Alexandre Richer

creā-ture Studios Inc. (Nacon group) — Montréal, QC (Remote)

• I lead programming strategy and execution for the studio.
• Programming leadership on Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Rageborn (announced at Nacon Connect).
• I'm setting up engineering processes, async-first workflows, and team culture.
• Driving internal AI-augmented R&D for Unreal Engine workflows.

Eidos-Montréal (collaboration with Playground Games) — Montréal, QC

• Led a large team of gameplay and AI engineers contributing to Fable in collaboration with Playground Games.
• Coordinated across UK and Montréal time zones (5-hour gap) with async-first leadership, scheduled overlap windows, and cross-studio trust built up over time.
• Worked on hard technical problems where open-world systems meet a custom AAA gameplay-engine architecture.
• Managed team growth, mentoring, and cross-studio collaboration.

Square Enix Montréal / Studio Onoma — Montréal, QC

• Technical director of Arena Battle Champions, a mobile MOBA for Android/iOS.
• Led senior programmers covering gameplay, backend, AI, UI, tooling, and graphics.
• Established technical roadmaps, processes, and managed technical debt.
• Promoted R&D collaboration with Eidos Sherbrooke.
• Member of the Collaboration Committee promoting inclusive culture.
• Built a custom growth path for each person on the team.
• Studio rebranded from Square Enix Montréal to Studio Onoma in 2021; shut down November 24, 2022.

Ubisoft Montréal — Montréal, QC

• Watch_Dogs 2 (2015–2017): Led 8 programmers. Architected an entirely new UI system in C++ with MVC patterns. Architecture later reused on Watch_Dogs Legion. Shipped with a sustainable workload.
• Undisclosed AAA Project (2017–2019): Built and led a 12+ person multi-discipline team. Wore multiple hats: Team Lead Programming, coordinating with CPIs, PMs, and Team Leads across art and other disciplines. Led the full Flash/Scaleform to in-house UI framework migration in parallel with active development, with no impact on any other team or milestone. Managed distributed remote teams. Project cancelled after ~3 years.
• Far Cry 5 (2018): Cross-project UI programming and shipping support.
• Watch_Dogs (2013–2014): Led UI performance team for cross-generation optimization (PS3/PS4/Xbox 360/Xbox One).
• Technology Group (2014–2015): Worked on core features of Ubisoft's next-gen in-house UI middleware.
• Developed automated UI testing covering the vast majority of menus and HUD elements.

Eidos-Montréal — Montréal, QC

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2008–2011): Developed the entire UI (HUD, menus, outer shell) using Scaleform/C++. Shipped on PC, PS3, Xbox 360.
• Tomb Raider (2011–2012): Collaborated with Crystal Dynamics. Built 3D main menu framework, multiplayer menus, HUD, and UI architecture standards.
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2011–2013): UI architecture and early development for the sequel.

Bluestreak / Jean Coutu / CGI — Montréal region, QC

• Bluestreak (2007–2008): MobileTV product for carriers. Travelled to Budapest to support the T-Mobile Hungary deployment. Worked with ChinaMobile for the Beijing Olympics. UI for the LG Renoir (KC910), LG's first touchscreen phone.
• Jean Coutu (2005–2007): POS system in C on Unix with ASCII art terminal UI. Contributed to Air Miles integration.
• CGI (2002–2005): Internal tools, troubleshooting utilities, and consulting for Bell Canada/BCE.