Erlend Heggen
Founder at Roomy
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolErlend Heggen is a founder and product leader with 13 years of experience building community-driven, user-centered products from open-source game engines to modern comms platforms. Currently leading Roomy, he combines product direction, community building, and people management with hands-on experience in developer relations from roles at Discourse, MeiliSearch, and Heroic Labs. A long-time open-source practitioner and volunteer, Erlend helped grow jMonkeyEngine and has founded community projects like muni-town and spicylobstergames, bringing both grassroots community instincts and product discipline. Trained in game design and psychology, he applies user-oriented design and creative writing to craft empathetic product experiences. Known for being “bullish on kindness,” he blends strategic product thinking with a knack for translating community needs into practical features.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Single-subject Student Psychology Philosophy, Single-subject Student Psychology Philosophy at University of OsloGeneral Academics English German Spanish Psychology, General Academics English German Spanish Psychology at Molde VGSGame Design Digital Design Analog Design Level Design Basic Programming Team Management Project Management, Game Design Digital Design Analog Design Level Design Basic Programming Team Management Project Management at Vancouver Film School
Norwegian, English
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Github Skills (200)
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chat10
3d10
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matrix10
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mobile-application10
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single-sign-on10
imap10
static-site-generator10
rust-crates10
Programming languages (37)
Github contributions (5)
amethyst/evoli
Apr 2019 - Jun 2020
An ecosystem-simulation game made with Amethyst
Contributions:9 commits, 4 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 2 months
simulationamethystgamesimulation-gamessteering-behaviors
jMonkeyEngine/examplegame-skulls-doc
Mar 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:1 release, 113 pushes, 1 tag in 11 months
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