Nicholas Ewalt
Game Developer
Tempe, Arizona, United States
Summary
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SeniorNicholas Ewalt is an indie game developer based in Tempe, Arizona with 11 years of experience crafting games and interactive experiences. At 30, he blends long-term indie sensibilities with practical development chops, shipping projects that reflect a solo or small-team mindset. Known by the handle Hotrian, he likely balances creative design with hands-on implementation across the game stack. Though primarily independent, his decade-plus career suggests deep familiarity with iterative development, player feedback loops, and resource-efficient production. He brings a pragmatic, maker-focused approach to game development informed by sustained solo practice rather than large-studio processes.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (20)
steamvr10
twitch10
minecraft10
minecraft-forge10
forge10
openvr10
unity3d10
opencomputers9
hardware9
sdk9
procedural-generation9
lua8
scala8
automation7
converting6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Hotrian/OpenVRTwitchChat
Jun 2016 - Dec 2017
Put your favorite Twitch Chat directly into any OpenVR game!
Contributions:15 releases, 35 commits, 28 pushes in 1 year 6 months
openvrtwitch
Hotrian/OVRdrop-Public
Mar 2017 - Oct 2022
Public issue/feature tracker for OVRdrop
Contributions:12 commits, 5 pushes, 175 comments in 5 years 8 months
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