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Khaled Zakaria

C++ Python Unreal Engine 5 Gameplay Ability System State Tree AI HLSL / Shaders Multithreading PS5 · Xbox Series Perforce
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🥇 1st Arab Gaming Hackathon MENA · 2025
🥈 2nd DIGITOPIA National Egypt · 2025
⚡ Solo Epic MegaJam Global · Epic Games
🎙 Lead UE Community Leader Cairo · 150+ Devs

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About

Senior gameplay programmer with 5+ years in production C++ including 4+ years in AAA studio production at Limbic Entertainment. Shipped two titles: Park Beyond (PC/PS5/Xbox Series X|S) on a heavily customised proprietary engine fork requiring engine-internals debugging, and Corsair Cove (PC/Xbox Series X|S) on Unreal Engine 5 — operating across critical systems including mission scripting, ECS simulation, tooling, REST APIs, networked systems R&D, GAS, and AI. Proven ability to deliver complex features, optimise performance, and lead technical direction, resulting in significant bug reduction and improved development efficiency in teams of 100–150+.

I got into games because the problems never stop. Most domains have a ceiling — you solve enough, you get comfortable. Games don't. There's always a simulation breaking under load, a system someone abandoned mid-production, a mechanic that works on paper and falls apart at scale. That's the whole point, that challenge of making games!

Steam IGDA
5+
Years C++
150+
Person Team
3
Platforms Shipped
8
Post-launch DLCs
Gameplay Systems

GAS ability architecture, State Tree AI, mission flow, save/load, 138 objectives shipped. Owned systems mid-production through DLCs.

Engine & Pipeline

Multithreaded ECS scripting (~50% faster iteration), automated submission validation pipeline, World Partition streaming, 7-language localisation.

Recognition

1st Place Arab Gaming Hackathon (MENA 2025), 2nd Place DIGITOPIA National (Egypt 2025), Epic MegaJam competitor, UE Community Leader Cairo.

Instructor

Full UE proficiency syllabus delivered to 50+ developers across 5 institutions. C++, Blueprints, and "What's New in Unreal Engine" modules.

Tech Stack

Unreal Engine Unreal Engine
Visual Studio Visual Studio
GitHub GitHub
Jira Jira
OpenGL / HLSL OpenGL
Python Python
Khaled Zakaria • Gameplay Programmer • C++ • Python • Unreal Engine • GAS • State Tree AI •