Gavin Thornton
Lead Developer at Hyper Hippo Entertainment
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolGavin Thornton is a Lead Developer with 14 years of software experience and over a decade specializing in Unity 3D, shipping projects across games, mixed reality, mobile, and enterprise digital twins. He has led technical efforts for high-profile organizations including Hyper Hippo, Microsoft (Dynamics 365 Guides/HoloLens), EA, and the Vancouver Airport Authority’s YVR Digital Twin, blending hands-on engineering with client-facing technical advisory work. Gavin’s background spans full lifecycle development from low-level research and reverse engineering at Datel to modern VR/AR and mobile apps, and he’s contributed practical engine fixes to the widely used open-source cocos2d-x project to improve iOS retina rendering, multi-touch, and sprite opacity. Known for turning complex requirements into deliverables, he pairs a pragmatic engineering approach with contract negotiation and partner coordination on large programs. Based in Coquitlam, BC, he also runs creative development through his own company, showing a long-standing mix of technical depth and entrepreneurial initiative.
14 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
The Benjamin Britten High SchoolBachelor of Science, Computer Science & Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science & Software Engineering at Birmingham University
English
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Github Skills (14)
mobile10
objective-c10
ios10
cpp10
game-development10
cplus10
cocos2d-x10
android9
xcode6
in-app-billing6
unity-game-engine6
visual-studio6
google-maps6
signing6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
cocos2d/cocos2d-x
Aug 2011 - Aug 2014
Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core has evolved to serve as the foundation for Cocos Creator 1.x & 2.x.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:12 commits in 3 years
Contributions summary:Gavin focused on enhancing the Cocos2d-x game engine for iOS platforms, specifically addressing issues related to Retina display support for TMX Tiled maps by adjusting coordinate scaling. They modified touch handling to correctly pass touch identifiers for multi-touch support. Additionally, the user corrected an issue with sprite opacity rendering in the engine. These changes improved rendering and input handling on iOS devices.
cocos2dmetalc-plus-plusiosdevelopment-tools
cocos2d-cpp/cocos2d-cpp
Aug 2011 - Aug 2014
Contributions:7 commits in 3 years
2d-gamecppgamedevc-plus-plus2d-game-engine
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