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trentpolack/README.md

Hi, I'm Trent Polack!

I’ve been making games for nearly 20 years; programming, designing, and, generally, doing whatever's possible to create systems and experiences that are capable of more than I thought possible. It's those systems that allow developers to find unexpected interactions, boundless possibilities, and provide players with the agency and freedom to come away with stories and experiences that are truly unique because of their own particular brand of hope, imagination, and chaos they bring along with them.

Games shouldn't just be the stories we write, they should be the stories that unfold from a scenario and toolset we present players. I've dedicated my career to try and constantly push beyond conventional boundaries and it's taken from platform to platform, language to language, across indie PC studios to multiple forms of AAA development to research into rendering solutions and procedural generation and even to finding ways to bring educational game experiences into school cirriculums.

I'm still always trying to find a way to balance work so that I can include whatever I can as a public resource for others to use and, hopefully, that manifests in some really fun ways for others someday.

🌍 I'm based in a tiny town near Lansing, Michigan.
πŸ–₯️ See my portfolio at Trent Polack's Internet Website.
βœ‰οΈ You can contact me through any of the buttons below (I recommend email).

🌐 Social and Contact Venues

Bluesky Discord LinkedIn Medium YouTube Codepen email wakatime

πŸ’» Current Focus

I'm currently working primarily with Unreal Engine 5, Unity, Houdini, Gaea 2, World Creator, and EmberGen to find content workflows that fit neatly into well-designed, well-architected flexible, emergent systems that can all work together to create the basis for truly unique experiences. I could use a few more hours in each day to do so, but in the mean time it's the eternal work/fun/life balancing act, but I'll get there.

βš™οΈ Tech Stack

C C# C++ Unreal Engine Unity CSS3 HTML5 JavaScript Markdown Lua PowerShell Windows Terminal Electron.js jQuery Next JS OpenGL WebGL Webpack Adobe Photoshop Bitbucket Git GitHub Perforce Helix CMake Jira Confluence Notion Itch.io OpenGL PlayStation Network

πŸ“ˆ Developer Metrics

πŸ“Š GitHub Stats and More

Dashboard stats of @trentpolack

Code Time

Profile Views

🐱 My GitHub Data

πŸ“¦ 2.7 MB Used in GitHub's Storage

πŸ† 86 Contributions in the Year 2026

πŸ’Ό Opted to Hire

πŸ“œ 48 Public Repositories

πŸ”‘ 29 Private Repositories

I'm a Night πŸ¦‰

🌞 Morning                576 commits         β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   13.51 % 
πŸŒ† Daytime                1108 commits        β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   25.98 % 
πŸŒƒ Evening                1358 commits        β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   31.84 % 
πŸŒ™ Night                  1223 commits        β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   28.68 % 

πŸ“… I'm Most Productive on Wednesday

Monday                   536 commits         β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   12.57 % 
Tuesday                  711 commits         β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   16.67 % 
Wednesday                762 commits         β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   17.87 % 
Thursday                 699 commits         β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   16.39 % 
Friday                   560 commits         β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   13.13 % 
Saturday                 440 commits         β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   10.32 % 
Sunday                   557 commits         β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   13.06 % 

πŸ“Š This Week I Spent My Time On

πŸ•‘οΈŽ Time Zone: America/New_York

πŸ’¬ Programming Languages: 
C++                      8 hrs 1 min         β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   72.65 % 
Other                    2 hrs 18 mins       β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   20.95 % 
Git                      24 mins             β–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   03.63 % 
Git Config               11 mins             β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   01.69 % 
Unity3D Asset            4 mins              β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   00.67 % 

πŸ”₯ Editors: 
Rider                    5 hrs 55 mins       β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   53.60 % 
JetBrainsRider           2 hrs 9 mins        β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   19.57 % 
UnrealEditor             1 hr 19 mins        β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   12.04 % 
VS Code                  46 mins             β–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   06.97 % 
Gaea                     25 mins             β–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   03.90 % 

πŸ±β€πŸ’» Projects: 
JoyCore                  5 hrs 29 mins       β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   49.74 % 
Unknown Project          2 hrs 44 mins       β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   24.77 % 
Starward                 1 hr 26 mins        β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   13.11 % 
PropertyHistory          27 mins             β–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   04.17 % 
HoudiniEngineForUnreal   21 mins             β–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   03.20 % 

πŸ’» Operating System: 
Windows                  11 hrs 2 mins       β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ   100.00 % 

I Mostly Code in C++

C++                      16 repos            β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   26.67 % 
TypeScript               12 repos            β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   20.00 % 
C#                       8 repos             β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   13.33 % 
ShaderLab                2 repos             β–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   03.33 % 
Less                     1 repo              β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘   01.67 % 

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Last Updated on 12/04/2026 00:54:43 UTC

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  1. CALVINBALL CALVINBALL Public

    All sorts of random publicly-available information, assets, scripts, and more.

    TeX 248 31

  2. GaeaSandbox GaeaSandbox Public

    Library of terrain datasets (mostly Gaea files).

    2

  3. worldcreator worldcreator Public

    Assets created in World Creator.

  4. JoyCore JoyCore Public

    An Unreal Engine 5 Plugin to aid in the development of systems-driven games, procedural content creation, and more.

    C++ 2