Samuel Holley
Lead Gameplay Engineer at Sucker Punch Productions
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolSamuel Holley is a Lead Gameplay Engineer with 11 years of experience crafting emotionally resonant mechanics for AAA and indie titles on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. At Sucker Punch Productions he manages a team focused on feeling-driven systems and co-leads a cross-discipline department that designs expressive player verbs—credits include mechanics like Standoffs and Ghost Stance in Ghost of Tsushima. His background blends an M.S. in interactive programming with a B.A. in English literature and creative writing, informing a rare mix of technical rigor and narrative sensibility. Samuel excels at turning ambitious, hard-to-express design goals into tangible systems and thrives on projects that push games toward surprising emotional and social possibilities. Outside work he writes fiction and poetry, which he channels into games that aim to be both unpredictable and inevitable.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. English Literature, Creative Writing, B.A. English Literature, Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleM.S. Interactive Entertainment, Programming, M.S. Interactive Entertainment, Programming at Florida Interactive Entertainment AcademyGithub contributions (1)
ruffenman/dictatorshift
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
Contributions:76 commits, 39 pushes in 2 days
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