Sam Boots
Programmer at Climax Studios
Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Boots is a C++ programmer with eight years' experience focused on low-level game engine and rendering systems, currently contributing to an unannounced AAA title at Climax Studios. He has built homebrew engines for over four years and specializes in cross-platform development, Vulkan and DirectX12 integration, and bespoke memory debugging systems. Trained in C++ games and graphical programming at Breda University and with earlier Unity/C# grounding from SintLucas, he bridges higher-level tooling and hardcore graphics work. Sam combines practical studio experience with an experimental, homebrew-driven approach to engine architecture, often tackling platform-specific performance and memory challenges that are easy to overlook. Based in Portsmouth, UK, he brings an engineer’s attention to low-level detail while shipping team-focused, production-ready systems.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, C# Programming, Unity Engine and Games., Bachelor's degree, C# Programming, Unity Engine and Games. at SintLucasBachelor's degree, C++ Programming, Games and Graphical Programming., Bachelor's degree, C++ Programming, Games and Graphical Programming. at Breda University of Applied Sciences
Github Skills (10)
code-organization6
game-programming5
game-development4
dsa-algorithm3
javascript3
game-engine3
renderer2
opengl1
vulkan1
sam1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
SamBoots/BBFramework
Apr 2022 - Sep 2023
Contributions:125 pushes, 3 branches, 1 comment in 1 year 5 months
SamBoots/modern-vulkan
Sep 2023 - Apr 2025
Contributions:318 pushes, 39 branches, 18 comments in 1 year 6 months
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