Joseph Burton
Game Developer
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarJoseph Burton is a game developer and experienced Minecraft modder with a decade of hands-on software engineering focused on Java tooling, client-side mods, and compiler/decompiler work. Based in Nottingham, he contributes to prominent open-source projects—improving Fabric mixin support in the MinecraftDev IntelliJ plugin, adding practical client commands, and refining a modern Java decompiler—demonstrating both tooling and gameplay-facing expertise. His contributions span full-stack UI work for utilities like EnchantmentCracker and low-level backend improvements such as memory models, control flow optimizations, and I/O for a custom EsoLang VM. Comfortable moving between native integration, Java client logic, and compiler infrastructure, he brings a pragmatic eye for refactors that improve accuracy and maintainability.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (28)
kotlin10
minecraft-forge10
decompiler10
clientside10
memory-management10
user-interface10
c1110
java10
decompile10
c1710
javas10
compiler-design10
minecraft-fabric10
mixins10
front-end-development10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
Earthcomputer/clientcommands
Jan 2018 - Jan 2023
Adds useful client-side commands
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:100 releases, 339 reviews, 397 commits in 5 years
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily contributed to the client-side functionality by adding various client commands like `/cbook`, `/cshrug`, `/cnote`, and `/cwiki` with Java. These commands interact with the Minecraft client to enable features such as filling books with text, displaying an emoticon, adding in-game notes, and displaying wiki pages. Furthermore, the user implemented the client-side entity selector with a focus on adding functionalities for rendering entities and manipulating them in the client. They also refactored parts of the code base.
minecraftclient-side
Earthcomputer/EnchantmentCracker
Apr 2018 - Nov 2021
Cracking the XP seed in Minecraft and choosing your enchantments
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:22 releases, 17 reviews, 95 commits in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Joseph's contributions primarily involved developing the front-end UI for the "Enchantment Cracker" tool, adding and modifying UI elements. They also worked on features related to the main function, adding Java code that interacted with native code. The user also implemented Java code for an alternative version of the main functionality, should the native code not function as intended. Furthermore, the user was also involved in adding various minor changes such as tooltips and other elements of the Java code.
crackingminecraft
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