Rodrigo Villani
Unreal Expert Engineer at Haymaker VR
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolRodrigo Villani is an Unreal Engine expert engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience building performant, maintainable C++ systems, editor plugins, and tooling for games and simulations. He has shipped features and performance wins on high-profile projects like Homeworld 3 and multiplayer military sims, and has owned complex subsystems from character creation to replication graphs and custom compute shaders. Equally comfortable in tech art, animation (ControlRig, Animation Blueprints), UI (UMG/Slate) and profiling, he bridges engineering and art to deliver data-driven visuals and efficient runtime systems. A seasoned instructor and marketplace author, he frequently publishes tutorials and engine changes, and brings an unusual blend of photography/design sensibility to cinematics and UI work. Based in New Westminster, Canada, Rodrigo continues to explore Unreal’s depths in spare time, turning curiosities into practical engine improvements.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Graphics, Computer Graphics at École Georges MélièsSpanish Language and Literature, Spanish Language and Literature at Languages Study Center E.E. Prof. Mauro de OliveiraProfessional Training on Computer Graphics software, Computer Graphics, Professional Training on Computer Graphics software, Computer Graphics at Saga School of Art, Game and AnimationEnglish Language and Literature/Letters, English Language and Literature/Letters at CNAGame and Interactive Media Design, Game and Interactive Media Design at Alpha ChannelBachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer graphics, semiotics, graphic design, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer graphics, semiotics, graphic design at Impacta Tecnologia
Portuguese, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (63)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
RVillani/UE4Duino
May 2017 - Apr 2019
Unreal Engine 4 plugin for COM communication on Windows
Contributions:6 releases, 21 commits, 19 pushes in 1 year 10 months
unreal-engineblueprintwindowsunrealcommunication
RVillani/UnrealJSONQuery
Jul 2017 - Jun 2021
Contributions:1 release, 13 commits, 8 pushes in 3 years 11 months
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