Sam Izzo
Principal Software Engineer at Sledgehammer Games
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolSam Izzo is a principal software engineer and veteran game developer with over two decades of commercial and hobbyist experience, currently leading engineering efforts at Sledgehammer Games from Melbourne. He blends deep low-level expertise in C/C++, assembly and build systems with a passion for graphics, streaming pipelines and tools that boost studio productivity. A proven systems architect, Sam has adapted complex cross-platform build systems (notably contributing OSX support to the Open Watcom v2 build) and shipped engine and tooling work across consoles, PC and mobile. He co-founded Polyphonic LP to explore music-driven game experiences and runs a boutique studio delivering engine, tool and platform work for diverse clients. Colleagues describe him as creative and approachable, equally comfortable mentoring teams or diving into assembly-level fixes. His background as a demoscener and MS-DOS programmer hints at a long-standing curiosity for squeezing performance from constrained systems.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B.AppSci(Comp.Sci) (Distinction)B.Eng(Comp.Sys.Eng) (Hons), B.AppSci(Comp.Sci) (Distinction)B.Eng(Comp.Sys.Eng) (Hons) at RMIT University
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
open-watcom/open-watcom-v2
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
Open Watcom V2.0 - Source code repository, Wiki, Latest Binary build, Archived builds including all installers for download.
Role in this project:
System Architect / Software Architect
System Architect / Software ArchitectContributions:7 commits, 5 PRs, 46 comments in 3 days
Contributions summary:Sam primarily focused on adapting the Open Watcom V2.0 build system for the OSX platform. Their contributions included fixing bugs related to path expansion within the DOSBox environment, preventing the inclusion of non-existent headers on OSX, and modifying the build process to correctly handle compiler arguments specific to OSX and Linux. They also restructured the setupgui build process to include OSX sections, demonstrating the ability to maintain and extend the build system across multiple operating systems.
installersbuildscode-repositorywatcomwiki
samizzo/minixfer
Oct 2018 - Nov 2022
Contributions:23 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
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