Andy Saia
Lead PCG Tools Engineer at CD PROJEKT RED
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndy Saia is a lead PCG and tools engineer with 14 years of experience building production-grade world‑building and procedural systems for games and simulation, currently shaping PCG tooling at CD PROJEKT RED. He previously served as Technical Director at Level Ex where he architected core tech, real‑time soft‑body and fluid simulation pipelines, and CI/testing infrastructure that enabled the studio to scale from single projects to concurrent live products. Andy combines deep engine‑level C++ and Unreal expertise with Houdini-driven procedural workflows to automate massive tasks like interior decoration, road networks, and dynamic destruction, accelerating content iteration for designers and artists. He’s equally at home prototyping quirky indie ideas—think noodle‑armed shooters—demonstrating a creative curiosity that informs practical tooling decisions. Based in Chicago, he’s known for translating ambiguous problems into clear technical roadmaps and reusable libraries that improve studiowide productivity.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BFA Time Arts, BFA Time Arts at Northern Illinois University
Github Skills (14)
bundle6
prototyping6
code-reuse6
debugging5
personalization4
2d-game4
perfect4
game-development4
editor3
game-engine3
leanplum2
messaging2
automation1
analytics1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
asaia/StarlingPunk
Jun 2012 - Apr 2013
Contributions:19 commits in 10 months
2d-gamegamedevstarlingframeworkprototyping
asaia/BleedingEdgeEffects_GDC_2020
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:4 commits, 1 push in 1 month
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