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I am a British programmer based in Austria with over four decades of experience building games, engines, and tools across Europe, working with Unity, Unreal, Renderware, and custom engines. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, maintainable code and collaborating with designers, artists, and QA across distributed teams. My background spans VR, mobile, PC, tooling, and cross-platform development, including embedding Python scripting in Unity games. I have contributed to indie and studio titles, led feature development, and built open-source tools. I created projects like Chickens and Investory, and I have presented at events and collaborated with partners such as Sproing and Bongfish. I am passionate about learning new technologies, mentoring teams, and delivering high-quality software.…I am a British programmer based in Austria with over four decades of experience building games, engines, and tools across Europe, working with Unity, Unreal, Renderware, and custom engines. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, maintainable code and collaborating with designers, artists, and QA across distributed teams. My background spans VR, mobile, PC, tooling, and cross-platform development, including embedding Python scripting in Unity games. I have contributed to indie and studio titles, led feature development, and built open-source tools. I created projects like Chickens and Investory, and I have presented at events and collaborated with partners such as Sproing and Bongfish. I am passionate about learning new technologies, mentoring teams, and delivering high-quality software.

Andrei Ellman

Programmer, Game Developer, UI Designer, +7

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I am a British programmer based in Austria with over four decades of experience building games, engines, and tools across Europe, working with Unity, Unreal, Renderware, and custom engines. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, maintainable code and collaborating with designers, artists, and QA across distributed teams. My background spans VR, mobile, PC, tooling, and cross-platform development, including embedding Python scripting in Unity games. I have contributed to indie and studio titles, led feature development, and built open-source tools. I created projects like Chickens and Investory, and I have presented at events and collaborated with partners such as Sproing and Bongfish. I am passionate about learning new technologies, mentoring teams, and delivering high-quality software.…I am a British programmer based in Austria with over four decades of experience building games, engines, and tools across Europe, working with Unity, Unreal, Renderware, and custom engines. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, maintainable code and collaborating with designers, artists, and QA across distributed teams. My background spans VR, mobile, PC, tooling, and cross-platform development, including embedding Python scripting in Unity games. I have contributed to indie and studio titles, led feature development, and built open-source tools. I created projects like Chickens and Investory, and I have presented at events and collaborated with partners such as Sproing and Bongfish. I am passionate about learning new technologies, mentoring teams, and delivering high-quality software.

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I am a British programmer based in Austria with over four decades of experience building games, engines, and tools across Europe, working with Unity, Unreal, Renderware, and custom engines. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, maintainable code and collaborating with designers, artists, and QA across distributed teams. My background spans VR, mobile, PC, tooling, and cross-platform development, including embedding Python scripting in Unity games.

I have contributed to indie and studio titles, led feature development, and built open-source tools. I created projects like Chickens and Investory, and I have presented at events and collaborated with partners such as Sproing and Bongfish. I am passionate about learning new technologies, mentoring teams, and delivering high-quality software.

Skills

Unity 3D

C++

CSS

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Dutch

Advanced

French

Advanced

German

Advanced

Latin

Beginner

Work Experience

Senior Programmer at HomePort Studios

August 1, 2025 - Present

Contractor role; developing prototype RPG in Unity; embedding Python scripting in-game; collaborating with design, art, and QA; implementing gameplay systems, tooling, and performance optimizations.

Programmer at Data Action

November 1, 2023 - September 1, 2024

Helped plan a story-based game about the dangers of AI; added features to the Unity prototype; worked on WebGL build; participated in online meetings with a cross-functional team; assisted with preparing funding applications.

Senior Programmer at The Sandbox

December 1, 2021 - October 1, 2022

Developed VoxEdit—a 3D voxel editor with a node-based animation system; implemented UI redesign and a new UI library; fixed bugs; collaborated with UX designer; remote work with a multi-national team; used Jira and ClickUp for task management and QA heat-maps.

Programmer at Tape Games

September 1, 2020 - April 1, 2021

Contract programmer working on Investory for iOS and Android using Unity; implemented interaction rules based on a Google Sheets-driven design; integrated Google Sheets access via Data API and created tutorials, localization, and in-app purchasing bugs fixes and improvements.

Programmer at Tape Games

October 1, 2021 - November 1, 2021

Earlier stint on the same project focusing on additional features, bug fixes, and team collaboration.

Senior Programmer at Bongfish / Blackshark.ai

April 1, 2019 - July 1, 2020

Wrote Unreal Editor plugins to expose GIS-driven digital twin data; built front-end tooling in Unreal; created Python scripts to orchestrate project; automated builds with Jenkins and Unreal commandlets; helped design front-end architecture for multi-project reuse.

Programmer at SquareBytes

December 1, 2018 - March 1, 2019

VR architecture-visualization; converted Unreal Blueprints to C++; assisted with upgrading to newer Unreal Engine; fixed issues during development and collaborated with designers; remote work.

Programmer at Game Gestalt

September 1, 2017 - February 1, 2018

Freelance work on a VR experience (Wunderberg) for HTC Vive; used Unity and VRTK; core gameplay elements, physics approximations, shaders, and editor tooling; team of nine; flexible work arrangements.

Senior Programmer at Sproing

March 1, 2015 - November 1, 2016

Worked on in-house ECS-based engine and editor; contributed to analytics integration and automated testing; participated in cross-team code merges and continuous integration; collaborated with Rovio as partner; multiple Scrum teams; office and remote work.

Programmer at Runecraft

November 1, 1999 - March 1, 2002

R&D team; tools for 3DS Max plugins; exporter for PlayStation and Dreamcast; implemented data compression components; documented code; mentored junior developers; contributed to multi-project tool integration.

Co-founder, programmer and designer at Ulterior Design Studios

September 1, 2003 - April 1, 2004

Co-founded a mobile software studio; led programming and design; developed Boink for the Mophun platform; built tooling and asset pipelines; earned Premium developer status; managed product development and team coordination.

Programmer at Digi-Guys / Ignition London

October 1, 2008 - April 1, 2010

Tools and support programmer; built pipelines and automation tools for the Wardevil project; plug-ins for Lightwave and game engine integration; mentored artists and implemented tooling improvements.

Programmer at Criterion Software

January 1, 1998 - April 1, 1999

Studios Game Tools and Technologies; Dive engine development; wrote exporters for 3DS MAX and Softimage; contributed to utility tools; documented code; supported multiple platforms.

Self-employed / Freelance Software Developer at Independent

May 1, 2004 - April 1, 2008

Developed freeware games (Chickens) and level-editor; contributed to open-source projects (Allegro); co-founded Ulterior Design Studios earlier; conducted freelance mobile game development; built cross-platform tooling and contributed to communities.

Self-employed / Freelance Software Developer at Independent

January 1, 2011 - November 1, 2014

Re-entered freelance work focusing on game development and tooling; continued contributions to open-source projects and personal projects.