Nikola Đurinec
Senior Unity Developer at Binx Games
Zagreb, Croatia
Summary
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Top SchoolNikola Đurinec is a Senior Unity Developer with eight years of experience building immersive, cross-platform games and multiplayer systems from Zagreb, Croatia. He has led engineering efforts at Binx Games and optimized both client and server performance at Toca Boca, using Unity's Job System, Burst Compiler, and custom tooling to squeeze CPU and memory gains. His work spans networking (client-side prediction, reconciliation, lag compensation), procedural generation, AI, world streaming, and CI/CD, demonstrating a rare blend of systems-level thinking and gameplay polish. Nikola also contributes to open-source C++ game engine work—enhancing rendering and UI for the well-known Falltergeist Fallout 2 engine—highlighting his comfort across languages and engines. Currently at Magic Media, he continues to ship cross-platform titles while mentoring teams and refining performance practices. Colleagues describe him as collaborative and curious, often surfacing non-obvious optimizations like custom analyzers and asset-stripping tools that reduce runtime costs.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at Tehničko veleučilište u Zagrebu
English, Croatian
Github Skills (11)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
game-engine10
sdl10
opengl9
shader8
ui-design7
front-end-development7
uid7
data-structures6
data-structure6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
falltergeist/falltergeist
May 2022 - Jun 2022
Opensource crossplatform Fallout 2™ game engine writen in C++ and SDL.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 1 issue in 16 days
Contributions summary:Nikola contributed to the development of the Fallout 2 game engine, focusing on rendering and UI elements. They implemented translucent circles and city name rendering, enhancing the game's visual presentation. The user also refactored code and fixed issues related to loading fonts. Their work involved modifying existing code in the C++ game engine to incorporate new graphical elements and improve overall functionality.
cppgamedevsdlfallout2c-plus-plus
MrCool92/RimWorld-AnimalsGenderOnCaravan
Jan 2019 - Nov 2022
RimWorld mod - shows animals gender icon on caravan form
Contributions:23 releases, 34 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 11 months
modcaravangendericonrimworld-mod
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