Hamburg · 53.55° N, 9.99° E · independent studio
mirrorcrest magpie wearing VR goggles

mirrorcrest

Independent software & game developer in Hamburg.

I design and build calm, characterful software — from editorial websites to restless little games.

Selected work

Selected work

A small, deliberate body of work. I take on a few projects at a time so each one gets real attention.

BellasArtes Latin Dance School
Website · Design & Development · Live

BellasArtes Latin Dance School

Web design and development for a salsa school in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel. A monochrome editorial look, self-hosted type, and a house-made editorial panel for schedule, workshops and notices — no CMS bloat.

PHP JavaScript HTML/CSS SEO Git
Visit salsahamburg.info
LeTour — bikepacking across four countries, streamed live
Live streaming · Infrastructure · Field-tested

LeTour — 1,500 km live

Built and operated the live-streaming infrastructure for my brother's LeTour — a 1,500 km ride across four countries, streamed live from the road. A self-hosted stack (SRTLA, Docker, OBS) with multi-connection / dual-SIM bonding for stable, low-latency real-time transmission and failover on unreliable mobile networks.

SRTLA Docker OBS Dual-SIM Bonding
Watch on Twitch
Shhhinobi — atmospheric multiplayer stealth platformer
Game · Design & Programming · Released

Shhhinobi

A published multiplayer party game for AirConsole — play in the browser with your phone as the controller. Built by a team of four in Unity and C#: an atmospheric, neon-lit stealth platformer. I worked on both design and programming, including later fixes and polish.

Unity C# Multiplayer Game design
Play on AirConsole

Playthings

Games made in a hurry, mostly at jams. Rough edges intended — some are still in debug.

PRISMS mirrorcrest.com/games/prisms/ PLAYABLE Play PlagueArena mirrorcrest.com/games/plague/ PLAYABLE Play Star Sprinters mirrorcrest.com/games/star-sprinters/ PLAYABLE Play
Christian Lange

About

Christian Lange

I'm Chris — a software and game developer based in Hamburg.

I like small teams, honest interfaces, and building things end to end. Most of my work is quiet and editorial; some of it is loud and pixelated.

I take on a limited number of projects so each one gets the attention it deserves.

Off the clock: bouldering, video games, and salsa dancing.

What I do
Web design
Editorial, considered, fast.
Web development
Hand-built, front to back.
Game development
Prototypes, jams, experiments.
Consulting
Second opinions and direction.

Experience

Full-stack engineer with a design background — Angular/TypeScript on the front, Java/Spring on the back.

07/2024 – Today

Software Engineer (Full Stack)

VOLKE Consulting Engineers · München (Remote)
  • Frontend-focused development (Angular) for a production app with 20,000+ daily users
  • Building and evolving user-centered features in close coordination with business units
  • Optimizing UI performance and responsiveness
  • Developing and integrating REST interfaces
  • Working across multiple project contexts, onboarding quickly into new domains
05/2023 – 06/2024

Product Development Engineer

PPI AG · Hamburg
  • Developed core features of an internal search and management system
  • Full-stack implementation (Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Elasticsearch, MySQL)
  • Designed and implemented a performant search architecture
  • Co-shaped a production MVP to optimize internal knowledge processes
02/2020 – 07/2022

Intermedia Designer

WAJE · Hamburg
  • Conceived and built ~20 virtual event platforms
  • Developed interactive spaces for events with up to 500 participants
  • UX-focused design of digital user experiences
  • Implemented interactive features in JavaScript
  • Built internal tooling expertise and contributed to many follow-up projects
Tech stack
Java Python PHP GDScript Spring Boot REST JPA JUnit Angular TypeScript HTML CSS SQL MySQL Elasticsearch Docker Linux Git Scrum

Also self-hosting a game server and a Nextcloud instance.

Education
B.A. Intermedia Design
Hochschule Trier · 2016–2019
Digital Media & Games
Hochschule Trier · 2013–2016
Certificates
Professional Scrum Master I
Scrum.org · 2023
Java Academy
Academic Work & Brights Learning · 2023
Requirements Engineering
PPI AG · 2024
Languages
German — native
English — C2
Spanish — A1
Japanese — A1