Game Dev
Why am I drawn to game development? The pursuit of fulfillment and creativity. For more than ten years, I've built a career as a product designer and front-end developer, a journey marked by considerable achievement and learning. Yet, amidst this professional success, my deepest passion has always lain with video games. It's only in recent times that the alignment of time and resources has enabled me to actively pursue this fervor within the game development sphere.
Embarking on this path is not just a matter of personal satisfaction; it's about engaging with a daily drive and a profound sense of purpose. Creating games offers me a unique blend of joy and motivation, propelling me forward each day.
Skillsets
Unity & C#
Over the past 3 years I have worked to gain a better understanding of object oriented programming and functional programming. Because of my career in front end web development, I have a good understand of functional programming so I have brought that mindset into my work in C# and Unity. I am passionate about learning to execute good clean code with industry standard OOP and functional principles.
Unreal & Blueprints
I have created two small prototypes in Unreal and I really love working in the Unreal ecosystem. I have experience working with the physics systems, nanite, blueprints and post processing.
Netcode for GameObjects
Because of my work on Airwing: Nitro I have a good understanding of NGO. I love networked games such as the Battlefield franchise as well as networked roleplaying games like Valheim or Neverwinter Nights. So this is something I want to keep investing my time on learning and expanding my knowledge!
Game Art
I love making pixel art and cool effects! I have a passing skillset in Blender. I am an expert in Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator and much of the adobe suite of products.
UI and UX
Over a decade of UI and UX experience. If you want to know more about my design skillset you can check out the skills and projects pages from my previous career.
Game Design
In the past 3 years I have been working on my C# programming skills in Unity and Unreal and have been undertaking a bachelors of games programming. I have also sharpened my Blender skillset. I am able to create games using both Unity and Unreal. Check out my Itch page where I house all my prototypes!