Shawn Hargreaves

Work Software

• Direct3D - I'm currently leading the D3D dev team
• PIX on Windows - DirectX 12 perf and debugging tool
• Win2D - graphics API
• DirectXTK - helper tool kit
• Windows Phone 8 - I led the phone graphics team
• XNA Framework - game programming platform
• MotoGP 2 - Xbox and PC racing (2003)
• MotoGP Online - Xbox Live launch title (2002)
• MotoGP - Racing game for Xbox and PC (2002)
• XG2 - N64 racing game (1998)
• Extreme G - earlier N64 racing game (1997)
• Ultra Soccer - abortive attempt at an N64 soccer game (1996)

Hobby Software

• Allegro - game programming library (I started this, but am not involved with it any more)
• FED - the best text editor in the world :-)
• Stuart - Shawn's Terrific Universal App for photogRaph Tweaking (2015)
• Eric - calculator utility (2005)
• Midi Fish - realtime MIDI data translator (2002)
• Cupid - SpeedHack 2002 (team effort with Damyan and George)
• Speed - Allegro SpeedHack 1999 competition entry
• RTL - realtime lighting demo (1998)
• EGG - scripting language for particle system effects (1998)
• FreeBE/AF - hardware accelerated graphics drivers (1998)
• TTF2PCX - grabs Windows fonts into bitmap files (1997)
• Pattern Processor - algorithmic music generator (1995)
• Marauder - space shooter game (1994)

Writings & Talkings

• Hiking Tahoma - documenting my Rainier obsession
• Shawn Hargreaves Blog - articles originally posted to MSDN
• DirectX State of the Union - GDC presentation (2024)
• Reinventing the Geometry Pipeline: Mesh Shaders in DirectX 12 - DirectX Dev Day presentation (2020)
• DirectX: Boost Performance with Variable Rate Shading - GDC presentation (2019) with Adam Lake, Kelly Gawne, and John Kloetzli)
• Introduction to DirectX RayTracing - SIGGRAPH course (2018) with Chris Wyman, Peter Shirley, and Colin Barré-Brisebois (video here)
• Fringe Game History Podcast - discussing my early days working on Allegro
• Optimizing and debugging your DirectX-12 game - GDC presentation (2018)
• Building a High Performance 3D Game for Windows Phone - GDC and MIX presentation (2010)
• Automatic Content Serialization in XNA Game Studio 3.1 - GameFest presentation (2010)
• Networking, Traffic Jams, and Schrödinger's Cat - Gamefest presentation (2008)
• Building Worlds with the Content Pipeline - Gamefest presentation (2008)
• Making Networked Games with the XNA Framework - DevTeach presentation (2007)
• Understanding XNA Framework Performance - Gamefest presentation (2007)
• Generating Shaders From HLSL Fragments - article for ShaderX3 (2004)
• Detail Texture Motion Blur - article for ShaderX3 (2004)
• Deferred Shading - GDC presentation (2004)
• The Easy Route To Console Online - GDC presentation (2004)
• Non-Photorealistic Postprocessing Filters in MotoGP 2 - article for ShaderX2 (2003)
• Hemisphere Lighting With Radiosity Maps - article for Gamasutra and ShaderX2 (2003)
• MotoGP Online - Gamasutra postmortem (2003)
• Climax Brighton's Supertools - Gamasutra postmortem (2002)
• Limping Through The Himalayas - trekking holiday in Nepal (1999)
• Rainier - my spirit mountain
• Resume - wherein I describe my career

Music

• A Dozen Mondays - 2019 album
• MotoGP Music - is it self-nepotism if you use your position as programmer to get your music into a game?
• Tuesday Music - 2001 album
• Songs For Friday - 1999 album

(also available on Spotify and YouTube)