Mark Bamford

Oxford, United Kingdom

Member since May 20, 2017

Mark has many years of experience developing games and interactive visualizations (including virtual and augmented reality) in Unity3D for iOS, Android, Windows PC and HTC Vive. He has worked on popular franchises such as Roald Dahl and Moshi Monsters. He is a graduate of the University of Abertay Dundee and achieved Upper Second Class Honors in Computer Games Technology.

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Portfolio

AyeQ-benu
Unity, C#, VR
Flight Arrow
Unity, C#
Dark Unicorn Games
Unity, C#

Experience

C#, 5 years
Unity3D, 5 years
Android, 4 years
iOS, 4 years
Facebook SDK, 2 years
Unity Cloud Build, 2 years
C++, 1 year
Virtual Reality (VR), 1 year

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Unity, C#, Git

The most amazing...

...project I have worked on is my visual debugger for Unity 'Squiggle' which receives consistent 5 star reviews on the Unity Asset Store. bit.ly/Squigg1e

Employment

Programmer
AyeQ-benu
2017 - 2018
- Identified and implemented solutions for areas requiring performance improvements.
- Customized shaders to create materials representing bodily fluids and holograms.
- Provided advice on possible user experience improvements.
- Designed and implemented a variety of shrink/zoom effects to transition between different magnification levels.
- Significantly reduced load times during scene changes.
Technologies: Unity, C#, VR
Programmer
Flight Arrow
2017 - 2017
- Developing a realistic visualisation of an aircraft in flight.
- Set in real world locations, over vast distances.
- Making use of post processing.
- effects such as Depth of Field, Eye Adaption, Color Grading and Chromatic.
- Aberration.
Technologies: Unity, C#
Programmer
Dark Unicorn Games
2017 - 2017
- Implemented bug fixes to the existing code.
- Analyzed the existing code to provide details of game mechanics.
- Created spreadsheets of game play formulas.
- Provided guidance on different possible approaches to implementing new design ideas.
Technologies: Unity, C#
Programmer
Digital Sports Arena
2015 - 2017
- Designed and implemented the structure of components for the game engine.
- Advised on technical restrictions of the game engine and development platforms.
- Communicated with artists the requirements for different textures within the game.
- Developed for iOS, Android and Windows (PC) using Unity3D.
- Created daily builds of the game, and kept track of tasks within Jira and Mantis.
Technologies: Unity, C#, REST
Programmer
Chunk
2015 - 2015
- Developed a mixture of physics and reaction based mini-games within the setting of the well-known children's book The Twits by Roald Dahl.
- Developed for iOS and Android, using Unity3D.
- Implemented analytics and in-app purchases.
Technologies: Unity, C#
Programmer
Dynamo Games
2014 - 2015
- Refactored and extended an existing code base.
- Implemented constantly changing feedback from the publisher.
- Fixed bugs.
Technologies: Unity, C#
Junior Game Programmer
Tag Games
2013 - 2013
- Incorporated a voice modulator with a variety of different 'voices'.
- Implemented an image editor allowing users to apply different stickers to the image and to place 3D objects in the scene.
- Managed projects to completion within strict deadlines.
Technologies: C++, Java, Objective-C
Gameplay Programmer
Swallowtail Games
2012 - 2013
- Expanded our BAFTA award winning prototype game Tick Tock Toys to a full release.
- Implemented a variety of 2D and 3D toy mechanics within a 3D environment including trains, helicopters, cannons, and RC cars.
- Ensured that each toy interacted with every other toy in a logical fashion.
- Wrote components which could be applied to different toy models for different themes.
- Developed level editing tools for the designer.
Technologies: Unity, C#
iPad Developer
University of Abertay Dundee
2012 - 2012
- Brainstormed ideas and concepts with colleagues.
- Produced three app ideas and pitched artwork/animation.
- Created app assets and visual presentations.
Technologies: C++

Experience

Squiggle (Development)
http://bit.ly/Squigg1e
The perfect debugging assistant!
Add some colour to your tedious debugging tasks by making graphs of your variables!

Customer Reviews:
"master piece of visual tracking" - TS42
"very easy and powerful" - mcmorry
"One of the most useful tools in the asset store" - SunnySunshine
"Professional and timely response from the developer to my questions. - Matt Bennett
"stays out of your way when you don't need it. - Matti-Jokipii
Gameday Live (Development)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4nUwK2Mo9c
With Gameday Live, you are the football manager. You pick and train your team of real-world players, competing in live matches against other managers around the world.

This is real-time competition and every day is game day
Roald Dahl's House of Twits (Development)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCJLUuwSHV0
Get your own back on THE TWITS! In 3D for the first time ever! Poke Mrs Twit's glass eye, feed Mr Twit worms, and play tricks to unlock mini games. Beware! Don't make the Twits too mad or things could get ugly – well, uglier . . .
Tick Tock Toys (Development)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF3aY5e3O5o
A colourful puzzle game set inside a toybox

Skills

Languages
C#, C++
Frameworks
Unity3D
Storage
Unity Cloud Build
Tools
Git, GameSparks
Platforms
Android, iOS
Other
Virtual Reality (VR)
Libraries/APIs
Facebook SDK

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Games Technology
University of Abertay Dundee - Dundee, United Kingdom
2008 - 2012

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