NexoEngine/game-engine
Mar 2025 – Sep 2025
7 Months active
Languages Used
C++INIC#CMakeHPPGLSLJavaN/A
Technical Skills
C++ECS ArchitectureGame DevelopmentPhysics Engine IntegrationSystem DesignConfiguration Management
Thomas Parenteau
PROFILE
Thomas Parenteau
Thomas Parenteau developed core systems for the NexoEngine/game-engine project, focusing on 3D physics, editor tooling, and robust entity management. Over seven months, he integrated the Jolt Physics engine with an ECS architecture, enabling realistic simulations and synchronized entity updates. His work included refactoring the physics system for stability, expanding C# scripting APIs, and enhancing cross-language interoperability using C++ and C#. Thomas also improved editor workflows by implementing undo/redo for hierarchical entity operations and asset management, and introduced comprehensive manual testing. His engineering demonstrated depth in system design, build tooling, and test coverage, resulting in a stable, extensible engine foundation.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
64%Features
Repository Contributions
62Total
Bugs
10
Commits
62
Features
18
Lines of code
4,843
Activity Months7
Your Network
50 people
Work History
September 2025
6 Commits • 2 Features
Sep 1, 2025Month: 2025-09 — NexoEngine/game-engine contributed key editor and stability enhancements that boost realism, testing efficiency, and code safety. Key features delivered include Physics Body Component Support and Editor Integration, enabling creation and management of physics bodies for entities with a dedicated PhysicsBodyProperty inspector; and Editor Play/Stop Control with Scene Initialization Restore, adding a Play button and re-enabling scene creation workflow for rapid in-editor testing. Major bug fix focused on code safety: Compiler Warning Fix in EntityActions.cpp by using a const reference in a range-for loop to prevent potential issues without altering runtime behavior. These updates reduce setup time, improve gameplay realism, and strengthen code quality for future growth.
6 Commits • 2 Features
Sep 1, 2025Month: 2025-09 — NexoEngine/game-engine contributed key editor and stability enhancements that boost realism, testing efficiency, and code safety. Key features delivered include Physics Body Component Support and Editor Integration, enabling creation and management of physics bodies for entities with a dedicated PhysicsBodyProperty inspector; and Editor Play/Stop Control with Scene Initialization Restore, adding a Play button and re-enabling scene creation workflow for rapid in-editor testing. Major bug fix focused on code safety: Compiler Warning Fix in EntityActions.cpp by using a const reference in a range-for loop to prevent potential issues without altering runtime behavior. These updates reduce setup time, improve gameplay realism, and strengthen code quality for future growth.
September 2025
August 2025
5 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 performance-focused monthly summary for NexoEngine/game-engine. This period centers on strengthening editor reliability for hierarchical entity and model structures, expanding manual testing coverage, and delivering concrete business value through safer undo/redo workflows and robust drag-and-drop behavior. Key outcomes include (1) robust hierarchical deletion with undo/redo, (2) enhanced hierarchy creation and drag-and-drop undo/redo handling, and (3) expanded manual testing across core editor components to validate navigation, filtering, context menus, drag-and-drop, and undo/redo of scene manipulations. These efforts reduce defect risk in critical workflows and accelerate safe iteration for editor features.
August 2025
5 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 performance-focused monthly summary for NexoEngine/game-engine. This period centers on strengthening editor reliability for hierarchical entity and model structures, expanding manual testing coverage, and delivering concrete business value through safer undo/redo workflows and robust drag-and-drop behavior. Key outcomes include (1) robust hierarchical deletion with undo/redo, (2) enhanced hierarchy creation and drag-and-drop undo/redo handling, and (3) expanded manual testing across core editor components to validate navigation, filtering, context menus, drag-and-drop, and undo/redo of scene manipulations. These efforts reduce defect risk in critical workflows and accelerate safe iteration for editor features.
July 2025
11 Commits • 2 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 — NexoEngine/game-engine monthly summary focusing on stability, editor workflows, and cross-API consistency. Key work delivered this month includes stability and API refinements in the Physics System and 3D primitives, enhanced undo/redo for editor and asset management, and Rendering improvements with render pass handling and window title type standardization. Impact highlights: increased runtime stability and test reliability; improved editor usability for asset lifecycle (move, restore, and grid/primitive restoration); safer cross-API rendering behavior with standardized string-based window titles across rendering backends. Technologies/skills demonstrated: C++ engineering leadership, Jolt physics integration, test reliability improvements, undo/redo architecture, restore factories, editor state management, and asset lifecycle workflows.
11 Commits • 2 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 — NexoEngine/game-engine monthly summary focusing on stability, editor workflows, and cross-API consistency. Key work delivered this month includes stability and API refinements in the Physics System and 3D primitives, enhanced undo/redo for editor and asset management, and Rendering improvements with render pass handling and window title type standardization. Impact highlights: increased runtime stability and test reliability; improved editor usability for asset lifecycle (move, restore, and grid/primitive restoration); safer cross-API rendering behavior with standardized string-based window titles across rendering backends. Technologies/skills demonstrated: C++ engineering leadership, Jolt physics integration, test reliability improvements, undo/redo architecture, restore factories, editor state management, and asset lifecycle workflows.
July 2025
June 2025
24 Commits • 6 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025: Expanded scripting capabilities, strengthened cross-language interop, and stabilized the Jolt-based physics stack, while addressing CI/build reliability to improve release stability. The work delivered broader C# scripting components with addComponent exposure, cross-language HasComponent interop on the C++ API, a new Scripting API v2 surface (removeComponent and destroyEntity), and Jolt 3D Primitive enhancements with createBodyFromShape, cylinder/sphere shapes, and a scripting-integrated demo. Concurrently, key bug fixes improved API correctness and CI reliability, including misspellings fixes, rebase-related build crashes, 60Hz update stability, and default layout config handling.
June 2025
24 Commits • 6 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025: Expanded scripting capabilities, strengthened cross-language interop, and stabilized the Jolt-based physics stack, while addressing CI/build reliability to improve release stability. The work delivered broader C# scripting components with addComponent exposure, cross-language HasComponent interop on the C++ API, a new Scripting API v2 surface (removeComponent and destroyEntity), and Jolt 3D Primitive enhancements with createBodyFromShape, cylinder/sphere shapes, and a scripting-integrated demo. Concurrently, key bug fixes improved API correctness and CI reliability, including misspellings fixes, rebase-related build crashes, 60Hz update stability, and default layout config handling.
May 2025
10 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for NexoEngine/game-engine: Delivered two core features with a focus on stability, performance, and developer ergonomics. The Physics System Refactor and Testing overhaul switched to a fixed timestep, refactored body creation to derive shapes from transform components, consolidated logic into a single PhysicsSystem (removing a deprecated wrapper), and introduced automated tests for dynamic/static bodies and transform correctness, resulting in noticeably more stable and accurate simulations. The ECS and Scripting Interop Enhancements improved engine-scripting integration with safe component retrieval (tryGetComponentById), new C# structs and native enums for components, and build updates to include NativeComponents.cs and Light components; added accessors (m_getComponentPointers) and refined registration and scripting ID mapping for robust cross-language usage. Key outcomes include stronger runtime stability, easier maintenance, and faster iteration for gameplay features. Technologies demonstrated include C++, C#, ECS architecture, scripting bindings, and modern build tooling (CMake/CsProj) while increasing test coverage.
10 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for NexoEngine/game-engine: Delivered two core features with a focus on stability, performance, and developer ergonomics. The Physics System Refactor and Testing overhaul switched to a fixed timestep, refactored body creation to derive shapes from transform components, consolidated logic into a single PhysicsSystem (removing a deprecated wrapper), and introduced automated tests for dynamic/static bodies and transform correctness, resulting in noticeably more stable and accurate simulations. The ECS and Scripting Interop Enhancements improved engine-scripting integration with safe component retrieval (tryGetComponentById), new C# structs and native enums for components, and build updates to include NativeComponents.cs and Light components; added accessors (m_getComponentPointers) and refined registration and scripting ID mapping for robust cross-language usage. Key outcomes include stronger runtime stability, easier maintenance, and faster iteration for gameplay features. Technologies demonstrated include C++, C#, ECS architecture, scripting bindings, and modern build tooling (CMake/CsProj) while increasing test coverage.
May 2025
April 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 performance for NexoEngine/game-engine focused on delivering foundational scene management, physics integration, and UI workflow improvements to enable faster scene iteration and more predictable runtime behavior. Key outcomes include a new scene management system with create/delete/manage scenes and layers, camera and light manipulation, and a fixed-timestep physics loop with static body support; a default UI layout for Console, Scene Tree, and Inspector to standardize developer workflows; and stabilization through resolving merge conflicts and integrating features into the mainline.
April 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 performance for NexoEngine/game-engine focused on delivering foundational scene management, physics integration, and UI workflow improvements to enable faster scene iteration and more predictable runtime behavior. Key outcomes include a new scene management system with create/delete/manage scenes and layers, camera and light manipulation, and a fixed-timestep physics loop with static body support; a default UI layout for Console, Scene Tree, and Inspector to standardize developer workflows; and stabilization through resolving merge conflicts and integrating features into the mainline.
March 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 Monthly Summary for NexoEngine/game-engine: Delivered core physics integration and ECS coupling, enabling realistic entity-based simulations and setting the foundation for future gameplay features. No major bugs reported in this scope; focus was on feature delivery and infrastructure.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 Monthly Summary for NexoEngine/game-engine: Delivered core physics integration and ECS coupling, enabling realistic entity-based simulations and setting the foundation for future gameplay features. No major bugs reported in this scope; focus was on feature delivery and infrastructure.
March 2025
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Quality Metrics
Correctness86.4%
Maintainability84.8%
Architecture84.2%
Performance79.4%
AI Usage22.6%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
C#C++CMakeGLSLHPPINIImGuiJavaN/A
Technical Skills
3D Graphics3D Physics3D RenderingAPI DesignAPI DevelopmentAsset ManagementBuild SystemsC#C# DevelopmentC# ScriptingC++C++ DevelopmentC++ Native IntegrationCI/CDCMake
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