Lionel Barret de Nazaris

Lionel Barret de Nazaris has extensive work experience in the field of procedural generation and software development. Lionel currently holds the position of Lead Programmer - Procedural Generation at Phoenix Labs since October 2021. Prior to this, from 2017 to 2021, they worked at Compulsion Games, where they held multiple roles including Core Engine Lead Programmer and Senior Procedural Generation Programmer. At Compulsion Games, they led the core engine programming team, aligning production with design and art stakeholders, evaluating technical costs, and designing and coding the world generation pipeline.

Before joining Compulsion Games, Lionel founded LBdN Consulting in 2012, where they specialized in procedural generation, software publishing consulting, and project management. Lionel also served as a part-time Consultant at the University of Clermont Ferrand from 2010 to 2017, teaching courses on game pipelines and procedural modeling. Additionally, they worked as a Senior Software Wizard (procedural generation) at MatterMachine from 2015 to 2016 and as a Teacher at Gamagora from 2014 to 2015.

In 2013, Lionel worked as a part-time CTO at Absys, where they were responsible for process management, software stack redesign, product design, R&D, and coding. Prior to that, they founded and served as the CTO of Gamr7 from 2005 to 2012. During their time at Gamr7, they designed and implemented Urban PAD, a city-building middleware using procedural generation.

Lionel'searlier experience includes working as a Software Engineer [Game Editor] at Eugen Systems from 2003 to 2005, where they designed and implemented tools for the content pipeline. Lionel also worked as a Consultant at Andersen from 2001 to 2002.

Overall, Lionel Barret de Nazaris has a diverse range of experience in procedural generation, software development, project management, and teaching.

Lionel Barret de Nazaris has a Master's Degree in Software Engineering from Télécom Paris, which they obtained from 2002 to 2003. Prior to that, they completed another Master's Degree in Strategy, Technology and Innovation Analysis, World Politics, and Economics from Sciences Po from 1997 to 2001. In 1993, they received a Master's Degree in Economics from Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II). Additionally, they attended Collège Stanislas Paris and Stanislas Cannes, but no specific degrees or fields of study are provided for these institutions.