Curtis Hickman
Chief Creative Officer (CCO)
Provo, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCurtis Hickman is a creative technology leader and co-founder who has spent over a decade turning theatrical illusion techniques into breakthrough mixed-reality experiences as Chief Creative Officer of The VOID. Trained as an award-winning magician and visual effects producer, he devised core technologies like the infinite redirected walking system and dynamic 4D sensory effects that power immersive IP-driven experiences such as Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire and Ghostbusters: Dimensions. His background spans live performance, VFX production, attraction design, and interactive storytelling, bridging practical illusion craft with VR and motion-graphics pipelines. Based in Provo, Utah, he still runs Magic Box Productions, applying a magician’s mindset to product design and guest-facing systems. Less obvious: Curtis also contributes to open-source retro game tooling, applying his attention to data fidelity and mechanics to projects like a modernized Pokémon Crystal upgrade. He combines entrepreneurial experience, hands-on technical design, and a flair for wonder to shape how audiences physically feel story worlds.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of the Arts, Broadcast and Entertainment, Graduated Cum Laude, Associate of the Arts, Broadcast and Entertainment, Graduated Cum Laude at Dixie State UniversityFilm/Cinema/Video Studies, Film/Cinema/Video Studies at Brigham Young University
Spanish
Github Skills (5)
mechanics10
game-development10
data-structure9
data-management9
data-structures9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Rangi42/polishedcrystal
Jul 2022 - Sep 2022
An upgrade to Pokémon Crystal. Brings features and content up to date, and adds some original content.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 22 PRs, 6 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Curtis primarily contributed to updating and expanding the base data definitions and associated constants, including hatch rates and gender ratios, within the Pokémon Crystal upgrade project. They modified data structures, and game mechanics to align with newer Pokémon generations. The user implemented enhancements such as allowing fishing while surfing and corrected a bug related to it. Additionally, the user worked on adding and expanding wild Pokémon encounter data.
mongamegameboy-colorgbz80crystal
etdv-thevoid/pokemon-rgb-dx
Apr 2024 - May 2024
Pokémon Red/Green/Blue overhauled with full GBC support and bugfixes.
Contributions:20 PRs, 162 pushes, 19 branches in 1 day
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