Garry Newman
Studio Head at Facepunch Studios
Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarGarry Newman is a veteran game developer and studio head with 13 years leading Facepunch Studios from Wolverhampton, UK, where he blends creative direction with hands-on engineering. He contributes full-stack code to high-profile open-source projects like Garry's Mod, improving client and server systems, UI/UX, and Lua-based gameplay hooks. Comfortable switching between product strategy and fixing nitty-gritty issues, he has a track record of shipping features that directly improve player experience, such as NextBot enhancements and HUD fixes. Known within the community for both leadership and technical craftsmanship, he balances studio management with active contribution to the games his teams release. His GitHub persona—playful yet confident—reflects a founder-developer who stays technically involved even at the executive level.
13 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (17)
garrysmod10
lua10
game-development10
ui-design9
front-end-development9
uid9
back-end-development8
c-language7
cprogramming-language7
eclipse6
physics6
fileinputstream6
autocomplete6
css6
buffered-reader6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Facepunch/garrysmod
Jan 2013 - Jul 2014
Sandbox mod for the Source Engine
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:294 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Garry contributed to both the client-side and server-side aspects of the game. They fixed UI-related issues and improved the user experience by addressing issues like missing HUD elements and background images. Additionally, they implemented features like the "CheckPassword" hook and features related to the NextBot base. The user also worked with Lua, which appears to be the primary scripting language for this project.
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