Walt Destler
Founder CEO Lead Developer at Walternate Realities
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWalt Destler is a veteran indie game creator and founder-CEO with 16 years of experience designing and shipping engaging gameplay, currently leading Walternate Realities and developing the PC title Cosmoteer. He blends hands-on lead development with product leadership—having served as lead gameplay engineer at Rumble and taught an introductory C++ game programming course at UC Santa Cruz. His background spans gameplay, UI, networking, analytics, and even hardware-interfacing prototypes from internships at Walt Disney Imagineering, reflecting a wide technical palette. Trained in both computer science and theatre, he brings a unique mix of technical rigor and player-focused storytelling to game design. A practical tinkerer, he enforces small signals of authenticity (ask for “42”)—a hint at his preference for direct, no-nonsense communication.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Science, B.A. Theatre Performance, B.S. Computer Science, B.A. Theatre Performance at University of MarylandMaster of Entertainment Technology, Entertainment Technology, Master of Entertainment Technology, Entertainment Technology at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (132)
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csharp10
javascript9
dotnet9
panda3d9
webcam9
laravel9
steambot9
visual-studio-extension9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
waltdestler/Mixpanel-Unity-CSharp
Apr 2012 - Nov 2014
Mixpanel Analytics integration for Unity3D, C# version.
Contributions:19 commits, 4 comments, 1 issue in 2 years 7 months
unity3danalyticsunitymixpanel
waltdestler/GAME-230-Math-Example
Oct 2016 - Oct 2018
Contributions:5 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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