Side projects

Prototypes, studies and things I make for fun

The Bowlby the Bodyguard title screen, with Play, Credits and Exit buttons next to Bowlby in his red suit

Bowlby the Bodyguard

A 2026 game jam bowling game starring Bowlby, a bodyguard in a red suit. I was the sole game programmer, and my wife was the artist.

  • Game jam
  • Bowling
  • 3D
A boy holding a candle in a dark room lined with silhouette family portraits, with the line "They had a baby! I'm so happy for them."

The Familiar

My Global Game Jam 2017 entry: a dark, hand-drawn story game, played by candlelight.

  • Game jam
  • Narrative

Top-down stealth game

A stealth game about sneaking through dark rooms and staying out of vision cones, with health and stealth meters.

  • Stealth
  • Top-down

Concert hangout

A live multiplayer chatroom I built with Photon so five friends and I could experience a concert together, since none of us had Fortnite installed.

  • Multiplayer
  • Photon
  • Social

Creature Work

An idle pet game where cute creatures earn gold every second, and you decide which ones go to work.

  • Idle
  • UI
  • Unity

RPG character creator

A character editor for mixing and matching head, body, clothes, pants, shoes, weapons and class.

  • Character creator
  • UI

Gacha system

A hero summoning system with star rarities, unit stat cards and a collection of every hero.

  • Gacha
  • Systems
  • UI

Quest prototype

A top-down mobile prototype with on-screen touch controls, set in a pixel-art town.

  • Mobile
  • Top-down

Shader Graph implementation

A glowing outline effect for 2D sprites, built in Unity's Shader Graph.

  • Shader Graph
  • Unity
  • VFX
A neon pixel snake in a red-walled arena, with a giant red creature and a white blade above it and the score in the corner

Not Quite Snake

My Global Game Jam 2018 entry: a neon pixel-art twist on Snake.

  • Game jam
  • Arcade

Top-down battle royale

AI fighters track each other, reload and fight to be the last one standing.

  • AI
  • Top-down
  • Unity

Slot machine prototype

A slot machine with paylines, adjustable bets and a coin balance that pays out on a win.

  • Slots
  • UI
The QuickMaths logo, a flame above floating sums like 2+2= and 7+4=

QuickMaths

A quick-fire arithmetic game. I was the sole game programmer, and my wife was the artist.

  • Math
  • Casual
A news anchor in a lab coat on a Breaking News set, announcing that a game dev is fighting back

Birthday game

A little game I made for my wife's birthday.

  • Personal
  • Story

Let's build something together

I'm open to remote roles in gameplay, UI and full-stack game development. Email is the fastest way to reach me.