George Schober

1060 Normandy Hill Ln • Encinitas, CA • 92024

george.a.schober@gmail.com • Portfolio: georgeschober.com

Professional Experience

Game Designer: Open World Events - Rockstar Games San Diego June 2020 - Present

New Entry in the Grand Theft Auto series

• Designed and produced open world encounters for the player to discover organically and revisit

• Collaborated across teams in many different disciplines to ensure content is developed efficiently and shows on screen as much as possible

• Designed NPC behavioral responses to the player based on the context of the interaction

• Created project templates that standardized the process of starting a new event allowing designers to have a working event in minutes instead of hours

• Designed and implemented new components to manage shared behavior between events

• Refactored existing components into a new script framework

• Assisted with onboarding of new team members by setting up lines of communication to encourage team building and reduce work from home strain

Gameplay Programmer/Developer - Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab - MSU March 2019 – May 2020

Plunder Panic – Released on Steam, September 2021

• Designed and developed a dual-utility AI system for computer-controlled players along with action system that allows for easy modification

• Utilized a modified A* pathing algorithm for AI movement system

• Redesigned an existing menu system and character select to improve user experience

• Created and implemented a generic audio manager system reused in other GEL projects

Whipslash

• Lead team of ten students as producer and lead programmer over a semester

• Implemented enemy AI based on kung-fu circle and adapted to a VR environment

• Developed base mechanics including all axe interaction and enemy ragdoll system

Brain Powered Games Africa

• Designed and developed a generic data collection and saving system used for aggregating data and event tracking, which is currently used across multiple research studies

• Rebuilt the original suit of games and began development on new Village Builder game

• Traveled to Uganda to playtest Brain Powered Games and help oversee training of local researchers

Education

Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan

Graduated: May 2020

College of Engineering                                                                                                   GPA 3.82/4.0

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science | Minor in Game Design and Development

SKILLS

C#, C++, C, Visual Scripting, Behavior Trees, Unity Engine, VR development, Visio, Linear Algebra, Python, JavaScript, Data Collection/Analysis

INTERESTS

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Systems Design, Tool Development, Psychology Behind Player Choice, Game Theory