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nickyvanurk

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2026) on Monday November 02, 2026 @08:38PM (#50346885)
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Portfolio: https://nickvanurk.com

Discord: jycerian

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, GIS, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js projects I made: https://mechacraft.io https://everwilds.io/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on Mechacraft.io (70 CCU and growing). Professionally I've worked as an engine programmer on the Modd.io web game engine (TypeScript, sadly offline now) and SPARQ a native game engine (C++, to be released).

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on or any other interesting project please reach out by Discord, LinkedIn or email!

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026) on Friday October 02, 2026 @03:42AM (#49930887)
Location: Tokyo, Japan (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Portfolio: https://nickvanurk.com

Discord: jycerian

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, GIS, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js projects I made: https://mechacraft.io https://everwilds.io/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on Mechacraft.io (70 CCU and growing). Professionally I've worked as an engine programmer on the Modd.io web game engine (TypeScript, sadly offline now) and SPARQ a native game engine (C++, to be released).

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on or any other interesting project please reach out by Discord, LinkedIn or email!

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026) on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @12:41PM (#49538874)
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Portfolio: https://nickvanurk.com

Discord: jycerian

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, GIS, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js projects I made: https://mechacraft.io https://everwilds.io/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on Mechacraft.io (40 CCU and growing). Professionally I've worked as an engine programmer on the Modd.io web game engine (TypeScript, sadly offline now) and SPARQ a native game engine (C++, to be released).

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on or any other interesting project please reach out by Discord, LinkedIn or email!

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2026) on Monday August 03, 2026 @02:13PM (#49159451)
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Portfolio: https://nickvanurk.com

Discord: jycerian

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, GIS, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js projects I made: https://mechacraft.io https://everwilds.io/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on web games like Mechacraft.io. Professionally I've worked as an engine programmer on the Modd.io web game engine (TypeScript, sadly offline now) and SPARQ a native game engine (C++, to be released).

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on or any other interesting project please reach out by Discord, LinkedIn or email!

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026) on Monday July 13, 2026 @04:34AM (#48889583)
I released my first web game on CrazyGames recently https://mechacraft.io with about 40 CCU and I'm now working on my second one https://nickvanurk.com/voidfall. I'm also available for remote work :)) (discord: jycerian)
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026) on Friday July 03, 2026 @04:48AM (#48772561)
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Discord: jycerian

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, GIS, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js projects I made: https://mechacraft.io https://everwilds.io/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on web games like Mechacraft.io. Professionally I've worked as an engine programmer on the Modd.io web game engine (TypeScript, sadly offline now) and SPARQ native game engine (C++, to be released).

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on please feel free to reach out by email, LinkedIn or Discord!

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026) on Monday June 15, 2026 @12:22AM (#48536558)
I'm working on my vehicle building game https://mechacraft.io that I recently released on CrazyGames (my first released game!). It currently sits around 60 CCU which isn't great so I'm polishing/reworking things to see if I can increase it in the next few months. I'm also still looking for a rev share partner that can handle the visual side of things something along the lines of a technical / 3D artist.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026) on Monday June 01, 2026 @04:06PM (#48361913)
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Discord: jycerian

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, GIS, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js projects I made: https://mechacraft.io https://everwilds.io/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on web games like Mechacraft.io. Professionally I've worked as an engine programmer on the Modd.io web game engine (TypeScript, sadly offline now) and SPARQ native game engine (C++, to be released). I find I enjoy web/typescript more than native/c++ so I would like to return to that space.

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on please feel free to reach out by email, LinkedIn or Discord!

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026) on Sunday May 10, 2026 @03:08PM (#48086828)
Been slowly chipping away at my vehicle building browser game https://mechacraft.io. For those interested in following the progress I made a discord channel: https://discord.gg/bXH66ZDBKr
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026) on Sunday May 03, 2026 @08:48AM (#47996446)
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Discord: jycerian

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, GIS, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js projects I made: https://mechacraft.io https://everwilds.io/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on web games like Mechacraft.io. Professionally I've worked as an engine programmer on the Modd.io web game engine (TypeScript, sadly offline now) and SPARQ native game engine (C++, to be released). I find I enjoy web/typescript more than native/c++ so I would like to return to that space.

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on please feel free to reach out by email, LinkedIn or Discord!

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026) on Thursday April 02, 2026 @04:00AM (#47611353)
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Discord: jycerian

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, GIS, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js projects I made: https://mechacraft.io https://everwilds.io/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on web games like Mechacraft.io. Professionally I've worked as an engine programmer on the Modd.io web game engine (TypeScript, sadly offline now) and SPARQ native game engine (C++, to be released). I find I enjoy web/typescript more than native/c++ so I would like to return to that space.

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on please feel free to reach out by email, LinkedIn or Discord!

Re:Show HN: Mechacraft.io – Vehicle Building Sandbox on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @01:03PM (#47520146)
Try adding more helium! And thanks, I would really like to explore pvp battles like they had in Robocraft at some point. Battling each other with your own creations seems very interesting.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026) on Monday March 02, 2026 @02:00PM (#47222451)
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Claude Code, Client-server networking, C++

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js demos I made: https://everwilds.io/ https://evergate.io/ https://nickvanurk.com/physics/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on small web games like Everwilds.io. Professionally I worked on the moddio (https://www.modd.io/) game engine (typescript) and SPARQ game engine (c++, to be released) as an engine programmer. I find I enjoy web/typescript more than native/c++ so I would like to return to that space.

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical component to work on please feel free to reach out by email or LinkedIn!

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026) on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @04:22AM (#46868616)
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Claude Code, Client-server networking, C++

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js demos I made: https://everwilds.io/ https://evergate.io/ https://nickvanurk.com/physics/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on small web games like Everwilds.io. Professionally I worked on the moddio (https://www.modd.io/) game engine (typescript) and SPARQ game engine (c++, to be released) as an engine programmer. I find I enjoy web/typescript more than native/c++ so I would like to return to that space.

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical component to work on please feel free to reach out by email or LinkedIn!

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026) on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @03:51AM (#46598666)
Been slowly chipping away at my browser game https://everwilds.io. For those interested in following the progress I made a discord channel: https://discord.gg/b3REbeavaT
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026) on Monday January 12, 2026 @08:20PM (#46596310)
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Claude Code, Client-server networking

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js demos I made: https://everwilds.io/ https://evergate.io/ https://nickvanurk.com/physics/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on small web games like Everwilds.io. Professionally I worked on the moddio (https://www.modd.io/) game engine (typescript) and SPARQ game engine (c++, to be released) as an engine programmer. I find I enjoy web/typescript more than native/c++ so I would like to return to that space.

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical component to work on please feel free to reach out by email or LinkedIn!

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (Jan 2026) on Thursday January 08, 2026 @07:09PM (#46548359)
Been slowly chipping away at my browser mmo game https://everwilds.io. I've always been curious about MMO software/netcode architecture thanks to playing Guild Wars (the original) in my youth. It's the reason I became a programmer, I wanted to learn how to make those kind of games. For those interested in following the progress I made a discord channel: https://discord.gg/b3REbeavaT
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025) on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @04:30AM (#45423230)
After I made a small MMO prototype over at https://everwilds.io/ (open-source) I am now working on a vehicle building prototype at https://evergate.io/, if you're interested in following the progress there's a Discord link at the top right corner of each website. Mainly focused on Evergate right now :))
To replicate that feel is pretty much the point of this project.
There is a GitHub link in the top-right corner :) I am currently busy building out a game platform over at https://evergate.io/ so this project is on hold for now, so I made it open-source. And I know about Hordes, it's great! It's one of the reasons I am trying to do something a bit different over at https://evergate.io/ instead of making what would basically turn into a Hordes clone.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2025) on Friday May 02, 2025 @01:40PM (#43872746)
Location: Tokyo, Japan (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js/WebGL/WebGPU

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js demos I made: https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ and https://nickvanurk.com/void/ My latest project is a 3D GIS tool: https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ . Professionally I worked on the moddio (https://www.modd.io/) game engine this last year as their graphics / engine programmer. In my free time I like to tinker with my mmo browser game (http://everwilds.io).

Feel free to contact me by email or LinkedIn!

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2025) on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @08:04PM (#43552519)
Location: Tokyo, Japan (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js/WebGL/WebGPU (can use C++ but it's been a while)

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js demos I made: https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ and https://nickvanurk.com/void/ My latest project is a 3D GIS tool: https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ . Professionally I worked on the moddio (https://www.modd.io/) game engine this last year as their graphics / engine programmer. In my free time I like to tinker with my mmo browser game (http://everwilds.io).

Feel free to contact me by email or LinkedIn!

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025) on Monday March 31, 2025 @05:29AM (#43532944)
Been slowly chipping away at my browser mmo game http://everwilds.io. I've always been curious about MMO software/netcode architecture thanks to playing Guild Wars (the original) in my youth. It's the reason I became a programmer, I wanted to learn how to make games like those. For those interested in following the progress I made a discord channel: https://discord.gg/b3REbeavaT
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2025) on Monday March 03, 2025 @07:58PM (#43248866)
Location: Tokyo, Japan (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js/WebGL, Godot, (open to use lower level languages)

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Email: [email protected]

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js demos I made: https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ and https://nickvanurk.com/void/ My latest project is a 3D GIS tool: https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ and an LOD terrain renderer (https://nickvanurk.com/cdlod/ note: might take some time to load the 4k heightmap). Working on a game (http://everwilds.io) in my free time for fun.

Feel free to contact me by email or LinkedIn!

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2025) on Monday February 24, 2025 @03:51AM (#43157226)
VSCode, TypeScript, Three.js. But I am about to remove Three.js and use WebGPU instead, I don't like the 800kb+ size of Three.js. Also will do some experimenting with C++ and WebAssembly and see how that goes.

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