Benjamin Porter
Lead UI Engineer at Sledgehammer Games
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Porter is a Lead UI Engineer in Melbourne with 15 years of experience building user-facing systems for AAA and indie games, currently shaping HUDs, menus, and tooling across Call of Duty at Sledgehammer Games. He holds a PhD in computer science and a history of academic research in procedural 3D geometry, bringing rigorous problem-solving and novel algorithm design to production UI challenges. As founder of indie studio Wizard Mode, he shipped commercial titles and built a custom cross-platform C++ engine, demonstrating full-stack game development from tech architecture to design and funding. He also started Pixel Dailies, a community of nearly 100k followers, showing a knack for growing creative ecosystems alongside technical leadership.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Best Thesis Award, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Best Thesis Award at Monash University
Github Skills (92)
cpp10
game-development10
openxr10
single-file10
sfml10
imgui10
midi10
aseprite10
audio10
api10
sdk10
fltk10
oculus10
lpeg10
openvr10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
eigenbom/notgdc2017
Feb 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:29 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
gamedevgamegame-development
eigenbom/MQ-Sprite
Jul 2014 - Oct 2018
A sprite editor.
Contributions:1 release, 115 commits, 1 PR in 4 years 4 months
spritesheetasepritefltksprite-editorsprite
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