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Manuel Riecke

Software Developer

Drop me an email at:
hello@api-beast.com

Through plentiful studies throughout my life I've taught myself in many areas, including:

Game Engine architecture.
Data structures and memory managment in C++.
Game Art, 2D/3D animation, shaders, particle effects, 3D modelling, pixel art.
Linear algebra fundamentals.
UI and web design.

2006
First GameDev
Level Design and Art

2008
First C++ code

2013
GameJams
Own C++ Engine
Freelance Web Design

2016
Freelance Pixel Artist

2018
ColorTool
Commercial Software Release

Skills

C++

Advanced ☆☆☆

Git

Proficient ☆

JavaScript

Proficient ☆

Python

Proficient ☆

Blender

Proficient ☆

Substance Designer

Proficient ☆

Languages: English (fluent), German (native)
Graphic Design: Affinity Designer, Aseprite, Photoshop
Game Development: GLSL, OpenGL, Godot Game Engine
Web Development: PHP, CSS, SQL, HTML
Other: Linux, Azure DevOps, Qt
Interests: History, Aesthetics, Mathematics
Tools:Affinity Designer, Aseprite, Photoshop, Godot Game Engine, Azure DevOps
Programming: GLSL, OpenGL, PHP, CSS, SQL, HTML, Qt

C++17, September 2020

Test-driven development
Vectorized image processing library
Color arithmetics for sRGB, Linear RGB, HSV and HCY color spaces
Algorithms for color remapping, color reduction and perceptual color set sorting

Open Source, MIT License

Godot, C++14, 2018-2020

Commercial release on Steam

SlickGFX: Modern OpenGL 4.5 renderer (WIP since January 2021)
CriticalDice: Javascript application with P2P networking. (2014 - 2016)
Springbok: C++ library for game development (2013 - 2015)
- OpenGL sprite batch renderer, OpenAL audio system.
- Utilities for animation and parsing.