// Games Software Engineer · GameMaker / GML · Dundee, Scotland
I've spent over three years at GameMaker and Opera, shipping official GameMaker templates, the GameMaker 25th Anniversary game on Steam and GX.games, and leading browser games for Opera GX campaigns. My work covers gameplay, VFX, lighting, 3D tools and getting builds out the door.
Playable builds
Most of these run in the browser on GX.games. GM25 is also on Steam, and the Opera GX mods and live wallpapers install from the GX Store. Most of this work was done at GameMaker and Opera, alongside artists, designers, QA and marketing.
Opera GX campaign
A browser game for Opera GX's PC Man campaign. As lead developer I overhauled and balanced the minigames and built the live leaderboards, dialogue boxes, a face controller for story sequences, VFX, audio and in-game video.
Opera GX × GeoGuessr
Fitness minigames (boxing, bike, treadmill, kettlebell) for the GX × GeoGuessr campaign, with leaderboard tracking, launch parameters and event inputs. I led development and handled producer duties with the external parties. It was shown live at a booth at the GeoGuessr World Finals in Berlin.
Opera GX mod
The official MSI mod for Opera GX. I was the main developer of its idle-clicker game strip, a small idle game that runs inside the browser, with dragons, coin merging, an auto clicker, saves, particle VFX, sequences, a tutorial and tooltips, and I balanced it. I also contributed to the live wallpaper and packaged the final mod release.
Opera GX live wallpapers
Live wallpapers and mods for Opera GX, published on GameMaker's GX Store page: Halloween 2023 (three scenes with sound effects and music), Valentine's Day 2024, Chinese New Year 2024 (Year of the Dragon), Pride and Winter Northern Lights.
GameMaker template
One of my best templates. It's an endless runner starring a chicken hero, built in both GML Code and GML Visual. I worked on it from 2024 onwards, through post-release fixes and the update for GameMaker's new runtime (GMRT).
Release
An office-management game celebrating 25 years of GameMaker. I started the project and was its main programmer, building the core systems: worker AI with queues, pathfinding and needs, hazards and bugs, productivity, buffs and an item shop, a day/night cycle, the tutorial, minigame flow, saves, audio and a camera that copes with ultrawide screens.
I wrote the tech spec, owned source control and builds, and integrated Steamworks with achievements and Steam staging, producing daily builds on three platforms over the final two weeks. When some platforms dropped below 10 FPS late on, I fixed it with advice from graphics colleagues, using surface management, dynamic resolution scaling and texture groups. After launch I shipped the 1.1 patch, wrote the design and code documentation, and prepared the source for its public release as a GameMaker template.
GameMaker template
GameMaker template
A twin-stick shooter template for the GameMaker IDE. I was the lead and only programmer, working with art and QA through release and later updates.
GameMaker template
GameMaker template
A tower defense template for the GameMaker IDE. I worked on it as a programmer and kept it maintained as the engine changed.
GameMaker template
A sliding puzzle template for the GameMaker IDE, and one of my first projects on the content team.
Behind the scenes
Work that doesn't have a public play link: runner features and GMRT compatibility, 3D tools for GameMaker's new runtime, R&D prototypes, and reusable prefabs for GameMaker developers.
layer_sequence_alpha() and layer_sequence_blend(), now shipped in GameMaker.Experience
Content team. I joined as an intern and moved up through Junior Software Engineer to Software Engineer. My work there covers official templates, GameMaker 25th Anniversary, Cover Assault, the official MSI Opera GX mod and seasonal live wallpapers, lead on Opera GX campaign games (Maximum Load, GX Geo Gym), R&D prototypes, GMRT compatibility and GMS2 runner features, GM3D/GMRT explorations, the Content Asset System and prefabs.
Pub operations from the bar to senior management duties, through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Toolkit
Contact
I'm open to games programming roles: gameplay, tools, VFX or engine-facing work, onsite, hybrid or remote. The quickest way to reach me is email.