Alex Remotti - Technical Artist & Developer

Hello, I'm

Alex Remotti.

Technical Artist & Video Games Computer Developer.

Dedicated to procedural generation, shading, and real-time tooling. I enjoy challenging engine capabilities and crafting immersive 3D environments.

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Personal Background

Games & History

I love video games since I was a little boy. My first console was an Intellivision. The first game I played was *Star Strike* at the age of 6. The first renowned game I worked on was *Ubisoft Forumla 1 Racing Championship* for Game Boy Color, published in 2000.

Places & Journeys

To follow my passion, I've lived in multiple locations:

Italy: Caserta, Santa Margherita Ligure, Milano
United Kingdom: NewCastle Upon Tyne, Wilmslow
USA: Los Angeles
Canada: Oakville, Mississauga
*...and planning on moving!*

Sports & Mind

I have always loved sports. A balanced mind is key to good development.

swimming (Team Rapallo Nuoto)
skiing (Ski School Via Lattea)
martial arts (Tai Chi Chuan A.I.K. Milan)

Technical Passions

I love experimenting with engine source code, modifying workflows, and pushing tools to their limits.

⚙️ Core Expertise

Technical Artist (Procedural Generation & Shading)
Full Stack Developer (Pre-processing & Realtime)
Graphics & Engine Programming
3D Environments Creation

🛠️ Engine Experience

Unreal Engine
CryEngine
Unity
Amazon Lumberyard
Snowdrop Engine
Dassault Virtools / Superscape / Build Engine

🎨 DCCs & Tools

Houdini (Houdini is my jam!)
3D Studio & 3D Studio Max
Maya
General Digital Content Creation Software

Professional Experience

A comprehensive overview of my career, showcasing my dedication across various roles in programming, technical art, and design.

Meta - Horizon

Technical Artist

Meta Horizon Studio. Providing technical art and design for the NPC system in Horizon Metaverse development.

Typescript NPC Logic modularization.
Typescript NPC Logic Prototypes and scalability.
Maya NPC animation and retargeting.
C++ Code Embodiment prototypes.

2025 View Media →

More Human Than Human

CONTRACTOR - Technical Director

Unreal Engine 5.6. Oversaw technical Direction and provided tool development, art and technical art contributions. Worked on Visual Studio project creation, tools and plugin choices, development and content creation for the first project prototype.

Visual Studio Solution Full solution setup for coders and Unreal Game Sync distribution for Art team.
Perforce User admin and user instruction documentation via Google Sites.
C++ Modules Math utilities for procedural mesh manipulation and scattering systems.
C++ Plugins Open street map format importer and geometry generation.
C++ Plugins Character / Camera and Control system for first and third person with climbing, vaulting and cover system.
Blueprint Plugins Procedural City tool based on instance batched models.
Blueprint Plugins Spline based street meshes with automatic landscape carving and material ID painting.
Blueprint Plugins Character control animation system.
Blueprint Plugins Enemy AIs.
Blueprint Plugins In-game menu with mission and real time mini-map.
Blueprint Plugins GPU Based NPC system.

2023 View Media →

People Can Fly - Lost Rift

Technical Art Director

Unreal Engine 5.6. Oversaw technical art procedural pipeline and tools and Nanite profiling for high-poly vegetation in Real-time. Created all the vegetation geometry processing pipelines.

C++ Modules Procedural Mesh geometry attributes read/write.
C++ Modules Spline math utilities & Spline manipulation utilities.
C++ Plugins Procedural Vegetation scattering native systems updates.
C++ Plugins Geometry material ID and submeshes optimization.
C++ Plugins Raster image to Vector spline areas adapted to world map.
Blueprint Plugins River terrain carving and river mesh with water flow generation.
Blueprint Plugins Forest spline biomes based and Crops scattering tools.
HLSL Vegetation and Rocks shaders. River flow and ocean waves prototypes.

2025 View Media →

hoYoVerse - Whispers from the Stars

Technical Artist / Technical Director

Unreal Engine 5.3 / 5.4. Served in a dual role, offering high-level technical art expertise and directorial guidance. Worked on skinned character digestion automation tools and Hair import and assignment. R&D on additional blendshapes GPU based system.

Visual Studio Solution Full solution setup for coders and precompiled GDrive distribution for Art team
C++ Modules Geometry XTZ to normalized texture RGB values converter. Texture array automated conversion.
C++ Plugins FBX importer extension to create multiple assets from single source file.
Blueprint Plugins Lighting and levels transition system.
Houdini Plugins Hair system attributes management and export HDA tool.
HLSL GPU / Texture array based additive blendshape geometry shader.

2025 View Media →

Riot Games - League Studio / TFT

League Studio Technical Art Director / Principal Technical Artist

HexTech Engine. Oversaw technical art Direction and provided principal-level technical art contributions. Worked on WWise audio and shader integration on the HexTech engine. Engine feature prototype and development. Relations with Engineering team Hiring plans & requirements .

C++ Library / HexTech Engine Audio event propagation to shaders.
C++ Library / HexTech Engine Parallax multi-layer real-time Menu system.
Unreal Engine R&D and training.
Houdini Plugins Automated retopologization and reskinning HDA tool for characters.

2023 View Media →

Scopely - RPG

CONTRACTOR - Technical Art Director

Provided technical art direction and developed Unity asset management and procedural pipelines for RPG maps. Worked on new rendering pipeline and Substance parity shader.

C++ Libs Poisson scattering library with dynamic hot-load.
C# Components Prebaked - Spline based asset distribution system.
C# Component Prebaked - Nodegraph based system to attach entities (rooms, body parts, tree branches, game POIs).
C# Component Asset validation and classification for map static elements, gameplay elements and skinned entities.
GLSL / HLSL Realtime and Substance PBR shader with support of bent normals and color gradients.

2022 View Media →

Liquid Cube - NetEase PCG Tools

CONTRACTOR - Technical Director

Unreal Engine 4.2 / Unity / Unreal / CryEngine / Lumberyard. Oversaw all the Tooling and coding best practices and contributed individually to all the projects planning and development. Established coding and documentation standards. Ported all tools across Unity / Unreal / CryEngine / Lumberyard.

Visual Studio Solutions Full solution setup for coders for both Unity 19 and Unreal 4.2.
C/C++ Libs Cross engine sharable libs for math utils for procedural asset scattering transform batches generation.
C++ Plugins Cross engine Qt and pyQT standalone interfaces for buildings, scattering, validation of asset data.
Houdini Plugins Cliff and Vegetation systems based on model batch instances.
Houdini Plugins Open street map building and road generator with json format output for cross engine digestion.

2020 View Media →

EA Codemasters - EA WRC 2023

CONTRACTOR - Principal Technical Artist / Technical Art Director

Unreal Engine 4.0 to 4.2. Developed all the vegetation scattering tools. Supported all the asset pipeline processes for the porting from EGO Engine to Unreal. Worked on new LOD baking system.

C++ Modules Spline math utilities / Spline manipulation utilities / Spline skinning utilities.
C++ Engine Procedural Vegetation scattering and LOD engine systems updates.
C++ Plugins Bespoke satellite data conversion to crops, cliff and forest scattering data.
C/C++ Libs Data pipeline processor for final LOD backing.
Blueprint Plugins LOD backing to depth texture, world normal and albedo. Final LOD always 7 triangles.
Blueprint Plugins Animated and physics based track delimiting tape tool system.
HLSL Per pixel displacement based LOD rendering for farther version.

2020 View Media →

Rockstar - GTA VI

Associate Principal Tools Programmer

R.A.G.E. Engine / Terrain Editor Tool. Developed all the terrain procedural generation pipeline and the vegetation scattering tools and processor. Created both standalone dockeable interface based editor and Headless scalable remote and data patchable version of the pipeline.

C# Tool/Content-Editor-Processor Linear step by step world data pipeline (heightmap -> terrain -> texturing -> road and city Boolean geometry clipping -> vegetation scatter -> LODs).
C# UI XAML Model / ViewModel based dockeable interface.
C# Processors Terrain generation for displacement maps.
C# Processors Tile and scalable terrain tessellation for terrain streaming and LODs.
C++ Libs External Preview viewport to replicate in-game shading.
Houdini Plugins Terrain material attributes processor.
Houdini Plugins Biome maps based placement processor.
HLSL Parity shaders for editor processing preview of each pipeline step.

2019 View Media →

Rockstar - GTA V

Associate Principal Tools Programmer

R.A.G.E. Engine. Developed Houdini based terrain procedural generation pipeline and the vegetation scattering tools and processor. Created standalone Houdini scenes for the procedural generation of the Cayo Perico DLC (a complete separate map / Island)

Houdini Plugins Terrain displacement and erosion processor.
Houdini Plugins Terrain material attributes processor.
Houdini Plugins Biome maps based placement processor.
Houdini Plugins Crops placement processor.

2019 View Media →

Rockstar - Red Dead Redemption 2

Senior - Principal Technical Artist / Associate Principal Tools Programmer

R.A.G.E. Engine / 3D Studio Max. Developed all the asse validation processor. Improved time of Day Editor. Improved vegetation assets scattering and digestion pipeline.

C++ Tools mfc based Prototype of Terrain standalone editor tools.
C++ Processor New intermediary format with scene description and high compression format to support all DCCs.
C# Tools Geometry validation processors (vertices / faces / attributes / LODs / compression).
C# Tools Added new transition system for time f day and weather conditions tool.
maxscript Processors Transform batch exporter for entities and vegetations scattering.
maxscript Tools Interface to leverage the new C# asset validation processors.
python Tools Processor wrapper to leverage AI based terrain erosion processor.

2018 View Media →

CIG - Foundry 42 - Star Citizen

Lead Technical Artist

CryEngine / Lumberyard. Led technical art efforts, focusing on complex procedural and rendering systems. Developed all the asse validation processor. Improved time of Day Editor. Improved vegetation assets scattering and digestion pipeline.

C++ Tools Instance batch digestion system for Cities.
C++ Tools Biome based material ageing editor interface.
C++ run-time Planetary procedural outposts placement system.
python Tools Nodegraph based geometry connection system for interiors.
C# Tools Standalone city layout Interface and map generator.
C# Tools Added new transition system for time f day and weather conditions tool.
maxscript Tools City editor prototype.

2017 View Media →

Atom Bank App

Technical Designer / Programmer

Unity. Designed and prototyped user interfaces for immersive online-only banking system. Created new vector based graphic interface prototypes for efficient and optimized user experience.

C++ Visual Studio Solution XMAL Based interface and page browsing for user mobile experience.
C# Components 3D based interfaces for user navigation within virtual banking options.
C# Components Login steps interface integration: voice recognition; face recognition.
python Tools Nodegraph based geometry connection system for interiors
C# Tools Standalone city layout Interface and map generator
C# Tools Added new transition system for time f day and weather conditions tool
maxscript Tools City editor prototype

2016 View Media →

The Division - Underground DLC

Senior Technical Artist

Snowdrop. Designed with Game and Art direction and developed procedural generation tools and technical environment assets pipelines for the DLC.

C# Tools Standalone Editor with 3D viewport for deterministic seed underground nap layout generation.
C# Tools Standalone management tool for Room variations validation and tracking.
Blueprints Lighting variations and Gameplay variations selection tools.

2015 View Media →

The Division

Senior Technical Artist

Snowdrop. Senior-level technical art contributions across gameplay, user interface, and environments.

Nodegraph real-time Player Skills visual animation and UI: Seeker-mine, Turret, Riot Shield.
Nodegraph real-time In-World diegetic 3D UI-Mega Optimization.
Nodegraph real-time In-World diegetic Loot / Skill-Tree / Weapon Modding UIs.
HLSL In world Snow piling per pixel displacement based prototype.
HLSL In world UI pulse.
HLSL In world UI area of selection.

2015 View Media →

Just Dance 2015

UI Technical Artist

L'Editeur.Specialized in the technical implementation and optimization of the user interface.

C# Tools Standalone json data generator for complex animated Buttons.
json data debug Addressing UI data sources and properties inconsistencies.
json data optimization Animation and VFX data optimization.
json data creation Setup of new Multiplayer online ranking pages.

2014 View Media →

Just Dance 2014

UI Technical Artist

L'Editeur. Focused on the technical art pipeline for the game's user interface.

C# Tools Standalone json data generator for complex animated Buttons.
json data debug Addressing UI data sources and properties inconsistencies.
json data optimization Animation and VFX data optimization.
json data creation Setup of new Multiplayer online ranking pages.
HLSL Real-time music and motion based shader with aura trail effect.

2013 View Media →

Primeval

Gameplay Programmer / AI Programmer / Tech Artist

Scratch. Full-stack programming and technical art support for gameplay and AI systems. The game is a Street Fighter clone.

Node logic Parallax environment system.
Node logic Player control system.
Node logic AI behavior.
Node logic Scoring system.
Node logic In-game UI.
MySQL / Javascript Remote ranking system.

2012 View Media →

Furu Furu

Engine Programmer / Gameplay Programmer / AI Programmer

Cocos 2D. Core development across engine, gameplay logic, and artificial intelligence. The game is a fast pacing puzzle clone.

XCode Solution XCode solution setup.
C Code Game and UI asset digestion pipeline and formats.
C Code Player control system.
C Code Scoring system.
C Code VFX.
C Code In-game UI.
C Code Facebook posting and ranking integration.

2012 View Media →

Pepita Up

Engine Programmer / Gameplay Programmer / AI Programmer

Cocos 2D. Responsible for engine programming, gameplay systems, and AI implementation. The game is a Ninja Ponk clone.

XCode Solution XCode solution setup.
C Code Game and UI asset digestion pipeline and formats.
C Code Player control system.
C Code Scoring system.
C Code VFX.
C Code In-game UI.
C Code Facebook posting and ranking integration.

2012 View Media →

Regina Di Ripicche

Engine Programmer / Gameplay Programmer / AI Programmer

Cocos 2D. Managed programming for the core engine, gameplay, and AI features. The game is a precision point & click one.

XCode Solution XCode solution setup.
C Code Game and UI asset digestion pipeline and formats.
C Code Player control system.
C Code Scoring system.
C Code VFX.
C Code In-game UI.
C Code Facebook posting and ranking integration.

2012 View Media →

Fallen Angel Xbox

Full Spectrum: Programmer / Tech Artist / 2D & 3D Artist

XNA SDK. A multi-disciplinary role covering all aspects of development and art creation.

Visual Studio Solution Solution setup and plugin integrations.
C# Code Game and UI asset digestion pipeline and formats.
C# Code Player and Camera control system wit animation blending: on ground, fight, vehicle, flying.
C# Code AI: NPCs and Enemy Combat.
C# Code Cut-Screen image scroll/zoom based system.
C# Code Infinite procedural mission progress tracking system.
C# Code VFX.
C# Code In-game UI: Gauges, Mini-Map, Main-menu, Slot minigame
HLSL Support for night and day cycle.
HLSL Support for city water flooding with geometry shader based waves.
QA Platform approval process.

2012 View Media →

Enigmistica - Nintendo Ds

Engine Programmer / Gameplay Programmer / Tech Artist

Nintendo DS SDK (Nitro). Engine, gameplay, and technical art contributions for the Nintendo DS title. The game is Crosswords and puzzle game compilation.

C & C++ Code Game and UI asset digestion pipeline and formats.
C & C++ Code Lower and Upper case letter drawing recognition.
C & C++ Code Scrollable crossword tables.
C & C++ Code Drawing games with precision scoring.
C & C++ Code Point and click games.
C & C++ Code Nintendo save system.
C & C++ Code In-game UI.
QA Platform approval process.

2012 View Media →

Wingers

Gamepplay & AI Programmer / Tech Artist

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Virtools. Asset conversion and digestion. Gameplay loop. AIprogramming. UI programming.

C++ Tools Asset conversion and processing from old engine to Virtools compatible formats and sizes.
Nodegraph Logic Player Control.
Nodegraph Logic Enemy AI.
Nodegraph Logic Multiplayer with online ranking.
Nodegraph Logic World physics based destruction.
Nodegraph Logic Cut scne sequnce player.
QA Game testing and packaging.

2012 View Media →

Genial Football

C.E.O. / AI Programmer / Tech Artist

Unity. Managed company operations while contributing directly to AI programming and technical art.

C# Components Grid based path finding.
C# Components Turn based AI logic.
C# Components Oppenent team AI.
C# Components Multiplayer with online ranking.
mySQL & javascript Web based ranking interface and functionality.

2011 View Media →

Pirate Party Wii - Pirates: Adventures of the Black Corsair

C.E.O. / Engine Programmer & AI Programmer / Tech Artist

Nintendoware WII. Engine and AI development for the Wii, managing all business and technical aspects.

C Code Minigames logic.
C Code Racing game logic.
C Code Building and packaging system.
maxscript Geometry attributes processor and exporter.
maxscript Geometry vertex paint lighting tool automation.

2009 View Media →

Pirate Party Ds

C.E.O. / Engine Programmer / Tech Artist

Nintendo DS SDK (Nitro). Oversaw the DS title's development, specializing in engine work and technical art.

C Code Minigames logic porting.
C Code Asset processor and converter.
C Code Building and packaging system.

2008 View Media →

Horrible Histories Wii

C.E.O. / Engine & AI Programmer / Tech Artist

Nintendoware WII. Managed the business while directly programming the engine and AI for the Wii version.

C Code Minigames logic.
C Code Racing game logic.
C Code Building and packaging system.
maxscript Geometry attributes processor and exporter.
maxscript Geometry vertex paint lighting tool automation.
QA QA and platform approval process.

2008 View Media →

Horrible Histories Ds

C.E.O. / Game Designer

Nintendo DS SDK (Nitro). Game design and CEO duties for the Nintendo DS title.

C Code Minigames logic adaptation.
C Code Asset import processors.
C Code Building and packaging system.
QA QA and platform approval process.

2007 View Media →

Marvel Lamincard

C.E.O. / Game Designer

Flash. Managed business development and led the game design for the project.

HTML Online page interface.
photoshop Asset processing.
mySQL & javascript Web based ranking interface and functionality.

2007 View Media →

Terkel The Game

Virtools. Managed business development and led the game design for the project.

3DS Max Modeling and animation.
Nodegraph Logic Player and Camera controller.
Nodegraph Logic AI: NPCs and Opponents.
Nodegraph Logic Minigames.
QA Debugging and disk packaging.

2006 View Media →

The Black Corsair

C.E.O. / Engine & AI Programmer / Tech Artist

Renderware. Engine, AI programming, and technical art oversight while leading the company.

C++ Code Enemy Logic / Crowd AI.
C++ Code Player Camera.
C++ Code Out of game UI.
3DS Max Lighting Tools.
3DS Max Geometry exporters.
HLSL Fullscreen filters: Bloom. vignette, blur.
QA Debugging and packaging.

2005 View Media →

Croma Racer

Gameplay & Shader Developer

Virtools. Dedicated development focusing on gameplay mechanics and advanced shader creation.

3DS Max Modeling.
Nodegraph Logic Player Car and Camera.
Nodegraph Logic AI: Spline & Physics based opponents.
C++ Code In-game UI.
HLSL Fullscreen filters: Motion-blur, Screen-space reflections
mySQL & javascript Online and localling saved ranking.

2005 View Media →

Fast Coder

R&D Programmer

Virtools. Focused on research and development for streaming technologies.

C# Code Connectivity tool user interface.
C# Code Connectivity self management / auto-connession (ISDN-ADSL).
C# Code Webpages autogenerator.
C# Code Skin personalization system.
Virtools Virtual 3D Conference rooms.
javascript Cubemap based live streaming projection system.

2001 View Media →

F1 Racing Championship

Game Designer

C++ Proprietary engine. Game design responsibilities for the racing title.

Word/span> Game Design Document.
Track Editor Top down track editor.
Menu Editor Page flow connection scripting.
Tweacking Design values iterations.

2000 View Media →

Rayman M/Arena - PS2

Game Designer

L'Editour - C++ Proprietary engine. Contributed to the game design of the classic platformer series.

Word/span> Game Design Document.
LUA Sliding / Skating Logic.
LUA Trampoline bouncing Logic.

2000 View Media →

Personal Experiments

A record of my personal exploration and R&D in engines, procedural generation, and technical art.

Dungeon Danger Lua

Game Programmer / Script Programmer / Procedural Tools / 2D Artist

Developed procedural logic and tools with Lua scripting, including 2D art creation.

2022 View Media →