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Francis Sougué

@francissougu

Gameplay programmer at Rekt Games who built CryptoRun’s gameplay systems, custom movement, and UI through early access.

At Rekt Games, I built and owned most gameplay systems for CryptoRun, a multi-platform racing game released in early access in Summer 2025. I developed a lightweight Gameplay Ability System and spline-based custom movement, and built the game’s UI in C++ and Blueprints.

I also co-designed and took ownership of CryptoRun’s deterministic simulator, and served as scrum master for a 10+ person team. In my freelance work, I built gamepad- and keyboard-supported pre-game UI for Battlechords, a MetaHuman clerk app integrating OpenAI’s API with NVIDIA ACE, and a task-based educational VR game for Meta Quest 2.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Freelance Game Developer

Current

Self Employed

Jun 2022 - Present (4 years 4 months)

Built pre-game UI for a Kickstarter project, an AI clerk app integrating OpenAI with NVIDIA ACE, and a VR educational game for Meta Quest 2.

Unreal Engine Blue Print C++UI Controller KBM OpenAI API NVIDIA ACE MetaHuman VR Meta Quest 2

Senior Engineer - Gameplay Programmer

Rekt Games

Jul 2023 - Apr 2026 (2 years 9 months)

Built and owned most gameplay systems for CryptoRun, a multi-platform racing game. Developed a lightweight GAS, custom movement component, and all game UI in C++ and Blueprints.

C++Blue Print Unreal Engine 5 Unreal Engine 4 Gameplay Ability System Custom Movement Component UMG CommonUI Perforce Git ClickUp Trello Notion C#Verse UEFN

Junior Engineer - Gameplay Programmer

Rekt Games

Apr 2022 - Jul 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Designed logic and wrote code for gameplay systems across different projects, eventually assigned to CryptoRun. Configured Perforce and built a telemetry pipeline exporting game data to Excel.