Samantha Difeo
Game AI Programmer at Invoke Studios
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSamantha Difeo is a Game AI and Gameplay Programmer with eight years of experience building interactive systems for major studios including Ubisoft Montréal, Inflexion Games, and currently Invoke Studios. With a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science from McGill, she brings strong mathematical foundations—especially in differential equations—to gameplay systems and AI behaviors. She’s active in Montreal’s game dev community, mentors beginners at McGill’s game development club, and regularly engages with groups like Pixelles and MIGS to stay plugged into industry practice. Her background includes internships at Microsoft, Square Enix Montreal, and Charles River Analytics, reflecting a balance of research-oriented and production game development experience. Outside of work she tinkers on personal projects and is known for always having a cat nearby during remote meetings.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Double Major in Mathematics and Computer Science with a focus in computer games, Bachelors of Science, Double Major in Mathematics and Computer Science with a focus in computer games at McGill University
Github Skills (11)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
gamedevmcgill/GDM-bootcamp-f2019
Jun 2019 - May 2021
Based off of the Brackey's RPG tutorial
Contributions:14 PRs, 39 pushes, 30 branches in 1 year 11 months
rpggame
Vassenx/game-lab-2019
Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
3D Unreal Game McGill-2 Team for Ubisoft Game Lab Competition 2019
Contributions:65 PRs, 104 pushes, 12 branches in 2 months
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