Hacker News: nickyvanurk

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026)"

nickyvanurk — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:41:13 +0000

Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: nickyvanurk@gmx.com

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Portfolio: https://nickvanurk.com

Discord: jycerian

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, GIS, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js projects I made: https://mechacraft.io https://everwilds.io/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on Mechacraft.io (40 CCU and growing). Professionally I've worked as an engine programmer on the Modd.io web game engine (TypeScript, sadly offline now) and SPARQ a native game engine (C++, to be released).

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on or any other interesting project please reach out by Discord, LinkedIn or email!

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2026)"

nickyvanurk — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:13:41 +0000

Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: nickyvanurk@gmx.com

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Portfolio: https://nickvanurk.com

Discord: jycerian

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js projects I made: https://mechacraft.io https://everwilds.io/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on web games like Mechacraft.io. Professionally I've worked as an engine programmer on the Modd.io web game engine (TypeScript, sadly offline now) and SPARQ a native game engine (C++, to be released).

Show HN: Mechacraft.io – Browser Vehicle Builder

nickyvanurk — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:10:09 +0000

Article URL: https://mechacraft.io/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48913553

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Voidfall – Space looter shooter in the browser

nickyvanurk — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:30:35 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/nickyvanurk/voidfall

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48913174

Points: 11

# Comments: 1

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

nickyvanurk — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:34:28 +0000

I released my first web game on CrazyGames recently https://mechacraft.io with about 40 CCU and I'm now working on my second one https://nickvanurk.com/voidfall. I'm also available for remote work :)) (discord: jycerian)

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026)"

nickyvanurk — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:48:50 +0000

Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: nickyvanurk@gmx.com

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Discord: jycerian

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on please feel free to reach out by email, LinkedIn or Discord!

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

nickyvanurk — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:22:35 +0000

I'm working on my vehicle building game https://mechacraft.io that I recently released on CrazyGames (my first released game!). It currently sits around 60 CCU which isn't great so I'm polishing/reworking things to see if I can increase it in the next few months. I'm also still looking for a rev share partner that can handle the visual side of things something along the lines of a technical / 3D artist.

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)"

nickyvanurk — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:06:38 +0000

Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: nickyvanurk@gmx.com

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Discord: jycerian

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on please feel free to reach out by email, LinkedIn or Discord!

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (May 2026)"

nickyvanurk — Sun, 10 May 2026 19:08:08 +0000

Been slowly chipping away at my vehicle building browser game https://mechacraft.io. For those interested in following the progress I made a discord channel: https://discord.gg/bXH66ZDBKr

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)"

nickyvanurk — Sun, 03 May 2026 12:48:30 +0000

Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: nickyvanurk@gmx.com

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Discord: jycerian

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on please feel free to reach out by email, LinkedIn or Discord!

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026)"

nickyvanurk — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:00:57 +0000

Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: nickyvanurk@gmx.com

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Discord: jycerian

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on please feel free to reach out by email, LinkedIn or Discord!

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Show HN: Mechacraft.io – Vehicle Building Sandbox"

nickyvanurk — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:03:56 +0000

Try adding more helium! And thanks, I would really like to explore pvp battles like they had in Robocraft at some point. Battling each other with your own creations seems very interesting.

Show HN: Mechacraft.io – Vehicle Building Sandbox

nickyvanurk — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:25:04 +0000

I’ve been building a browser-based vehicle sandbox over the past few months, and it’s finally playable

I will continue polishing the game daily so there is more to come :D but the core is in place. I would really love to add multiplayer soon.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47519526

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026)"

nickyvanurk — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:00:46 +0000

Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: nickyvanurk@gmx.com

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Discord: jycerian

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js demos I made: https://everwilds.io/ https://evergate.io/ https://nickvanurk.com/physics/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on small web games like Everwilds.io. Professionally I worked on the moddio (https://www.modd.io/) game engine (typescript) and SPARQ game engine (c++, to be released) as an engine programmer. I find I enjoy web/typescript more than native/c++ so I would like to return to that space.

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical component to work on please feel free to reach out by email, LinkedIn or Discord!

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026)"

nickyvanurk — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:22:24 +0000

Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Claude Code, Client-server networking, C++

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: nickyvanurk@gmx.com

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js demos I made: https://everwilds.io/ https://evergate.io/ https://nickvanurk.com/physics/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on small web games like Everwilds.io. Professionally I worked on the moddio (https://www.modd.io/) game engine (typescript) and SPARQ game engine (c++, to be released) as an engine programmer. I find I enjoy web/typescript more than native/c++ so I would like to return to that space.

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical component to work on please feel free to reach out by email or LinkedIn!

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)"

nickyvanurk — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:51:06 +0000

Been slowly chipping away at my browser game https://everwilds.io. For those interested in following the progress I made a discord channel: https://discord.gg/b3REbeavaT

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026)"

nickyvanurk — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 01:20:10 +0000

Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Claude Code, Client-server networking

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: nickyvanurk@gmx.com

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyvanurk

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js demos I made: https://everwilds.io/ https://evergate.io/ https://nickvanurk.com/physics/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on small web games like Everwilds.io. Professionally I worked on the moddio (https://www.modd.io/) game engine (typescript) and SPARQ game engine (c++, to be released) as an engine programmer. I find I enjoy web/typescript more than native/c++ so I would like to return to that space.

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical component to work on please feel free to reach out by email or LinkedIn!

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (Jan 2026)"

nickyvanurk — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:09:45 +0000

Been slowly chipping away at my browser mmo game https://everwilds.io. I've always been curious about MMO software/netcode architecture thanks to playing Guild Wars (the original) in my youth. It's the reason I became a programmer, I wanted to learn how to make those kind of games. For those interested in following the progress I made a discord channel: https://discord.gg/b3REbeavaT

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)"

nickyvanurk — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:30:23 +0000

After I made a small MMO prototype over at https://everwilds.io/ (open-source) I am now working on a vehicle building prototype at https://evergate.io/, if you're interested in following the progress there's a Discord link at the top right corner of each website. Mainly focused on Evergate right now :))

New comment by nickyvanurk in "Show HN: MMORPG prototype inspired by World of Warcraft"

nickyvanurk — Tue, 13 May 2025 08:43:56 +0000

To replicate that feel is pretty much the point of this project.