I'm a recent graduate from the BSc Computing & Game Development programme at the University of Plymouth, and run award-winning startup game development company Nikomus Games. I'm particularly interested in Unity development, mobile VR and gamified learning.
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Larger games and projects that are in active development.
Platforms: Android, iOS
Technologies: C#, Unity
Touch ‘n’ Drag Rally is a top-down racing game for mobile devices. The game features a new, procedurally generated rally track for players to tackle every day, with networked highscores to keep things competitive!
The game forgoes the more standard on-screen button style of control for a one-touch solution to handle both the speed and direction of the player’s vehicle. Though the gameplay is currently limited to the Daily Race, there are many more more modes and features planned, with challenges, vehicle upgrades and permanent tracks all in the pipeline.
To date, I have been the only developer on this project and have been responsible for all code, design and 3D modelling.
Platform: Google Cardboard
Technologies: C#, Unity, Google VR SDK
RemoteRobo VR started life as a entertainment systems prototype in the final year of my degree, and has since developed into an ongoing project at Nikomus Games. The player controls a laser-firing robot in a virtual reality on-rails shooter environment.
The game had an original design requirement to provide simple and engaging gameplay while staying within Google Cardboard’s minimum specification - no external controllers, one button and gaze input only. A demo version of the game has been showcased at events in both Plymouth and Exeter.
With its origin as a university project, all of the design and code in this game are my own, with free third-party assets used to speed up development. This game is currently working towards a full public release, so stay tuned for more updates as it progresses.
Selected games and other software for a variety of platforms. These projects are generally not in development at the moment, .
Platform: Browser
Technologies: JavaScript, Node.js, Socket.IO
NodeShooter was a final year client side programming project. It was written in JavaScript and used HTML5 canvas, Node.js, Socket.IO and redis to produce a simple multiplayer browser game.
In the game players could choose a team, and battle for control of the map. It also featured a chat panel for players to communicate in real-time during the game.
This project, or at least part of it's architecture may well be revisited in the future!
Platform: Android
Technologies: Java, Android Studio
AsthmaAid was a live project conducted as part of the second year of my degree. I worked in a team utilising Agile methodologies to deliver a health app for an external client from Plymouth's Derriford Hospital.
The app was designed to make it easier for patients to access information typically contained in printed material, and also to log their symptoms and view their health over time.
Platform: Windows
Technologies: Java, NetBeans
Access Control was a Windows application written in Java during the second year of my degree. It simulated a room access system for a university controlled by swipe cards.
The module this program was created in focused largely on software design patterns, and the end product encorporated several distinct patterns effectively.
The user interface was created using multiple different views including list and tree structures.
Platform: Windows
Technologies: C++, OpenGL, Visual Studio
Legend of OpenGL was the main assessed deliverable in a third year graphics programming module in my degree. It was built using C++ and the OpenGL API after earlier work using DirectX.
The game was styled to took as much like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker as possible, given the low-level nature of the module. The gameplay was simple, with the player able to maneuver a small boat across a dynamic sea towards different crates, to see if they contained a piece of the triforce.
The main skills developed in this project were an understanding of lower level graphics programming, and a base familiarity with the OpenGL framework.
Location: Plymouth University
Award: First Class Honours
I did degree in games
Creative Category Winner
I won the thing.
I love to learn new technologies and enjoy taking online courses. Where available, the icons of the courses below link to a certificate of completion.
Gamification
An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python
Internet History, Technology, and Security
Getting Started with Web Technologies
Gaming Engines for Windows 8 Jump Start
Code School: JavaScript Road Trip Part 1
Code School: JavaScript Road Trip Part 2
Code School: Real-time Web with Node.js
Code School: You, Me & SVG
Code School: Fundamentals of Design
Code School: Blasting Off with Bootstrap
