FRED PIKKOVDeveloper

About Me

I got interested in games at an early age when my dad bought me a clone of the Nintendo Entertainment System with games like Duck Hunt and Prince of Persia included. I ended up moving from Estonia to Finland with my family where I finally learned to code at HIVE Helsinki and now I am looking to put my skills into practice.

Role
  • Engine Developer
  • Tools Developer
  • Gameplay Developer
  • Programming
    • C
    • C++
    • C#
    • Python
    • Lua
    • Shell
    • JavaScript
    • TypeScript
    • Sass
    • JSON
    • YAML
    Tooling
    • Unity
    • React
    • Node.js
    • Tailwind CSS
    • Prisma ORM
    Core Skills
    • Problem-Solving
    • Optimization
    • Metaprogramming
    • Documentation
    • Communication
    Audio Tools
    • Ableton
    • Audacity
    • Granular Synthesis
    • Foley
    • Piano
    • Guitar
    • Tin Whistle
    Hobbies
    • Miniature Painting
    • Archery
    • Roleplaying Games
    • Travelling
    • Snowboarding
    • Audiobooks
    Languages
    • English
    • Estonian
    • Finnish
    Location
    Helsinki, Finland

    Objectives

    Current Goal

    Construct my own game engine to study the architectural details and pitfalls of engine development. People often recommend against doing this but I'm stubborn and driven to improve my own knowledge.
    I am also looking to learn GLSL in more detail and create more shaders for environments.

    Strengths

    I love a good challenge especially when it involves a problem which hasn't been solved yet. Pretty good at estimating timelines so no time or resources are wasted on ideas which reach out-of-scope territory.

    Learning

    Currently reading 'Game Engine Architecture' by Jason Gregory and 'Real-Time Rendering' by Akenine-Möller, Haines, Hoffman, Pesce, Iwanicki, and Hillaire.

    Milestone

    Build a voxel-based game engine utilizing rendering techniques unique to such an engine.

    Projects

    Out of Bounds

    Wolfenstein 3D clone

    C Linux Graphics

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    Minishell

    A linux shell project

    C Linux Systems

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    Transcendence

    A full stack web project

    Typescript Javascript Fastify React Vite SQLite Docker CI/CD REST API UI/UX GIT

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    Contact

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