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Short bio

Dylan Engelbrecht is a senior software engineer and Springer Nature technical author based in South Africa. He wrote Building Multiplayer Games in Unity: Using Mirror Networking (2022) and Introduction to Unity ML-Agents (2023), contributed to shipped titles including A Township Tale, REAVE, GORN, and A Memoir Blue, and currently works on AI-focused communications engineering at AnyVan. He has demonstrated games and presented at Vodacom rAge Expo and Comic-Con Africa.

At a glance

• Technical author, Springer Nature / Apress (Mirror Networking, Unity ML-Agents)
• Senior Software Development Engineer, AnyVan — comms engineering (AI-focused)
• Contributed to shipped titles including A Township Tale, REAVE, GORN, and A Memoir Blue
• Former Senior Engineer (Systems & Optimization), Alta (a16z-backed)
• Former engineer, 24bit Games
• Co-founder, Deeplink Studios — shipped Riftwalker on Steam
• Open source: OpenSimplex2V, Mirror book companion repos

Books

1. Building Multiplayer Games in Unity: Using Mirror Networking 2022 · Springer Nature / Apress
2. Introduction to Unity ML-Agents 2023 · Springer Nature / Apress

Speaking & exhibitions

• Vodacom rAge Expo 2019 — Huawei home_coded

  Ticketpro Dome, Johannesburg · 27–29 September 2019

  Demonstrated Riftwalker at the Huawei home_coded local indie games showcase.

  • NAG Magazine — Huawei presents home_coded at Vodacom rAge 2019
  • PressPortal — Huawei's home_coded stand at Vodacom rAge

Profiles

• GitHub — VoidFletcher
• LinkedIn
• dylanengelbrecht.dev