Colt Bauman

A minimalist developer with a passion for game development, performance optimization, test writing, IoC, source generators, etc.

About this blog

Welcome to my code journal, where I share insights into my day-to-day development experiences, mostly related to game development. These experiences can range anywhere from bug resolution stories to feature implementations to performance optimizations, etc. Keeping a code journal is a great way to track growth and build a knowledge base, even if it’s just in a private Google Doc. By making it available to the public, the hope is that other developers 1) feel inspired and 2) find the information helpful.

About me

My name is Colt Bauman. I have about 9 years of professional experience, and 16 years overall as a software engineer. 7 of those 9 years are C#/Unity based, and the other 2 years are NodeJS/backend based. I also have 1 year of professional experience using Unreal Engine. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Game and Simulation Programming in February of 2012, where C++ and C# were the primary languages.

In terms of game development, I’m most passionate about

  • vector math
  • implementing game mechanics and systems
  • low level techniques implemented by game engines

Other areas that I’m passionate about include

  • performance optimization
  • C# source generators and Roslyn analyzers
  • unit and integration test writing
  • inversion of control (IoC)

Most of my mobile application experience stems from Unity, but hobby-wise I’ve also worked on Xamarin projects and one native Android application using Java which was published to Google Play for a while. For Unity I’ve used Java, Kotlin, and Objective C for creating native Android and iOS plugins.