Hugh Gordon
Software Engineer at Passport For Good
City of Albany, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHugh Gordon is a software engineer with 12 years of practical experience, currently based in Albany, NY and working at Passport For Good while also contributing at Superluminal. He specializes in backend systems and has hands-on experience implementing and refining game mechanics, damage calculations, and server commands for the popular open-source Pokémon Showdown battle simulator. Comfortable shipping bug fixes driven by community feedback, Hugh balances production engineering with collaborative OSS contributions that touch complex rule logic and real-time gameplay behavior. His career blends steady professional roles with a demonstrated knack for turning nuanced domain rules into reliable, maintainable code.
11 years of coding experience
Hudson Valley Community College
Github Skills (5)
debug10
javascript10
mechanics10
implement9
command-line9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
smogon/pokemon-showdown
Jun 2014 - Oct 2015
Pokémon battle simulator.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 2 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Hugh primarily contributed to the backend logic of the Pokemon Showdown simulator. They implemented and modified game mechanics related to moves and effects, including Metronome's move selection, damage calculations, and stall mechanics. They also fixed bugs and adjusted game behavior based on community feedback, such as updating the Protect mechanics and fixing CAP playtest issues. Furthermore, they added and modified server commands.
mongamebattlesimulationsimulator
DanUgore/ffbe_data
May 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:10 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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