Garrett Skelton
Founder at Kata Studios
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolGarrett Skelton is a founder and creative developer with 13 years of experience building games, engines, and graphics systems from prototype to shipping title. Based in Seattle, he currently leads Kata Studios, creating Floppy Cat Adventures and the bespoke engine that powers it, and has a deep affinity for C++ and C#. His background includes graphics and engine roles at 343 Industries, KittyCAD, and a contract stint helping build a cutting-edge AR/VR graphics API for Meta. Garrett also authors KataScript, a custom scripting language that showcases his interest in language design and tooling for game development. He blends hands-on coding with product-focused leadership—comfortable shipping playable experiences while iterating on low-level systems. An early Microsoft SDET intern and former CTO, he brings both startup agility and AAA-studio discipline to complex graphics and engine challenges.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Southern Oregon University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (38)
scripting10
scripting-language10
rust-api9
hero9
interpreter8
programming-language8
api-client8
entity7
dm7
azerothcore7
fltk7
compiler7
emulation6
framebuffer6
trinitycore6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
brwhale/KataScript
Nov 2020 - Sep 2022
A simple scripting language
Contributions:10 releases, 5 reviews, 432 commits in 1 year 9 months
scriptingscripting-languagecompilerprogramming-languageinterpreter
brwhale/PhoenixEngine
Nov 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:75 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year
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