Lara Engebretson
Video Game Developer Owner at THUNDERBEAST GAMES, LLC
Eugene, Oregon, United States
Summary
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RockstarLara Engebretson is a veteran indie video game developer and entrepreneur with over 11 years leading Thunderbeast Games and a decade-plus history founding and running small game studios. She combines hands-on development with video production experience from GarageGames, where she produced marketing and tutorial videos for Torque engines, giving her a rare blend of technical gamecraft and player-facing content skills. Based in Eugene, Oregon, Lara has repeatedly launched and sustained creative studios—Prairie Games and Mythos Labs—demonstrating both product focus and community-building chops. Her background in music/video business informs a polished approach to audiovisual design and player experience that elevates her games beyond code.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (21)
linux10
api10
atomic10
csharp10
javascript9
ios9
webgl9
typescript9
windows9
android9
engine9
game-development9
3d-engine9
macos9
cpp9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (4)
AtomicGameEngine/AtomicGameEngine
Apr 2015 - Jan 2017
The Atomic Game Engine is a multi-platform 2D and 3D engine with a consistent API in C++, C#, JavaScript, and TypeScript
Contributions:16 PRs, 7 pushes, 13 branches in 1 year 9 months
gamemulti-platformiosenginejavascript
AtomicGameEngine/AtomicExamples
Aug 2015 - Mar 2016
Examples for the Atomic Game Engine
Contributions:13 commits, 15 PRs, 6 pushes in 7 months
gamedevgame-engineatomicgame-development
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