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Substream
2010 - 2022
Substream is an on-rails shooter for Windows PC, which I started developing in 2010. I wanted to make a game where the environment morphs and pulses in sync with the soundtrack. There was no affordable game engine which could make this happen at the time so I coded my own in C++ and DirectX. Development was sporadic and I had to rediscover the project a few times over several years until I eventually released the game in 2022.
• Substream Website
• Substream on itch.io
• Blog Articles
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Task Tracker
2022 - 2023
Some of my past software development roles have required context switching often throughout my days, and then trying to fill out a time sheet at the end of the week. This is difficult combiniation and it's easy to get lost. So I created a simple Windows Forms application to track my time, save it in a file automatically, and review it at a later date. The only thing I need to remember now is to switch the selected row when I switch task.
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Procedural Architecture
2005
For the final project of my masters degree I developed software which procedurally generated indoor architecture. It was inspired by games like Grand Theft Auto 3 where the city buildings are just external walls. The software lets a user draw an outline building shape in two dimensions. Then in three dimensions the algorithm fills this shape with walls, doorways, and windows. The dissertation is around ten thousand words.
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Toca 3 PSP Demo
2007
The playable demo of the first console game I contributed to, ToCA Race Driver 3 Challenge. I was the sole developer of the demo, deciding which tracks and cars I could squeeze into the strict file size for a PSP demo.
Access your PSP's memory stick from a PC using a USB cable or card reader, and then extract the zip file to the root directory of the memory stick.
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Console Game Credits
2006 - 2011
I worked at Sumo Digital as a UI and AI programmer. I'm credited in these console games, which are available now at your favourite second-hand retro games reseller.
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Gameboy Mods
2018 - 2019
I've been making some Gameboy and Nintendo DS mods and refurbs. Particularly "Gameboy Macros", which are made by upcyling the bottom half of a broken Nintendo DS Lite and have a bigger, brighter screen than other GBAs. I've yet to sell anything yet, I want to practise and improve my build quality first.
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• I have a Blog
• Fun things I've made in Game Jams
• Expansion pack Retro Game Mods for Duke Nukem 3D and Battlezone 1998