Colin Whiteside

Wearing a variety of hats across various projects to ensure we deliver title updates and content on time and to our high standards. - SDK integration & updates - Implement our nascent CI/CD pipeline with TeamCity, Google Cloud & AWS - Liasing with our sibling studios and support the monitoring of outsourced development - General Unity game development work we all know and love

Senior developer on a Unity live-service storytelling platform as part of a small, dynamic team across a variety of problem domains: - Moving build process to CI/CD system built on TeamCity, GCloud, Bitbucket Pipelines - Transforming application from a single monolithic fire-and-forget Unity release to a true live service title with fortnightly releases - Integrating analytics, advertising, monetisation and account-management SDKs - Working closely with company leadership, designers and content creators on Unity gameplay and monetisation features and UI implementation - Developing and maintaining tools and systems for designers and content creators - Monitoring & maintaining app quality via Embrace.io, Google Play & Apple metrics

Writing, documenting and maintaining Lua scripted systems for gameplay, analytics, unit tests, progression mechanics, minigames, missions, UI, etc. Maintaining and expanding static analysis tools in Python, VSCode extensions and UE4 scripting to automate workflows. Defining, communicating and maintaining scripting and overall work quality standards across the Scripting department. Running training workshops to improve and disperse staff knowledge. Interfacing with internal and external programming teams, designers, stakeholders and artists to ensure the timely and accurate implementation of features and resolution of issues.

Client/ server programming on a Unity-powered free-to-play, online mobile shooter, including implementing F2P mechanics (eg energy, progression unlocks), gameplay behaviour, match activity management (both as server-authoritative and master-client models), mission scripting system creation and mission implementation.

UI, Gameplay and server programming - Unity iOS/ Android asynchronous multiplayer PvP combat title UI, Gameplay Programming & Prototyping - C++ iOS/ Android creativity-led character customisation game Additional programming - Clumsy Ninja

Part-time QA staff testing casual and social games on iOS, Android and HTML5-capable browsers.

Gameplay, interface and UI programmer for Aida, a Unity-powered platform-puzzle game on iPad.

Branch-based customer service.

Branch-based customer service.

Organising staff allocation, breaks and shift changes for 10-20 bar staff in a busy bar/ restaurant complex.