Shalin Shodhan
Director at Masala Games
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Summary
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Top SchoolShalin Shodhan is a seasoned technology leader and founder with 22 years building games, graphics systems, and developer tools across studios from Electronic Arts and Pixar to his own Masala Games. He combines deep technical expertise in real-time graphics and shading—evidenced by Pixar shading tools used studio-wide—and hands-on engineering, including backend contributions to the well-known Panda3D engine implementing advanced lighting features. As CTO or co-founder at multiple startups he scaled remote teams, shipped commercial mobile multiplayer titles, and explored novel interactive formats for music and education. He excels at turning hard technical challenges into product-ready solutions and enjoys mentoring distributed teams to deliver polished experiences. Based in Ahmedabad, he blends Hollywood-quality art-tech rigor with indie-game agility and a persistent drive to learn and build. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of prototyping rapidly to discover new gameplay and learning mechanics that later evolve into successful products.
21 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Entertainment Technology, Masters Entertainment Technology at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (9)
panda3d10
c-language10
cpp10
game-development10
cprogramming-language10
game-engine10
cplus10
game-dev10
opengl9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
panda3d/panda3d
Jun 2004 - Aug 2004
Powerful, mature open-source cross-platform game engine for Python and C++, developed by Disney and CMU
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:22 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Shalin's contributions focused on implementing the Polylight API within the Panda3D game engine. The commits introduced and refined functionalities related to the polylight system. The code modifications included changes to header files, source files, and configuration files related to the `pgraph` module. These changes likely involved defining and implementing new features for light and shadow effects within the engine.
pythonc-plus-plusmulti-platformenginepanda3d-game-engine
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