Stefan Elsen

Experienced software development professional with a strong skill set in software design, development, and integration. Extensive expertise in in-demand programming languages, bringing advanced knowledge to the table. Proficient in writing code and developing systems for demanding applications.

• Visual Studio
• GCC/LLVM
• NetBeans/Eclipse
• Unity3D
• Git/Github/Azure DevOps
• Git Extensions
• Sourcetree
• Tortoise Git
• Tortoise SVN
• 3ds Max
• Photoshop
• Fusion 360
• EAGLE

• Most aspects of real time rendering
• Relational DBMS
• Parallel programming (CPU/CUDA)
• Distributed architectures
• Cloud Computing
• User interfacing

• Date of Birth: 05/20/80
• Nationality: German

I spent a lot of time designing content within the confines of creative games, clocked well over 1000 hours designing ships in Empyrion alone, but never got into modding before. When I realized that Subnautica, despite its many amazing feeds, has virtually no good vehicles and likely won't have any in Subnautica 2, I decided to take matters into my own hands and made my first mod ever.
The mod contains the Echelon, a small, agile, one-man fighter submarine, fully equipped with torpedoes. It took several weeks of Blender relearning, texturing it, and finally making it come to live, first in Unity, and then in the Game itself (and then several round trips). The most challenging aspect of it was that it re-imagines what a Subnautica vehicle should be. It enables and encourages a 3rd person camera at all times, uses strict fly-by-wire orientation, adds numerous AR elements, and adds lethal homing weapons to the game.
But, being now regarded as one of the best mods ever made for this game, it was well worth it. This experience taught me that I haven't lost my skills and that I enjoy getting into all the different aspects of such a project much more than tinkering around with web-APIs.

If not professionally, I plan to continue this new hobby of mine.