Anthony Russo
Senior Gameplay Designer at Epic Games
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAnthony Russo is a Senior Gameplay Designer and technical generalist with 13 years in games, currently shaping gameplay at Epic Games after leading design and prototyping on an unannounced AAA IP in UE5. He blends systems design, Blueprint/C++ implementation, AI behavior work, and technical art—bridging art, engineering, QA and production to move small teams fast on hard, underexplored problems. His background ranges from shipping console sports titles at MLB to immersive experiences at MSG Sphere and founding an accessibility-focused indie studio that launched a sound-based game for blind players. He’s fluent in build pipelines, CI automation, Perforce, and agile production, and routinely steps into art, animation, VFX, and audio to help teams realize vision. Known for tackling large-scale, ambiguous challenges, he enjoys shipping practical prototypes and empowering others through tooling and documentation. Based in the NYC area, he pairs studio leadership with hands-on engineering and a quiet obsession for elegant algorithms.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Interactive Media and Game Development (Art Track) Game and Interactive Media Design, Interactive Media and Game Development (Art Track) Game and Interactive Media Design at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteCertificate Game and Interactive Media Design, Certificate Game and Interactive Media Design at Rhode Island School of Design
English
Github Skills (13)
minecraft10
bukkit10
paper9
spigot9
gameplay9
mechanics8
java8
high-performance6
pairwise2
sequence-alignment2
bioinformatics2
sequence2
python-bindings2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
stupendousMan/superGetOpt
Sep 2012 - Aug 2017
Contributions:1 release, 25 commits, 14 pushes in 4 years 11 months
PaperMC/Paper
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
The most widely used, high performance Minecraft server that aims to fix gameplay and mechanics inconsistencies
Contributions:3 comments, 1 issue in 1 day
spigot-forkspigotcraftbukkittacosinconsistencies
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