
Lost Words
Lost Words is an atmospheric puzzler set between the pages of a diary and a fantasy land.
Various contracts working with a number of games companies.
Tundra Games was set up with a colleague from Exient to produce the types of games that we love. Rapture World Conquest is a god game where you control your followers to attack your enemies. The game has been very successful with over 3 million downloads - as such we have been working on various updates and putting it on to other platforms ever since the initial release.
Since the end of 2012 I have been working on a number of freelance projects.
Article 10 provide a range of services - design, websites, events, corporate videos, PowerPoint presentations and Word templates. My responsibility was to oversee the management of the MS Office functionality side of the business.
My role was to follow up on the Google leads, send out bids for jobs and secure new contracts. I travelled to client sites to analyze their needs and investigate their infrastructure. I designed the systems, implemented the agreed solution and then installed and maintained client systems.
Selected Accomplishments:
Exient work exclusively for games publisher Electronic Arts producing their franchise titles on handheld platforms. In my seven years at Exient I worked on a variety of titles as project lead; being involved both with coding and management.
My role involved the entire life-cycle of the title. From initial pre-production and high level design, liaising with client production over the features and style of the title. I ensured that tasks were scheduled correctly and allocated accordingly. I worked closely with the lead programmer to ensure that quality was assured. I also coded on projects, working on game-play and front-end elements of the game. I was responsible for the production of all documentation - design and technical. I also coordinated the client and manufacturer acceptance testing.
I was also involved in writing software demos, proposals and technical documentation in order to secure contracts. As well as giving presentations to potential clients. I was involved in senior management meetings discussing the future direction of the company - the development of Intellectual Property and overall scheduling and choice of work-for-hire projects.
Selected Accomplishments:
While travelling around New Zealand I took a four month contract with Datasolve as a Software Engineer. I developed in VB and SQL Server creating applications for small to medium sized companies.
MDA Ltd worked with financial institutions to streamline the publication of investment research. Projects were undertaken with large banks (including ABN AMRO, DKB, Investec, Barclays, Credit Lyonnais), implementing VB and VBA systems to aid the creation of documents.
Lost Words is an atmospheric puzzler set between the pages of a diary and a fantasy land.
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