People

For 2011, we’re bringing back the best independent developers who presented at the first few conferences to help create an amazing program.

Matthew Jack

Matthew is a freelance AI developer and consultant, in particular for Microsoft and Xaviant LCC. He worked at Crytek for many years, including CRYSIS and CRYSIS 2, and continues to work closely with the company.

Mikko Mononen

Mikko was the Lead AI on Crysis, and worked as a Programmer at Crytek for multiple years. He’s also an independent developer, AI consultant and leading open-source developer.

Phil Carlisle

Phil is an industry veteran who worked on the Worms franchise at Team 17 for many years. As well as doing research into emotions, animation and expression, he’s working on an indie title called Box Mental.

William van der Sterren

William is a game AI consultant for CGF-AI, who worked on Shellshock ‘Nam and Killzone 1 with Guerrilla Games. He’s currently developing mission planning as scenario generators for the ArmA game series.