David Parra
AI Programmer at Lucid Games Ltd
Greater Brighton and Hove Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Parra is an AI and gameplay programmer with nine years of experience building interactive systems for major UK studios, currently crafting NPC behavior and systems at Lucid Games. He progressed from junior gameplay roles at TT Games to associate AI programming at Hangar 13, bringing hands-on experience with Unreal Engine, scripting, APIs and version control across shipped and in-development titles. David combines a formal background in games programming and networking/AI with practical level-mechanics and character-AI design, having implemented jump pads, draggable objects, traps, checkpoints and custom agents. Based in Greater Brighton, he’s motivated by the interplay of play and code, enjoys collaborating closely with artists and designers, and seeks to deepen his impact on gameplay experiences through smarter, more expressive AI.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons) Computer Games Programming, Networking and AI, First Class Honours, BSc (Hons) Computer Games Programming, Networking and AI, First Class Honours at TEESSIDE UNIVERSITYTechnician in web development, Web Development, Technician in web development, Web Development at IES Juan de GarayHND in Videogame Programming, Games Programming, HND in Videogame Programming, Games Programming at ESAT - Escuela Superior de Arte y Tecnología - Valencia
Spanish, valencian, English
Github Skills (11)
bots10
emulation10
world-of-warcraft10
ai9
addon8
database7
azerothcore5
cpp4
minecraft3
crawler1
parser1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
flekz-games/mangos-tbc
Mar 2023 - Apr 2026
C(ontinued)-MaNGOS is about: -- Doing WoW-Emulation Right!
Contributions:46 PRs, 74 pushes, 39 branches in 3 years 1 month
flekz-games/cmangos-hardcore
Feb 2024 - Nov 2025
Hardcore mod for cmangos core
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 63 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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