Games Developer · Unity (C#)
I graduated from Teesside University with First Class Honours in Games Development, and my final year project won Best Games Programming and Development Artefact at ExpoTees 2026. I build gameplay systems in Unity: enemy AI, multiplayer netcode and simulations that stay fast under load.
About
I'm Oliver, a games developer working in Unity and C#. I graduated from Teesside University in July 2026 with First Class Honours in BSc (Hons) Games Development, and I've just started as a gameplay programmer at Shiverbug Studios.
The part of games I enjoy most is the systems layer: state machines driving enemy AI, multiplayer netcode, and the optimisation that lets thousands of entities simulate without dropping frames. My final-year project artefact, Cyber Station, scored 90 out of 100.
Everything below is playable, most of it on itch.io with source on GitHub. If you'd rather read about the engineering, the project breakdowns go deeper on seven of them.
Now
Building gameplay systems in engine, every day, on an original IP.
A 3D platformer collectathon built for two players on one sofa, in splitscreen. As a gameplay programmer on the team, I work in engine across:
Skills
Projects
Newest first. Click a thumbnail to play the game; hover to see it in motion.
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Best Games Programming & Development Artefact · ExpoTees 2026
My final year project: a neon station management game where placement, passenger flow, ratings and progression all feed into each other. Passenger AI, train scheduling, staff, economy and save systems run together in one simulation.
Projects
Group builds, with my individual contribution called out on each.
A retro futurist bar simulator set on its own asteroid, a 1950s diner drifting through space. Built in Unreal Engine 5 for Beta Arcade, Teesside's studio simulation module.
My role: player controller, interaction architecture and the camera-blended station systems.
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A 2D top-down extraction game inspired by Lethal Company: delve into the candy company, fill your pockets, and choose whether to eat your haul for abilities and health or sell whatever you carry back out alive.
My role: level design, tile creation and pixel art integration.
Case studies
Deeper technical write-ups of how seven of these games actually work.
Placement, passenger flow and a six factor station rating system, running as one simulation.
A node conquest RTS pared back to essentials, and the enemy AI that plays it.
Keeping thousands of FSM driven organisms simulating smoothly in a single scene.
A turf-war shooter where one territory percentage drives difficulty, fire rate and AI, over procedurally generated caves.
A 2D arcade catch game and the weighted spawn director, pin AI and physics loop underneath it.
Server-authoritative multiplayer on Unity Netcode for GameObjects, with a 64-ray hitscan and Relay sessions.
A ten-person UE5 team build: my player controller, interface-driven interaction system and camera-blended stations.
Education
Teesside University
My final-year project scored 84%; its artefact, Cyber Station, scored 90 and won Best Games Programming and Development Artefact at ExpoTees 2026.
Newcastle College University Centre
Newcastle College
