Engineering Manager · @ Twitch
2019-09 — present Managing the engineering team behind IGDB at Twitch — the games database that powers a lot more than just the site. Hiring, mentoring, roadmap, and keeping a small team productive across timezones.
guest@portfolio:~$ cat about.md
# whoami
jacob
cattrall.
const role = "engineering manager @ twitch";
I'm an engineer who manages engineers who build awesome products
for the most passionate communities in the world. Co-founded
IGDB.com, now part of Twitch.
Oh, and I'm really, REALLY into the Godot engine.
managing engineering at twitch 📍 plymouth, uk
## experience
Co-founder / Lead Frontend · @ IGDB.com
2014-05 — 2019-09 Co-founded IGDB.com — a community-driven games database — and led the frontend through every stage from prototype to acquisition by Twitch in 2019. Built the public site, the API surface, and most of what users actually touched.
Web Developer · @ Nexus Open Systems
2013-04 — 2015-12 Building websites and front-ends for a varied client base — bespoke CMS work, integrations, and a fair amount of “make this old thing do a new trick.”
Managing Director · @ Website Forge
2011-08 — 2013-02 Ran my own shop building web applications and sites — mostly WordPress, some bespoke. Did the dev, the client calls, and the invoices.
Webmaster · @ EnigmaLaw
2010 — 2013-04 Looked after the site end-to-end — content, hosting, and the bits in between that nobody else wants to touch.
Freelance Web Developer · @ Mystalia Studios
2009 — 2010 Freelance web development for whoever needed it — design, build, deploy.
## open source
A selection of repos I maintain — mostly Godot tooling, a Rust thing or two, and one stubborn old jQuery library that refuses to die.
gdscript · NodotProject
» nodot ★ 400
A node composition library for Godot 4.
github →
js · Keyframes
» Keyframes ★ 294
Dynamic CSS3 keyframe generation with callback events.
github →
gdscript · NodotProject
» Gedis ★ 99
In-memory, Redis-like key-value store for Godot.
github →
c++ · krazyjakee
» DungeonTemplateLibrary-Godot ★ 43
Free terrain & roguelike dungeon generation resources for Godot.
github →
rust · krazyjakee
» AGENTS.db ★ 42
AGENTS.md on steroids — a file format and toolkit for deterministic context.
github →
c++ · NodotProject
» godot-torrent ★ 23
A comprehensive BitTorrent GDExtension for Godot 4.
github →
rust · krazyjakee
» MoGen ★ 20
AI-assisted 3D modelling software, built for coders.
github →
gdscript · DaccordProject
» daccord ★ 6
A free, open-source chat app for communities.
github →
## games
Games I've shipped.
steam
»Oversleep
3D first-person physics puzzle game — solve room-by-room challenges with the boots, the orb, and the power fist.
store.steampowered.com →
itch
»SilverLake
Clean up Silver Lake after a nuclear fallout.
cattrall.itch.io →
## recent posts
2026.05.18
»Daccord — a Discord alternative built on a game engine
Discord-alternative searches are up 10,000%. Daccord is one of those alternatives, and the choice of runtime under the hood is the interesting part.
#daccord · #godot · #chat · #release · 6 min
2026.04.02
»SilverLake is live
A small idle game about restoring a contaminated lake near a breached reactor. Clean debris, rebuild ecosystems, bring it back to life.
#release · #silverlake · #gamedev · 3 min
2026.01.10
»The LLM plateau and the RAM bubble
Twelve months of "faster, not smarter" plus a hardware market priced for a future that may never arrive.
#ai · #hardware · #opinion · 8 min
## contact
mail · jakecattrall@proton.me
github · @krazyjakee
linkedin · /in/jacobcattrall
bsky · @cattrall.itch.io
mastodon · @krazyjakee@gamedev.place
itch · cattrall.itch.io
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