Cameron Patterson

Education

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  Newcastle College

  2018 - 2020

  Foundation degree Games Technologies Merit

  Activities and Societies: Student fellowship programme. In the first year of the course, I developed skills in game design by creating game documentation containing flowcharts, pseudocode, storyboarding, character design, UI design, etc. For this module I submitted a game design document that achieved a 70%+ grade.I also developed my skills in C# by making various small games using Visual Studio and Monogame such as a platformer prototype and a top-down shooter.In year two I moved from Monogame to Unity after spending time to learn… Show more In the first year of the course, I developed skills in game design by creating game documentation containing flowcharts, pseudocode, storyboarding, character design, UI design, etc. For this module I submitted a game design document that achieved a 70%+ grade.I also developed my skills in C# by making various small games using Visual Studio and Monogame such as a platformer prototype and a top-down shooter.In year two I moved from Monogame to Unity after spending time to learn C#, I’ve created various different games from Horror to Music Rhythm. I had experience in developing on Windows, Android and VR (Oculus). Through this course I gained a deeper understanding in games design and development and improved my previous grades by achieving a Merit. Show less

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  Newcastle College

  2016 - 2018

  Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma Games Design and Development PPP

  Skills Learned- Games design principles - Game documentation - Storyboarding- Gantt Charts- Game asset and promotion using photoshop- OOP and OOD principles- 2D animation and camera techniques Software used- Unreal Engine 4 - Blender- Microsoft PowerPoint- Microsoft Word- Microsoft Excel- Draw.io- Flash Animation- Photoshop- AtomI learned basic principles of object-orientated programming and games… Show more Skills Learned- Games design principles - Game documentation - Storyboarding- Gantt Charts- Game asset and promotion using photoshop- OOP and OOD principles- 2D animation and camera techniques Software used- Unreal Engine 4 - Blender- Microsoft PowerPoint- Microsoft Word- Microsoft Excel- Draw.io- Flash Animation- Photoshop- AtomI learned basic principles of object-orientated programming and games design; this helped me develop a short horror game in Unreal Engine 4.During the development of my game in Unreal Engine 4, we were tasked to manage our project effectively by using Microsoft Excel and Word to create testing documentation, Gantt charts and game documentation. This was part of a separate project management module.During the project management module, I gained an understanding in various project methodologies used in industry such as Agile, Waterfall and Spiral. Show less