About Me

About Me

Senior Animation Programmer at Frontier Developments, with 5 years professional games industry experience.

I like roller derby, turtlenecks and inverse kinematics.

Hello!

I’m Philippa, an animation programmer working in the games industry, based in Cambridge UK.

I’ve been working full time in the video game industry since September 2018. I currently work at Frontier Developments, where I have experience in both engine and gameplay development.

Education

I have a joint honours masters in Maths and Physics (MMath & Phys) from the University of Manchester. I graduated in July 2018.

Development Experience

Most of my work is in C++, and Lua for high-level scripting. Outside of work I’ve dabbled in Python, C#, html and css, and use of the Unity engine for hobby projects.

Systems I have experience with include:

  • Inverse kinematics systems, including implementation of solving algorithms
  • Physics-driven chain simulations
  • Ragdoll physics, including seamless transitions from physics-driven ragdolls back into authored animation poses
  • Animation blend trees
  • Compiler development for animation resources

Dev Diaries and LiveStreams

I enjoy talking about my work and I’m a frequent participant in dev diaries and livestreams. Here are a few of them:

Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin

Planet Coaster Console

Other Interests

Outside of work I play roller derby for my local league, and I’m a keen crafter. I like to sew and knit clothes and plushies, I’ve dabbled in candle making and embroidery and yarn spinning - I just like to make things.