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François Ségaud

SENIOR AUDIO PROGRAMMER | AMPLITUDE STUDIOS

French Guy. Technology enthusiast. Amateur Photographer. Compulsive reader and casual writer. I'm a senior programmer at Amplitude Studios. Over the years I have explored multiple fields such as audio, networking and gameplay. I've worked on several released titles including Humankind, the Endless franchise, or Stellar Impact. I've also spent eight years of my free time volunteering as a first aider for the French Red Cross.

TECHNOLOGIES

Primary Skills Unity3D C# .Net Audio Wwise Steamworks Networking SVN Git
Secondary Skills C/C++ SQL Unix Shell CI/CD (Gitlab)
Aversions Web Java Flash

EXPERIENCE

2012
Now
Senior Programmer - Amplitude Studios (SEGA)

Audio

Development of the audio asset pipeline. Integration of the Wwise Authoring API (WAAPI). Development of audio features such as interactive music, terrain-dependent ambiant sound, SFX, audio focus system or unit voices.

Networking

Development of a platform-agnostic multiplayer framework that handle desynchronization detection, hot-join, host migration and real-time compression.

Gameplay

Development of several key features of Endless Space 2 such as the political system, the population simulation or the diplomatic interactions.

Titles

Humankind, Endless Space 2, Endless Legend, Dungeon of the Endless, Endless Space.

2010
Game Programmer - Tindalos Interactive

Networking

Development of resilient and interconnected servers to handle dispatching, profile storage, chat, and auto-update in a hybrid hard/cloud environment based on the Linux operating system.

Prototyping

Prototype of a complete level of a squad-based game, including gameplay, AI, and UI.

Misc

Helped on different tasks from VFX and lighting to UI and tools.

Titles

Stellar Impact, Bunker Constructor.

EDUCATION

2009
BSc Computer Games Programming - Teesside University
2009
Licence Informatique - Université de Limoges
2007
DUT Informatique - IUT du Limousin

CERTIFICATIONS



SST - Sauveteur secouriste du travail (Occupational safety and health).

H0B0 - Habilitation électrique non-électricien (Electrical certification for non-electrician workers).

Incendie - Formation extincteurs et évacuation (Fire training: fire extinguishers and evacuation).