Education

I studied Game Design and Project Management at the University of Abertay, and Computer Game Development at James Watts College.

University of Abertay

Bachelor of Arts in Game Design and Project Management, 2008-2012

My practical dissertation final submission.

During my bachelor’s at Abertay, I created games using Unreal Engine 3, Unity, Maya, Blender, Cocos, Sound Forge, Photoshop, C++, C#, and Java.

My dissertation was on influencing player behavior. I prototyped these in a practical level built in Unreal 3. I created all assets in Maya. I used Kismit to do camera animations and VFX.

A test for subliminal messaging embedded in the game.

Another test for subliminal messaging embedded in the game.

A test for the portal effect in the game.

James Watt College

Higher National Degree in Computer Game Development, 2006-2008

Before studying at Abertay, I earned a Higher National Degree (similar to an Associate Degree) in Computer Game Development. The course was focused on coding, with some modeling and animation. I worked in C++ and 3DS Max to develop games.