Alex Mcgivern
Developer at Axile Studio
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Mcgivern is a seasoned developer based in the United Kingdom with 14 years of professional experience delivering web and game-related projects across startups, agencies, and freelance engagements. Currently at Axile Studio, he brings hands-on expertise in both backend API work and interactive game mechanics, demonstrated by significant contributions to a community Mario-inspired game and the halcy/Mastodon.py API client. His Mastodon.py work shows attention to API robustness—adding new endpoints, PATCH support, content-type hints, and rate-limit error handling—while his game contributions reveal a player-focused approach to responsiveness, audio restoration, and enemy behavior. Comfortable working independently or as part of open-source collectives, he blends practical problem-solving with clear documentation improvements. Notably, his career path bridges early web roles and sustained freelance practice, giving him a pragmatic sense for shipping polished features under varied constraints.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
University of the West of Scotland
Github Skills (20)
godot10
python10
apidoc10
api-design10
game-dev10
restful-api10
api-client10
2d-game10
gdscript10
api10
scene10
rest-api10
game-development10
2d10
animation9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
a-little-org-called-mario/a-little-game-called-mario
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
open source collective hell game
Role in this project:
Game Developer
Game DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 8 commits, 14 PRs in 4 days
Contributions summary:Alex has contributed significantly to the game's development, implementing gameplay mechanics like crouching and adjusting jump timings for responsiveness. They restored missing sound effects and added coin and meow sounds to specific game objects. Furthermore, the user improved enemy behavior (Bub compression and Donk integration) and worked on scene-specific modifications including spawn points and tile map configurations.
gamegodotgamedevgame-developmenthell
halcy/Mastodon.py
Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Python wrapper for the Mastodon ( https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/ ) API.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & API Developer
Back-end Developer & API DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Alex significantly contributed to the `halcy/mastodon.py` repository by implementing and enhancing the API client functionality for the Mastodon social network. Their work included adding new API calls to fetch instance data, status cards, and reports, along with updating the user profile. The user also focused on improving documentation and correcting descriptions of data structures returned by the API. Furthermore, the user made improvements related to API request handling, including support for PATCH requests, content-type hints, and error handling for rate limits.
api-clientapisocial-networkpythonpython-wrapper
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