Ian Gaenssley

HALO 4 Waypoint

My Role

  • UI Engineer - Cynergy
  • Technologies - ASP.NET4, jQuery, LESS

Building the return of Master Chief

Not often in life are we able to work on a dream project, but being tasked to work on Microsoft / 343 Industries next evolution of the HALO franchise was a just that. A new experience was needed to continue the robust HALO community that Bungie had begun with Bungie.net, and Cynergy provided the design and engineering expertise bring it all together.

My role was as a UI Engineer, responsible for creating the front end of key areas of the Waypoint experience on desktop and mobile to the highest standards possible. Particularly of note were the friend tagging features post-game as well as the Service Record, displaying a players progression as they collected more items for their Spartan.

This application was used by millions of HALO fans, and have continued to evolve to help players today continue the fight.

Spartan Service RecordRecent Player TaggingRecent ChallengesMobile Service RecordLive Mobile Drop Map