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CodeplayThe Essential Walkthrough Guide

Orestis TsapogasCompiler Engineer

Who are we?

• We are not a games development studio• We are a games technology company!• Based in central Edinburgh

Open the floodgates for crazily fast mobile GPUs!

• Fun fact: 100% of games run on GPUs• We make sure they run fast!• Mobile GPUs are a big focus

How?• Compilers• Runtimes• Debuggers• Future programming standards• Research

Offload• Offload is our own PS3 development toolkit• Rapidly accelerates performance by

automatically “offloading” parallelizable code to multiple SPUs

• Offload has been used to accelerate a number of PS3 games including NASCAR 2011.

Choose your quest• Graduate jobs• PhD and EngD studentships• Internships (3 months or more)• Student part-time work• Research partner• No deadlines or quotas

Why apply to us?• You ❤ C++• Want to solve hard problems• Keen to learn• You want to develop your skills– we’ll teach

you!• Bonuses: OpenCL/GL, game engines, LLVM

Ace-ing the interview• Research the company• Understand what we do• Show us how you can contribute• Personal projects/portfolio• Enthusiasm!• Don’t stress out – we’ll teach you the hard

stuff

Your first day• Congratulations, you made it!• Achievement unlocked: Codeplay newbie ★• Now let’s get you started…

Hi, I’m your mentor• I’ll guide you on your quest• First 3 months• Helping you settle in• Overcome any problems• Achieve your potential• I was a newbie once!• But first…

Welcome drinks!

Getting started• Meet your project team…• 2-6 people, working on:– Contracts for major customers– Developing own IP– Research

• Full team member from day 1• Your contribution is valued

Fluid teams

• Flat hierarchy• Team leads chosen based on expertise• Anyone can lead a team• Collaboration

Office culture• Informal, relaxed environment• 35 hour week• Very flexible hours• Gaming• Away days: paintball, karting, beach party, …

Massively multiplayer• Participate in local dev communities• Attend international conferences• Network with experts• Collaborate with major tech companies• Recruit new Codeplayers!

Level up!• We help you become an expert• Learn from our gurus…• …then teach them!• Share your knowledge• Achievement unlocked: Overtake the CEO★

Interested?• Learn more at www.codeplay.com• Apply to jobs@codeplay.com• Or come and chat to us at our stand!• Thanks for listening• Thanks to Game in Scotland for having us