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Andrew A. Grapsas is a director of technology specializing in gameplay and engine systems in the NYC area. Andrew currently works on casual and social games. Previously, Andrew was employed by Kaos Studios as a gameplay and animations programmer on Homefront. Andrew also worked with the Medal of Honor team in California as an intern systems and tools engineer on the franchise's 2010 reboot.
Andrew is an industry professor at Stevens Institute of Technology teaching graduate classes on game programming and game engine architecture. Over summer months, Andrew runs outreach programs teaching high school students software development. Additionally, he has taught 7 to 11 year olds with social cognitive disorders at The Quad Manhattan game design and basic game programming.
Check out his blog or follow him on twitter. |
Member Blogs
Side Projects for Progress  |
| Posted by Andrew Grapsas on Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:20:00 EST in
Programming,
Production
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| Why side projects are nothing but good. |
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Stupid Simple Code |
| Posted by Andrew Grapsas on Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:30:00 EST in
Programming
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| Hearing other engineers speak, you'd think we were coding in Egyptian glyphs. An understanding of stupid simplicity is what separates great coders from poor. |
| Read More... | 10 Comments |
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A Guilty Truth |
| Posted by Andrew Grapsas on Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:11:00 EDT in
Business/Marketing,
Production
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| Why game companies need to admit their ultimate resource and leverage it. |
| Read More... | 5 Comments |
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Early Warnings |
| Posted by Andrew Grapsas on Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:35:00 EDT in
Business/Marketing,
Production
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| Watching for canaries in the coal mine. |
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Be The Rebellion |
| Posted by Andrew Grapsas on Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:03:00 EDT in
Business/Marketing,
Production
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| Deep, mindful thinkers are needed to save our industry's soul. |
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Game Over |
| Posted by Andrew Grapsas on Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:23:00 EDT in
Business/Marketing,
Production
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| An appeal to prevent the ongoing bleeding of our industry |
| Read More... | 38 Comments |
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Andrew Grapsas's Comments
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Comment In: The guy who created DayZ made it to the top of Mt. Everest [News - 05/24/2013 - 11:03]
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I, too, am a mountaineer, ... I, too, am a mountaineer, rock climber, and ice climber : In fact, I climb with all software engineers. We have been all over the world together and saved one another 's lives a few times... you definitely learn to appreciate risk, beauty, simplicity, and life. |
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Comment In: Coding "To The Metal" is a dangerous ideal. [Blog - 05/22/2013 - 05:37]
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This article makes a whole ... This article makes a whole lot of assumptions without experience I am assuming the author has no triple-A or large xplat team experence, that is, I apologize if I am wrong . When you optimize at a low level , you are not limiting your ability to be xplat. Additionally, ... |
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Comment In: Security firm ensuring Watch Dogs hacking is believable [News - 05/10/2013 - 10:33]
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So, it 's a game ... So, it 's a game where I 'll sit in an IRC chatroom while trying to spoof some packets and see what the responses are for hours on end |
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Comment In: Ken Levine's justification for BioShock Infinite's crunch [News - 03/11/2013 - 06:53]
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...BioShock Infinite is a more ... ...BioShock Infinite is a more ambitious project than most. r n r nWhat does that have to do with crunch If it 's ambitious, you plan accordingly. Making your employees suffer will end up with you being a THQ, Midway, etc. |
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Comment In: 'Kickstarter is starting to wear itself out. It’s a numbers game.' [News - 02/14/2013 - 01:48]
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Wildman... was a horrible pitch. ... Wildman... was a horrible pitch. I mean... seriously You 're a WILDMAN Woooo It 's not Kickstarter 's fault the game didn 't inspire the masses to break out their wallets. |
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Comment In: Epic founder looks forward to marketing budget being used on dev instead [News - 02/14/2013 - 03:40]
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Right. Once we 're all ... Right. Once we 're all digital we 'll have to do... oh, what social does right now... purchase users :P |
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