Reece Mackie
Software Engineer I at Sword Group
Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolReece Mackie is a software engineer with nine years of hands-on experience and an MSci in Computer Science from Robert Gordon University, currently working at Sword Group. He combines a passion for games development and tooling with practical cross-platform engineering, demonstrated by core contributions to projects like raylib UWP support and as a core maintainer of Modern Ender IO for Minecraft. Comfortable across .NET, C/C++ and front-end UWP work, he has shipped UI and platform integrations, performance-focused tooling, and input/display systems for game-related libraries. A collaborative problem-solver shaped by university projects and Scouting leadership, he pairs rapid learning appetite with a knack for modding and building community-focused open-source tools. Notably, his portfolio spans both academic research internships and real-world placement work, reflecting an ability to bridge experimental ideas into production-ready code.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Keith Grammar SchoolMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Distinction, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Distinction at Robert Gordon University
Github Skills (24)
c-language10
game-engine10
xaml10
uwp10
user-interface10
c1110
graphic10
c1710
front-end-development10
dotnet-core10
hlsl10
game-development10
csharp10
cprogramming-language10
programming-language9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ST-Apps/PoGo-UWP
Aug 2016 - Nov 2016
UWP Client for Pokemon Go
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:37 commits, 42 PRs, 305 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Reece primarily contributed to the front-end development of the UWP client for Pokemon Go. Their work included updating the UI elements within `GameMapPage.xaml.cs`, changing the icon rendering based on time of day, and adding a new ChallengePage to handle Captcha verification. They also updated `GameClient.cs` and `Misc.cs` related to game mechanics and API interactions and addressed build issues in the project file.
dotnetuwpwindowscsharppokemon-go
Auburn/FastNoiseLite
Jul 2020 - Nov 2020
Fast Portable Noise Library - C# C++ C Java HLSL GLSL JavaScript Rust Go
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 3 PRs, 4 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Reece primarily worked on the development of a GUI application for the FastNoiseLite library, adding a preview app with various controls. Their contributions include implementing UI elements such as buttons, dropdowns, and numeric steppers to adjust noise generation parameters. They also addressed performance issues by temporarily tweaking some settings. Additionally, the user ported and updated the code to C and HLSL.
node-graphtilesethierarchicalhlsltexture-generation
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