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Gorgo Tz

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Senior Gameplay Programmer with 7+ years creating modular, optimized gameplay systems for live-service and AAA titles.

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What I'm looking for

I seek gameplay-focused roles where I can design and implement modular systems, mentor engineers, tackle performance challenges, and ship high-quality, player-first features.

I am a Senior Gameplay Programmer with 7+ years of professional experience building modular gameplay systems, prototyping features rapidly, and performing deep refactors for live-service and AAA games across PC and consoles. I specialize in C++ development in Unreal Engine (UE4/UE5) and have led gameplay code teams, mentoring engineers and managing code quality through reviews and optimizations.

My work spans gameplay features (quests, progression, AI/3Cs, abilities, weather, resource systems), multiplayer optimizations, tooling, VFX/SFX integration, and platform-specific performance tuning. I deliver reliable, maintainable systems with an eye for detail, aesthetics and player experience, having contributed to titles at Krafton, 505 Games, Climax Studios and others.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Gameplay Programmer

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Krafton – Vector North

Jan 2024 - Present (1 year 10 months)

Developed modular gameplay systems for an online action-adventure sandbox (Project Gold Rush), leading prototyping, refactoring, multiplayer optimizations and feature delivery across quests, weather, mining and progression systems.

Unreal Engine 5 C++Multiplayer Optimization Prototyping PC Development

Gameplay Programmer

505 Games – DR Studios

May 2021 - Nov 2023 (2 years 6 months)

Owned gameplay systems for Hawken Reborn live-service, designing and implementing features (3Cs, abilities, missions, economy) while managing the gameplay code team and driving optimizations and tool development.

Unreal Engine 4 C++Playfab Azure Systems Design Team Leadership Tools Developer

Generalist Programmer

Climax Studios

Jun 2020 - May 2021 (11 months)

Contributed to EA Sports PGA Tour across gameplay, rendering and platform-specific optimizations; performed profiling, performance improvements and bug fixes for multi-platform releases.

C++Profiling Performance Optimization Cross Platform Development Debugging

Gameplay Programmer

Nacon – Kylotonn

Oct 2018 - Mar 2019 (5 months)

Ported Test Drive Unlimited to an in-house engine and implemented gameplay features for WRC 8, handling large codebase integration, dynamic weather, crew management and UI tasks.

C++Engine Porting KT Engine Game Features UI