Richard Roylance
Software Engineer Level 3 at CMiC
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Roylance is a seasoned software engineer with over a decade of experience building games, web and mobile applications, and cloud-backed platforms from concept to production. Based in Cambridge, Ontario, he blends hands-on frontend and Unity development with AWS-powered backends (Cognito, Lambda, AppSync, DynamoDB) and has led technology teams as Director of Technology and Development. His portfolio spans branded interactive experiences for CBC Kids, Paw Patrol and Paramount, as well as a safe mentorship platform productized from a white-label app into a custom community platform. An active open-source contributor, he has improved Phaser CE’s rendering and camera features—adding BitmapText letterSpacing and backported Phaser 3 capabilities—demonstrating a knack for practical improvements to widely used frameworks. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic problem solving, clear client communication, and a sustained curiosity that keeps him current with evolving tech.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Ontario College Graduate Certificate, Video Game Development: Advanced Programming, Ontario College Graduate Certificate, Video Game Development: Advanced Programming at Sheridan CollegeOntario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma at Dr. G. W. Williams Secondary School
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Github Skills (9)
javascript10
phaser10
webgl9
canvas8
htaccess6
ios6
swift6
opengl6
gpuimage6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
phaserjs/phaser-ce
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 5 PRs, 5 comments in 9 days
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the Phaser CE framework by implementing and modifying components related to text rendering and game object behavior. Key changes involved adding a `letterSpacing` property to `BitmapText` and fixing related issues. They also backported features from Phaser 3 and added functionalities like `centerX` and `centerY` to the `Camera` object. Additionally, the user addressed issues related to `Creature` objects and added item swapping functions.
gamehtml5game-framework2d-gamegames
rroylance/rroylance.github.io
May 2016 - Feb 2020
Contributions:115 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 10 months
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