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I am a Game Engineer / Graphics Programmer.

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Tiemen

Hello!

My name is Tiemen van Egmond (aka Absolly),

I am a Rendering Engineer, specialized in modern graphics APIs and Unreal Engine 4 & 5 rendering. I've studied game engineering with a focus on real time rendering and optimization. I have experience with Unity, Unreal and some custom (self-built) engines.

Education

Game Engineering, Saxion Enschede 2015-2019

Havo, Greijdanus College Zwolle 2010-2015

Previous experiences

Electronic Arts: Rendering Software Engineer (2024-Present)

NEP Group: Unreal Graphics Programmer (2019-2024)

Team Reptile: Unity Graphics Programmer/Technical Artist (2017-2018)

Eggwise: Unity Programmer (2017)

ModRealms: System Administration & Team Management (2016)

Where to find me!

Portfolio

Just click the buttons below to filter by type or click the plus on the images to get more info.

Project blog

Check out some of my previous projects.

June 2023

NEP Group Productions

Researched, Designed, Build and Maintained a Custom version of the Unreal Engine (nicknamed “Surreal”) aimed at creating a custom rendering pipeline for high quality, color accurate augmented reality at studio scale (and beyond).

I started working on this product in 2019. To date, the Surreal Engine has been used for the following productions: Extreme-E, Eurovision 2021, Eurosport Winter Olympics 2022, The Connection, and Avastars

by NEP Group

"Lethal League Blaze Released

"Banging beats and mad style, Lethal League Blaze is the most intense ball game you can play online with up to 4 players."
- Steam store page description

After 3 years it is finally out. I have had the pleasure of working on this game for the last year before release. Starting with a fulltime internship for half a year and continuing on parttime after that for another half a year.

by Team Reptile

Unreal steam api integration

While working on Shotgo 2.0 (working title) I've researched and worked with the Steam API with the help of the steam subsystem built into unreal and the advanced sessions plugin. In this blog post, you can read about my experiences, troubles and solutions. Read more...

by Tiemen van Egmond

Unreal custom binary build

This is a blog post detailing my experience building a custom binary build form unreal engine source. I used this build to enable building dedicated servers without having to distribute the (very large) source build to my team. Read more...

by Tiemen van Egmond

Lethal League Blaze

For my first internship period (20 weeks) I managed to land a spot at Team Reptile. During the internship, I worked on many diverse tasks but mostly focused on Graphics programming and technical art. After my internship, I continued to work for Team Reptile parttime.

by Team Reptile

Global Game Jam 2018!

For my third Global Game Jam I worked with a team to make this simple game in unreal where two guys in a rowdy bar have to transmit their message to eachother.

by Tiemen van Egmond, Coen Helthuis, Tomas Schuurbier, Danny van Eck and orian Kirschstein

VRequency VisoR

Vrequency VisoR was a VR project that took 9 weeks to complete. This was the first time working with VR (specifically the HTC Vive) so there was a lot to learn. The game we ended up making is a stealth action game where you have to sneak around and disable robots without being spotted to progress. Read more..

by Tiemen van Egmond, Tomas Schuurbiers, Mandy Waning, Coen Helthuis, Glen Tiktak and Rick Rosendaal

The Deep Blue

The Deep Blue was a 4-week project i worked on with 5 other teammates. Together we created a 3 underwater game in a custom game engine written in C++ using OpenGL The engine was developed by me and the two other programmers in my team. I mainly worked on the rendering side of things going all the way from rendering a triangle with colors to supporting multiple light sources, shadow mapping, normalmapping, specular mapping, bloom, hdr, gradient fog, and more.

by Tiemen van Egmond, Tomas Schuurbiers, Mandy Waning, Coen Helthuis, Glen Tiktak and Rick Rosendaal

Global Game Jam 17 - Hammer Down!

This years theme was 'Waves', we integrated this theme into the main mechanic(enemy waves), i also made some wave shaders. One water shader and a shockwave shader.

by Tiemen van Egmond, Mandy Waning, Coen Helthuis, Glen Tiktak, Rick Rosendaal and Tomas Schuurbier

Shotgo

Shogo is a multiplayer pogo mayhem first person shooter, play online with others and rise to the top of the score board. Controlled movement is key to winning the game as your momentum can give you an edge over your opponents. find all kinds of cool weapons troughout the level and spread the mayhem. Read more..

by Tiemen van Egmond, Mandy Waning, Coen Helthuis, Glen Tiktak and Rick Rosendaal

Tetracer

Tetracer is a challenging but fun arcade racing game where you need to driver over temporary placed platforms that are being build by your buddy/ai. The challenge is to move as quickly as possible while not falling of the platforms or hitting an obstable. This game is meant to enable fun and to challenge you to beat the highscore. The trailer below should give a good image about how the game looks and plays and it will dive a bit into the world we created. Read more..

by Tiemen van Egmond, Mandy Waning, Coen Helthuis, Glen Tiktak and Rick Rosendaal

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  • Hoogland, Utrecht, Netherlands.

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