star Trek universe.

    • Graphics programming
    • Engine programming
    • Mac port using Transgaming middleware
    • WINE support

  • Champions Online - PC (2009-2012, launched 2009)

    PC Superhero MMORPG.

    • Graphics programming
    • Engine programming
    • User interface
    • XBox and XBox-controller specific user interface

Unshipped/Non-commercial Projects

• SnekStudio (2022-current)

  VTuber rendering software written in Godot Engine.

  Features:

  • Face/hand tracking through MediaPipe, or...
  • VMC protocol support
  • Modular plugins for user-created addons
  • Twitch IRC/PubSub/EventSub integration
  • Cross-platform (Linux and Windows)

  Currently in use for daily Twitch streams by multiple content creators.

  https://snekstudio.com

• Ninkasi (2017-current)

  Another scripting language!

  Features:

  • Cross-platform
  • Runs in DOS! (Real-mode and 32-bit protected mode)
  • Written in ANSI C
  • No dependencies beyond the standard C library
  • Hand-written lexer and parser
  • Sandboxable*
  • Robust error handling and recovery
  • Faster than DerpScript
  • C-like syntax
  • VM state serialization and deserialization
  • Serialized state portability
  • Coroutines (new, as of 2019)
  • Source available:
  • https://github.com/ExpiredPopsicle/Ninkasi
  • https://git.intoxicoding.com/Intoxicoding/Ninkasi

  *Tested extensively with AFL, Valgrind, static code analysis, undefined behavior sanitizers, and running on a variety of platforms of different word size and endianness, but ultimately the security cannot be guaranteed.

• Ninkasi Preprocessor (2019-current)

  ANSI C preprocessor built from scratch, because Ninkasi needed multiple-file and macro support.

  Features:

  • Same minimal platform, compiler, dependencies, and memory requirements as Ninkasi
  • Can be used to compile actual C code
  • Tested with GNU headers and mcpp (http://mcpp.sourceforge.net/) (tested so that all valid programs compiled)
  • Source available:
  • https://github.com/ExpiredPopsicle/Ninkasi-Preprocessor
  • https://git.intoxicoding.com/ExpiredPopsicle/ninkasi_preprocessor

Education

• Bachelor of science degree in Computer Science: Game Design

  University of California, Santa Cruz, December 2008