Facepunch/sbox-scenestaging
Nov 2024 – Jun 2025
6 Months active
Languages Used
C#C++JSONHLSLjsonluac#
Technical Skills
3D Modeling3D Rendering3D Scene SetupAsset ManagementComponent-Based ArchitectureGame Development
James King
PROFILE
James King
Over six months, contributed to Facepunch/sbox-scenestaging by building and refining advanced 3D animation and editing tools, focusing on the MovieMaker workflow, timeline UX, and scene management. Leveraged C#, HLSL, and Unity Editor scripting to deliver features such as dynamic timeline scrubbing, visual scripting integration, and robust prefab workflows. Addressed stability and usability through targeted bug fixes, UI enhancements, and build system improvements, ensuring reliable editor performance and streamlined developer workflows. The work emphasized maintainable code, cross-module integration, and efficient asset management, resulting in a more stable, flexible, and productive environment for animation and game development within the repository.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
62%Features
Repository Contributions
74Total
Bugs
20
Commits
74
Features
32
Lines of code
284,621
Activity Months6
Your Network
9 peopleSame Organization
@facepunchstudios.com1
Work History
June 2025
22 Commits • 10 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for Facepunch/sbox-scenestaging focusing on delivering timeline UX improvements, enhanced movie playback/import workflows, and engine-merge readiness. The work drove tangible business value by improving editing efficiency, increasing media handling reliability, and reducing risk during engine integration.
22 Commits • 10 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for Facepunch/sbox-scenestaging focusing on delivering timeline UX improvements, enhanced movie playback/import workflows, and engine-merge readiness. The work drove tangible business value by improving editing efficiency, increasing media handling reliability, and reducing risk during engine integration.
June 2025
May 2025
1 Commits
May 1, 2025Summary for May 2025 focusing on developer productivity, stability, and business impact. The primary objective was to stabilize the Moviemaker Editor build within Facepunch/sbox-scenestaging and reduce downstream friction for feature work. Key areas covered: - Build reliability for the Moviemaker Editor by addressing color constants and theme access issues, ensuring consistent compilation and editor readiness for ongoing development. Overall impact: - Re-established a stable build for the Moviemaker Editor, eliminating a blocker that hindered feature work and CI workflows. This reduces developer downtime and keeps delivery momentum for upcoming Moviemaker features. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Build system troubleshooting and remediation (color constants, theming references) - Version control traceability and change management (commit-level hygiene) - Cross-module UI theming considerations and editor stability Business value: - Faster, more reliable developer cycles and CI feedback, enabling rapid iteration on Moviemaker features and related editor improvements.
May 2025
1 Commits
May 1, 2025Summary for May 2025 focusing on developer productivity, stability, and business impact. The primary objective was to stabilize the Moviemaker Editor build within Facepunch/sbox-scenestaging and reduce downstream friction for feature work. Key areas covered: - Build reliability for the Moviemaker Editor by addressing color constants and theme access issues, ensuring consistent compilation and editor readiness for ongoing development. Overall impact: - Re-established a stable build for the Moviemaker Editor, eliminating a blocker that hindered feature work and CI workflows. This reduces developer downtime and keeps delivery momentum for upcoming Moviemaker features. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Build system troubleshooting and remediation (color constants, theming references) - Version control traceability and change management (commit-level hygiene) - Cross-module UI theming considerations and editor stability Business value: - Faster, more reliable developer cycles and CI feedback, enabling rapid iteration on Moviemaker features and related editor improvements.
April 2025
6 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for Facepunch/sbox-scenestaging: Delivered targeted UI and stability improvements to the MovieMaker toolchain, addressing usability, robustness, and visual accuracy. Key deliverables include UI/workflow enhancements to the MovieMaker Editor, robustness fixes for the Moviemaker Library, and a fix to the Timeline Grid Rendering to remove a visual artifact.
6 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for Facepunch/sbox-scenestaging: Delivered targeted UI and stability improvements to the MovieMaker toolchain, addressing usability, robustness, and visual accuracy. Key deliverables include UI/workflow enhancements to the MovieMaker Editor, robustness fixes for the Moviemaker Library, and a fix to the Timeline Grid Rendering to remove a visual artifact.
April 2025
February 2025
36 Commits • 17 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 summary for Facepunch/sbox-scenestaging: Implemented core MovieMaker workflow groundwork, enhanced track/clip editing UX, and stabilized motion editing to accelerate animation workflows. Delivered drag-to-create tracks, Shift+click to create keyframes, and new clip management UI with save/embedded switching. Reworked rendering and UI polish with Additive Blending re-implementation and scrub bars as GraphicsItems, plus frame snapping and selection synchronization for a cleaner authoring experience. Motion Editor recording polish and improved time precision, along with a major MovieMaker cleanup and rename pass for long-term maintainability. Fixed critical bugs including Movie Maker dropdown overflow, repro updates for issue #7443, embedded clip modification issues, MovieTrack.GetCuts time-range bug, stitching/sampling safety, and end-of-clip recording edge cases. These changes reduce production friction, improve visual fidelity, and strengthen the editor's reliability and maintainability.
February 2025
36 Commits • 17 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 summary for Facepunch/sbox-scenestaging: Implemented core MovieMaker workflow groundwork, enhanced track/clip editing UX, and stabilized motion editing to accelerate animation workflows. Delivered drag-to-create tracks, Shift+click to create keyframes, and new clip management UI with save/embedded switching. Reworked rendering and UI polish with Additive Blending re-implementation and scrub bars as GraphicsItems, plus frame snapping and selection synchronization for a cleaner authoring experience. Motion Editor recording polish and improved time precision, along with a major MovieMaker cleanup and rename pass for long-term maintainability. Fixed critical bugs including Movie Maker dropdown overflow, repro updates for issue #7443, embedded clip modification issues, MovieTrack.GetCuts time-range bug, stitching/sampling safety, and end-of-clip recording edge cases. These changes reduce production friction, improve visual fidelity, and strengthen the editor's reliability and maintainability.
January 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 — Facepunch/sbox-scenestaging: Implemented targeted Action Graph testing and a reproducibility scene to improve validation, debugging, and stability. Delivered two test scenes to validate action graph behavior — one verifying a Left Cube tint change, and another validating dynamic updates to color, tint, and UI text — along with a dedicated bug-reproduction scene for sbox-issues#7443 to aid triage and regression testing. Commit references link to scene tests and the reproduction scene for traceability. This work expands test coverage, accelerates issue reproduction, and demonstrates robust scene/prefab tooling and UI-tint/color handling.
3 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 — Facepunch/sbox-scenestaging: Implemented targeted Action Graph testing and a reproducibility scene to improve validation, debugging, and stability. Delivered two test scenes to validate action graph behavior — one verifying a Left Cube tint change, and another validating dynamic updates to color, tint, and UI text — along with a dedicated bug-reproduction scene for sbox-issues#7443 to aid triage and regression testing. Commit references link to scene tests and the reproduction scene for traceability. This work expands test coverage, accelerates issue reproduction, and demonstrates robust scene/prefab tooling and UI-tint/color handling.
January 2025
November 2024
6 Commits • 3 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 monthly summary for Facepunch/sbox-scenestaging: Delivered three core features with strong rendering fidelity and debugging support, driving business value in realism, iteration speed, and stability across scenes.
November 2024
6 Commits • 3 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 monthly summary for Facepunch/sbox-scenestaging: Delivered three core features with strong rendering fidelity and debugging support, driving business value in realism, iteration speed, and stability across scenes.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness86.8%
Maintainability87.0%
Architecture85.6%
Performance81.8%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
C#C++HLSLJSONc#jsonlua
Technical Skills
3D Animation3D Graphics3D Modeling3D Rendering3D Scene SetupAction GraphAction Graph ConfigurationAction GraphsAnimationAnimation SystemsAnimation ToolsAsset ManagementBug FixingBuild System IntegrationC#
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