David Drake
Chinese-English Linguist at GienTech
Cedar City, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Drake is a bilingual Chinese-English linguist and software engineer with 12 years of multidisciplinary experience spanning game development, technical writing, localization, and backend engineering. As founder of Golden Drake Studios he designs and programs an action-RPG in Godot and maintains an Arch-based gaming OS, while contributing clarity-focused edits to the official Godot documentation. He has practical experience shipping C# and JavaScript APIs, automating test environments with Docker and Btrfs, and training Chinese-language AI products for educational and entertainment use. Comfortable switching between translation, testing, and hands-on development, David brings a rare blend of language precision and systems-level engineering to localization and game projects. Based in Cedar City, Utah, he combines academic breadth in biology, philosophy, and game design with a founder’s grit and a penchant for improving documentation and developer experience.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Coursework Philosophy, Coursework Philosophy at National Chengchi UniversityThe University of UtahAssociate of Science with Honors General Studies, Associate of Science with Honors General Studies at Utah Tech UniversityBachelor of Science Biology, Bachelor of Science Biology at Brigham Young UniversityCoursework Game Design, Coursework Game Design at DigiPen Institute of Technology
English, Chinese, Chinese, Mandarin, Japanese, Tibetan, German
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Github Skills (14)
godot10
game-development10
game-engine10
documentation10
restructuredtext9
rs9
open-source8
syntax6
pygobject6
unity-game-engine6
keyboard-shortcuts6
python6
monodevelop6
cygwin6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
godotengine/godot-docs
Nov 2023 - Jan 2024
Godot Engine official documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:1 review, 3 PRs, 2 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the project by making minor edits and fixes to the Godot Engine documentation. Their work included correcting typos, adjusting comma placement, and clarifying wording in several tutorials related to scripting and game development fundamentals. These changes improved the clarity and accuracy of the documentation, enhancing the learning experience for users of the Godot Engine. The edits were focused on the "getting_started" section, contributing towards making learning about the game engine easier.
gdscriptgodotgamedevgodot-enginegame-development
theDrake/java-experiments
Aug 2015 - Dec 2022
Contributions:22 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 5 months
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