Hi there!  I'm Menno, a Senior Programmer based in the UK.
I focus and love on working on creating core systems. This means designing the foundation on which gameplay systems are build empowering both players and team members. This requires understanding users' needs and translating this into efficient code that sets the bar for the rest of the game. Something I very much enjoy the challenge of! As such I enjoy working in multidisciplinary teams, collaborating and learning to understand what technologies we need to bring the game's vision to life.

In my free time I'm interested in everything retro games. This got me into developing on retro hardware, where I focus on low level optimizations and getting to know systems on a hardware level. I also spend my free time on language learning, crochet and whatever other nerdy hobbies pique my interest at that time.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!

My Work
Description:
As part of Jurassic World Evolution 3 I worked to bring modular building to the series. This allowed both players and our artists a new level of freedom to build whatever they desire.

Duration: February 2025 - Present
Roles: Senior Programmer
Engine: In house C++ engine (Cobra)
Company: Frontier Developments

Bit-Buster
Description:
​Realms of Ruin is an online competitive RTS. I have been part of the team responsible for building its deterministic simulation from scratch and implementing various network features.

Duration: November 2020 - January 2024
Roles: Full Core Programmer
Engine: In house C++ engine (Cobra)
Company: Frontier Developments

Kari
Description:
​Bit-buster is a local multiplayer coop game, in which you have to pass a shuriken around to kill all the evil spirits. The entire game is made out of voxels to allow for mayhem and destruction! 

Duration: February 2019 - June 2019
Roles: AI programmer, programming lead (8 weeks)
Engine: Personal C++ engine
Team size: 9 programmers, 9 designers, 7 artists, 1 producer

Rakka's Redemption
Description:
​Kari is a single player, adventure game in which you are stuck on the island of the Nordic gods. It's your job to complete quests given by the gods and the islands inhabitants in order to rebuild your boat.

Duration: January 2020 - July 2020
Roles: Tools programmer, gameplay programmer
Engine: Unreal engine
Team size: 6 programmers, 10 designers, 12 artists, 1 producer

Skye
Description:
​Rakka's Redemption is a single player game where you have to defeat evil spirits by wrapping your chain around them. Wrap your chain around enemies and the forest, and form a loop to deal damage.

Duration: May 2018 - July 2018
Roles: Gameplay programmer
Engine: Unreal engine
Team size: 3 programmers, 4 designers, 3 artists

Description:
​Skye is a single player, open world exploration game. You are a seaplane pilot set in the Scottish Hebrides. It's your job to carry out missions on the islands while engaging in dogfights by enemy planes.

Duration: September 2019 - January 2020
Roles: AI programmer, programming lead (14 weeks)
Engine: Unity engine (DOTS)
Team size: 9 programmers, 12 designers, 8 artists, 1 producer

Personal Projects

DOTS playground
Description:
DOTS playground is an interest group focused on learning Unity's new data oriented technology stack. We organize weekly meetings to share information and keep up a blog with what we've learned.

Duration: January 2020 - July 2020
Roles: Generalist programmer
Engine: Unity engine (DOTS)
Team size: 8 programmers

Retro game dev
Description:
​Retro game dev is an interest group focussed on developing for retro hardware and understanding how retro games were made. We organize weekly meetings and have worked on multiple demos.  

Duration: September 2019 - Present
Roles: Assembly programmer, tools programmer
Engine: Custom C++ engine
Team size: 2 programmers (Participants vary)

Skills

Languages​
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C++
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C#
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Python
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ARM Assembly
Engines
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Unity
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Unreal
Platforms
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Windows 10
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GBA
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DS
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Raspberry-pi
Tools
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Visual Studio / Visual Studio Code
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VTune Amplifier
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Jira
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Jenkins
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Mantis Bugtracker
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Perforce
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Git/Github

​Contact

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