Games Development · Belfast Met
First-year Games Development student building games in Unreal Engine 5. Gameplay programming in C++, level design, and game audio.
01 — Showreel
Ninety seconds of everything I built this year: gameplay, levels, models and audio. Full breakdowns of each piece are below.
Music: Track name by Artist, used under licence. Watch on YouTube
02 — Selected work
Six projects from first year. Each one lists the tools, what I was responsible for, and what I would do differently next time.
A timed arcade game written entirely in C++ with no Blueprints. Twenty coins spawn at random positions and the player has thirty seconds to collect them.
My role: everything — gameplay classes, spawning, scoring, HUD and the end-of-round state.
A greyboxed stealth level built to a brief: three routes to the objective, each favouring a different playstyle. Tested with six classmates and re-cut twice after watching them play.
My role: layout, pacing, sightlines, playtest notes and iteration.
Eight modular low-poly props under 1,500 triangles each, UV unwrapped, textured, and imported into Unreal with correct scale and collision.
My role: modelling, UVs, texturing and engine import.
A surface-aware footstep system: recorded foley on four surfaces, layered and randomised so the same step never plays twice in a row.
My role: recording, editing, and implementation in engine.
A 2D platformer prototype exploring coyote time, jump buffering and variable jump height — the small details that decide whether a jump feels good.
My role: movement system, camera, and level.
A first game jam, built to the theme "no way back". Finished and submitted with ten minutes to spare, which taught me more about scoping than any lecture has.
My role: gameplay programming and build packaging.
03 — About
I am a first-year Games Development student at Belfast Metropolitan College, Castlereagh campus. I came to the course from playing games and taking them apart, and I am here to learn to build them properly.
I am most interested in gameplay programming — the systems that decide how something feels to control. This year I have worked in C++ and Blueprints, modelled and textured my own assets, and recorded and implemented my own audio.
Next I want to go deeper into C++ and take on a longer team project.
04 — Contact
Open to work experience, collaborations and game jams.