Top Software Engineers in

Real-Time 3D Graphics and Game Engine Development

Real-Time 3D Graphics and Game Engine Development encompasses the design and implementation of tools and technologies used to create interactive 3D graphics and games. This field focuses on leveraging programming languages like C++ and APIs such as OpenGL, DirectX, and Vulkan for real-time rendering, animation, and physics simulations, ensuring cross-platform functionality for a wide range of devices.

Ranks are based on the open source contributions and reassessed every 30 days

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1

Omar Cornut
Game Tech developer (Dear ImGui) at Disco Hello
/
France
Rock Star
22 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
ocornut/imgui
Imgui: 7660 commits in 8 years 7 months
ocornut/imgui_test_engine
Imgui_test_engine: 878 commits in 4 years 5 months
mikesart/gpuvis
Gpuvis: 576 commits in 3 years
Top skills
Score
cplusplus
10
multi-platform
10
game-development
10

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2

Kim Kulling
System-Architekt at Drager Safety
/
Germany
Rock Star
22 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
assimp/assimp
Assimp: 5315 commits in 10 years 2 months
kimkulling/osre
Osre: 1953 commits in 7 years 11 months
kimkulling/openddl-parser
Openddl-parser: 471 commits in 8 years 3 months
Top skills
Score
game-development
10
stl
10
ifc
10

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3

Бранимир Караџић
/
United States
Rock Star
13 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
bkaradzic/bgfx
Bgfx: 7336 commits in 10 years 11 months
bkaradzic/bx
Bx: 1653 commits in 10 years 11 months
bkaradzic/GENie
GENie: 741 commits in 8 years 3 months
Top skills
Score
graphics
10
opengl
10
vulkan
10

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4

Camilla Löwy
/
Germany
Rock Star
20 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
glfw/glfw
Glfw: 3232 commits in 10 years 2 months
elmindreda/Nori
Nori: 2038 commits in 9 years 1 months
glfw/glfw-legacy
Glfw-legacy: 1065 commits in 10 years 5 months
Top skills
Score
opengl
10
vulkan
10
unix
10

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5

Erwin Coumans
Distinguished Engineer at NVIDIA
/
United States
Rock Star
26 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
bulletphysics/bullet3
Bullet3: 3244 commits in 9 years 8 months
erwincoumans/tiny-differentiable-simulator
Tiny-differentiable-simulator: 370 commits in 2 years 8 months
erwincoumans/experiments
Experiments: 370 commits in 3 years 2 months
Top skills
Score
game-development
10
simulation
10
reinforcement-learning
10

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6

Philip Rideout
/
United States
Rock Star
12 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
google/filament
Filament: 1849 commits in 4 years 3 months
prideout/par
Par: 279 commits in 6 years 9 months
prideout/lava
Lava: 203 commits in 5 months
Top skills
Score
vulkan
10
opengl-es
10
gltf
10

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7

Mathias Agopian
Googler at Google LLC
/
United States
Rock Star
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
CyanogenMod/android_frameworks_native
Android_frameworks_native: 3071 commits in 4 years 6 months
aosp-mirror/platform_frameworks_base
Platform_frameworks_base: 2670 commits in 8 years 11 months
google/filament
Filament: 1733 commits in 4 years 7 months
Top skills
Score
android
10
webgl
10
graphics
10

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8

Sean Barrett
/
United States
Rock Star
10 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
nothings/stb
Stb: 777 commits in 7 years 4 months
nothings/single_file_libs
Single_file_libs: 148 commits in 2 years 8 months
nothings/obbg
Obbg: 139 commits in 3 years 9 months
Top skills
Score
cpp
10
single-file
10
cryptography
1

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9

Ben Doherty
Employed at google
/
United States
Rock Star
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
google/filament
Filament: 1301 commits in 4 years 6 months
Qiyun2014/filament
Filament: 118 commits in 7 months
CocoaPods/Specs
Specs: 96 commits in 2 years 7 months
Top skills
Score
gltf
10
opengl
10
webgl
10

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10

Romain Guy
Director of Engineering on Android at Google
/
United States
Rock Star
17 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
aosp-mirror/platform_frameworks_base
Platform_frameworks_base: 3370 commits in 9 years
CyanogenMod/android_frameworks_native
Android_frameworks_native: 1011 commits in 3 years 11 months
google/filament
Filament: 769 commits in 4 years 6 months
Top skills
Score
android
10
graphics
10
gltf
10

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11

Alexander Gessler
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google
/
Germany
Rock Star
14 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
assimp/assimp
Assimp: 689 commits in 8 years 11 months
acgessler/open3mod
Open3mod: 653 commits in 4 years 7 months
acgessler/medea.js
Medea.js: 646 commits in 3 years 8 months
Top skills
Score
assimp
10
fbx
10
game-development
10

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12

Rokas Kupstys
We write software not because it is easy, but because we thought it is easy. at Quadigi
/
Lithuania
Rock Star
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
rbfx/rbfx
Rbfx: 3650 commits in 6 years 7 months
gleblebedev/rbfx
Rbfx: 957 commits in 3 years
boberfly/Urho3D
Urho3D: 481 commits in 6 months
Top skills
Score
game-engine
10
imgui
10
game-development
7

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13

Turo Lampinen
Cloud and stuff
/
Finland
Rock Star
26 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
turol/smaaDemo
SmaaDemo: 3006 commits in 7 years 10 months
turol/webquake2
Webquake2: 801 commits in 3 years 2 months
chocolate-doom/chocolate-doom
Chocolate-doom: 797 commits in 5 years 4 months
Top skills
Score
c-plus-plus
10
android
10
gamedevelopment
10

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14

Fabian 'ryg' Giesen
/
United States
Rock Star
15 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
farbrausch/fr_public
Fr_public: 203 commits in 7 months
nothings/stb
Stb: 190 commits in 8 years 5 months
rygorous/intel_occlusion_cull
Intel_occlusion_cull: 176 commits in 2 months
Top skills
Score
cpp
10
single-file
10
phase
1

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15

Xuchen Han
Research Scientist at Toyota Research Institute
/
United States
12 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
bulletphysics/bullet3
Bullet3: 354 commits in 1 year 1 months
xhan0619/bullet3
Bullet3: 9 commits in 1 months
Top skills
Score
simulation
10
robotics
10
reinforcement-learning
10

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16

Jorge Rodriguez
Game Designer at Lunar Workshop
/
United States
Rock Star
19 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
dfk789/CodenameInfinite
CodenameInfinite: 1547 commits in 2 years 10 months
BSVino/DoubleAction
DoubleAction: 1065 commits in 11 years 6 months
BSVino/LunarWorkshop
LunarWorkshop: 672 commits in 4 years 2 months
Top skills
Score
cpp
10
opengl
10
single-file
10

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17

YunfeiBai
/
12 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
bulletphysics/bullet3
Bullet3: 215 commits in 2 years 2 months
Sosi/dart
Dart: 8 commits in 4 days
erwincoumans/pybullet_robots
Pybullet_robots: 7 commits in 1 day
Top skills
Score
robotics
10
kinematics
10
pybullet
10

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18

Joey de Vries
/
Netherlands
Rock Star
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
JoeyDeVries/LearnOpenGL
LearnOpenGL: 324 commits in 7 years 11 months
JoeyDeVries/Cell
Cell: 158 commits in 1 year 8 months
JoeyDeVries/Voidt
Voidt: 115 commits in 3 months
Top skills
Score
opengl
10
rendering
1
poly
1

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Richard Tea
Holistic Business & IT Leader: Delivering growth and excellence through data stories and executive insights. Let's talk! at Bdc
/
Canada
Rock Star
19 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
assimp/assimp
Assimp: 187 commits in 3 years 2 months
docsteer/sacnview
Sacnview: 16 commits in 5 years 2 months
ETCLabs/ETCDmxTool
ETCDmxTool: 14 commits in 3 years 5 months
Top skills
Score
c-plus-plus
10
patreon
10
ifc
10

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20

Dario Manesku
Software Engineer
/
Serbia
Rock Star
11 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
dariomanesku/cmftStudio
CmftStudio: 316 commits in 3 years 8 months
dariomanesku/cmft
Cmft: 301 commits in 5 years 3 months
dariomanesku/dm
Dm: 290 commits in 2 years 1 months
Top skills
Score
graphics
10
opengl
10
directx-11
10

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