Principal Engineer For Games and Interactive Media

Hi, I'm Shane, a dad to two amazing kids and a programmer with 13 years' experience designing and building mobile games and interactive media.

I've worn many hats in my career: technical artist, lead programmer and entrepreneur (I founded and ran RenderHeads South Africa for a decade).

Today, I apply that blend of hands-on engineering and product vision as Principal Engineer for Games at Carry1st.

Interested in collaborating or learning more? Let's chat.

Projects

Metavoidal 2024 – Founded Yellow Lab Games and developed indie game Metavoidal, launching Q2 2025. Ronday 2023 – Remote developer and interim CTO for web-based metaverse startup Ronday. IBM Exhibit 2023 – Rebuilt IBM interactive exhibit using Lit, Pixi.js, and Three.js. Dubai World Expo 2022 – Developed interactive exhibits for DP-World Pavilion at Dubai Expo. KAUST Museum 2020–2021 – Led technical refurbishments of 30+ exhibits at KAUST Museum. Amazon Fashion Week 2019 – Built 360° digital catwalk with Kinect Azure at Amazon Fashion Week. Wonderdal 2018 – Oversaw interactive exhibits at Wonderdal children's park. SAASSC 2017 – Delivered 40+ science apps for SAASSC museum, Kuwait. ESC Exhibit 2014 – Co-developed 6-player, 12-screen exhibit on oil production for ESC.