Hat Kid
Crew Member at NHK Creative
Queensland, Australia
Summary
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RockstarHat Kid is a founder-led software developer and creative technologist based in Queensland with seven years of experience building game-focused projects and digital experiences through NHK Creative. Hands-on across the stack, they’ve contributed notable UI work to the Momentum Mod (HUD enhancements, settings panels and optimizations) and added backend integrations like Discord Rich Presence for the open-goal Jak project, demonstrating an eye for player-facing polish and external tooling. Comfortable in small-team, entrepreneurial environments, they pair graphic design and community management sensibilities with practical coding skills. An unconventional communicator who balances creative risk-taking with dependable execution, they also keep a real-world service role at McDonald’s, reflecting a grounded, team-oriented work ethic.
7 years of coding experience
German, Japanese
Github Skills (15)
uid10
c-language10
front-end-development10
cprogramming-language10
ui-design10
hud10
menubar9
lisp9
reverse-engineering9
ps9
graphical-user-interface9
scheme9
menu9
user-interface9
game-development8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
open-goal/jak-project
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Reviving the language that brought us the Jak & Daxter Series
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:64 reviews, 39 commits, 262 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Hat implemented Discord Rich Presence functionality within the Jak & Daxter project. Their work involved adding the Discord RPC library, integrating it with the game, and adding checks for cutscenes. The user also addressed build issues, edited file paths and replaced a prebuilt Discord-RPC library with a repository clone. These changes indicate a focus on adding features and external integrations, enhancing the user experience for the project.
schemejak-and-daxterjakps2lisp
momentum-mod/game
Oct 2019 - Jul 2020
Momentum Mod - Standalone Source Movement Speedrunning (READ README)
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:193 commits, 28 PRs, 26 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Hat primarily focused on front-end UI development and enhancements, adding and modifying elements for the game's heads-up display (HUD), including button indicators and countdown timers. Their work involved updating the UI with new features like sticky bomb charge meters and counters, as well as general code cleanup, variable renaming and optimization within existing client-side code. Further contributions included adding settings panels for game features like Rocket Jumping and Sticky Jumping and general code improvements and fixes within the user interface.
2d-gamemomentumgamemodsource-engine
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