Rémi Verschelde
Co-founder & CCO at W4 Games
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Rémi Verschelde is an energy engineer-turned-software leader with 14 years’ experience blending technical engineering, project management and open-source development. As Co-founder & CCO of W4 Games and full-time Project Manager and maintainer of the Godot Engine, he combines product leadership with hands-on contributions to a major multi-platform game engine and its ecosystem. His background in energy and environmental engineering (INSA Lyon, Erasmus at Stuttgart) informs practical systems thinking applied to projects ranging from district heating studies to cross-platform build and compatibility fixes in C++ projects like Bullet and ThorVG. A long-time libre-software advocate, he drives upstream contributions, documentation and build automation while representing large communities—an unusual mix of utility-scale energy expertise and deep open-source engineering chops. Based in Copenhagen, he favors pragmatic, portable solutions and has a track record of improving cross-platform stability and developer workflows.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Energy and Environmental Engineering, Master's degree Energy and Environmental Engineering at INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de LyonStudy abroad with the Erasmus Programme Mechanical Engineering, Study abroad with the Erasmus Programme Mechanical Engineering at University of Stuttgart
French, English, German, Danish, Spanish
Github Skills (54)
simulation10
godot10
c-language10
restructuredtext10
python10
simulator10
ogre3d10
animation10
apidoc10
simulations10
build-system10
graphics-engine10
graphic10
bullet-physics10
gdscript10
Programming languages (31)
Github contributions (5)
godotengine/godot-docs
Dec 2015 - Jan 2023
Godot Engine official documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:349 reviews, 1738 commits, 1453 PRs in 7 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Rémi's contributions focus on improving the documentation of the Godot Engine, specifically the scene design. They imported pages that had missing content, added examples, fixed links and typos. Additionally, the user implemented changes to make the formatting and markup within the document consistent with the Godot Engine's style guides.
gdscriptgodotgamedevgodot-enginegame-development
godotengine/godot
May 2015 - Jan 2023
Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine
Role in this project:Graphics/Engine Developer & Bug Fixer
Graphics/Engine Developer & Bug FixerContributions:52 releases, 18816 reviews, 25994 commits in 7 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Rémi's commits primarily involve updating the FreeType library version within the Godot Engine, which includes changes to related files. They also removed property hints referencing the now unsupported svgz extension, and fixed build errors related to inconsistencies in the header files. These changes indicate the user is involved in maintaining and improving the engine's core components, focusing on dependency updates and bug fixes. Furthermore, the contributions include resolving minor formatting and style issues in the codebase.
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