Marwan Hilmi
Founder CEO at Counterplay Games
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarMarwan Hilmi is a founder and engineering leader with 11 years of experience building game-focused software and startups from Los Angeles. As Founder/CEO of RUNREAL and long-time lead engineer at Counterplay Games, he blends product vision with hands-on full‑stack implementation, particularly in game systems and backend APIs. His open-source work includes key initial architecture and dependency integrations for the well-known Duelyst project, reflecting a practical focus on scalable game infrastructure. Marwan moves fluidly between shipping client features and configuring server-side environments, with an emphasis on reliable tooling and deployment. He frames technical decisions through a maker’s lens—prioritizing shipping playable experiences while keeping codebases maintainable. That dual emphasis on playability and infrastructure informs his current work at runreal.dev, where he’s “fixing gamedev.”
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (15)
javascript10
coffeescript10
backbonejs9
backbone9
nodejs9
env8
firebase8
environ8
package-management7
apidoc7
socket-io-client7
socket-io7
socket7
api7
browserify6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
open-duelyst/duelyst
Mar 2022 - Sep 2022
Duelyst is a digital collectible card game and turn-based strategy hybrid, developed by Counterplay Games.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 18 commits, 7 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Marwan appears to be involved in setting up and configuring the initial application structure and core dependencies for the "Duelyst" project. This includes initializing the repository, defining application modules, integrating external libraries like Firebase and Marionette, and configuring environment-specific settings. The commits demonstrate a focus on the backend server setup, API configuration, and package management, along with necessary changes for client-side functionality.
turn-based-strategygamegamesstrategycard-game
88dots/windows-dev-box-setup-scripts
Jul 2019 - Feb 2021
Scripts to simplify setting up a Windows developer box
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 6 months
windows-desktopwindowsboxsettingpowershell
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