Some work on my website - should be looking half decent finally, and have some content

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+#+TITLE: Backbreaker 2: Vengeance
+#+SLUG: 04
diff --git a/cv/boz.org b/cv/boz.org
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+#+TITLE: Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies
+#+SLUG: 03
+
+[[url_for_img:static,file=images/cv/pexels-photo-5435454.jpeg][Photo by cottonbro from Pexels]]
+
+As with the earlier game I worked on, [[url_for:cv,slug=01][Lara Croft and the Guardian of
+Light]], we were working to recreate a console and PC title on
+mobile. The studio had previously already worked on Call of Duty:
+World at War Zombies, so we begun with that project as a start.
+
+Given the amount of UI that I had done on previous projects, I
+requested to work on other things as well. As such, I had a bit more
+experience on this game, working with all the different systems. This
+included writing a lot more set piece scenarios, as well as
+implementing fast lookup systems for interactables on the large maps.
+
+Regarding UI, one of the reasons that I managed to do so little,
+despite being the developer with the most UI implementation
+experience, and having the closest working relationship with the UI
+artists, was that I had discovered a project called [[http://tulrich.com/textweb.pl?path=geekstuff/gameswf.txt][gameswf]]. I spent
+two weeks integrating it with our in house rendering and asset
+management systems, and then provided support throughout the rest of
+the project for actionscript bugs, as well as optimising the rendering
+by, for example, replacing the internal font rendering with hooks into
+our own optimised bitmap font rendering systems. Overall, this allowed
+the artists far more flexibility to create dynamic menu systems, and
+allowed me to work on other game features.
+
+[[url_for_img:static,file=images/cv/pexels-photo-9818998.jpeg][Photo by Mario Wallner from Pexels]]
diff --git a/cv/cars.org b/cv/cars.org
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+#+TITLE: Disney Cars and Disney Planes
+#+SLUG: 08
diff --git a/cv/codg.org b/cv/codg.org
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+#+TITLE: Call of Duty: Ghosts
+#+SLUG: 12
diff --git a/cv/codo.org b/cv/codo.org
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+#+TITLE: Call of Duty Online
+#+SLUG: 11
diff --git a/cv/doodle.org b/cv/doodle.org
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+#+TITLE: Doodle Jump: Space Chase
+#+SLUG: 16
diff --git a/cv/freeblade.org b/cv/freeblade.org
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+#+TITLE: Freeblade
+#+SLUG: 15
diff --git a/cv/ghl.org b/cv/ghl.org
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+#+TITLE: Guitar Hero: Live
+#+SLUG: 09
+
+[[url_for_img:static,file=images/cv/pexels-photo-165971.jpeg][Photo by Méline Waxx from Pexels]]
+
+I joined this project in the gameplay team, and I ended up working on
+a number of systems, including UI and input. This was a really fun
+project, as it was a game series that I grew up loving, and Guitar
+Hero: Live added some really cool new features.
+
+Among other things, this was also my first attempt to use console dev
+hardware, and I was set up to develop and test on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii-U
+and iOS. I did the majority of my console development at the time on
+the PS3 though.
+
+The development time on the game was sometimes not the easiest, with
+ubiquitous crunch rearing its head, as well as a plethora of bugs,
+which were complicated by the multiple platforms, online capabilities,
+and peripherals, but I feel I learned a lot from the experience, and
+really enjoyed it.
+
+[[url_for_img:static,file=images/cv/pexels-photo-7886380.jpeg][Photo by Mikhail Nilov from Pexels]]
diff --git a/cv/ghl_companion.org b/cv/ghl_companion.org
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+#+TITLE: Guitar Hero: Live - Companion App
+#+SLUG: 10
diff --git a/cv/hotwheels.org b/cv/hotwheels.org
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+#+TITLE: HotWheels Ultimate Garage
+#+SLUG: 19
diff --git a/cv/index.org b/cv/index.org
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+#+TITLE: Experience
+#+SLUG: 00
+#+OPTIONS: toc:nil
+
+My CV has a list of my previous experiences on it, but given the
+limited space, only very little can be said about them. So I decided
+that I needed to showcase the work I did on them here.
+
+* Ideaworks Game Studio / Marmalade Game Studio
+My first job out of university. I started in 2010 as a Junior
+Programmer, and left in 2013.
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=01][Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (iOS)]] *
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=02][Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon (iOS)]]
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=03][Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies (iOS)]] *
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=04][Backbreaker 2: Vengeance]]
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=05][Wipeout (iOS)]]
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=06][Marmalade Juice]]
+  
+* AppToyz
+I did a little contract work, working on a few Disney licensed titles,
+for a few months in 2013
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=07][Disney Mickey & Minnie Applingz]]
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=08][Disney Cars and Disney Planes]]
+
+* FreeStyle Games
+My first job after moving to 'Silicon Spa' in 2013 until 2016.
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=09][Guitar Hero: Live]] *
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=10][Guitar Hero: Live - Companion App]]
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=11][Call of Duty Online]]
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=12][Call of Duty: Ghosts]]
+
+* Viewpoint Games
+After leaving FreeStyle in 2016, I joined a VR studio, started by
+former colleagues until 2017.
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=13][Hungry Shark VR]]
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=14][Ghosts in the Toybox]]
+
+* Pixel Toys
+I spent a few months in 2017 helping out with some development at
+Pixel Toys.
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=15][Freeblade]]
+
+* Hugo Games / 5th Planet Games
+After leaving Pixel Toys, I joined a Nottingham based studio as a lead
+programmer, to open a satellite studio in Leamington Spa from 2018 to 2019.
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=16][Doodle Jump: Space Chase]]
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=17][Vikings]] *
+
+* Funsolve
+In 2019, I joined a Rugby based studio to take over the lead
+programmer role.
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=18][Jumanji: The Video Game]]
+- [[url_for:cv,slug=19][Hotwheels Ultimate Garage]]
+
+* CUEi
+Just before the pandemic hit in 2020, I joined Coventry University
+Enterprises, to work on 'non-game games', using games technologies for
+enterprise.
+- On Demand rendering
+- Layered rendering
+- VR training simulation
+- Distributed photorealistic rendering
+
+[[url_for_img:static,file=images/cv/pexels-photo-4978057.jpeg][Photo by Caleb Oquendo from Pexels]]
diff --git a/cv/juice.org b/cv/juice.org
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+#+TITLE: Marmalade Juice
+#+SLUG: 06
diff --git a/cv/jumanji.org b/cv/jumanji.org
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+#+TITLE: Jumanji: The Video Game
+#+SLUG: 18
diff --git a/cv/lara.org b/cv/lara.org
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+#+TITLE: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
+#+SLUG: 01
+
+[[url_for_img:static,file=images/cv/pexels-photo-257092.jpeg][Photo by Pixabay]]
+
+Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light was a 3rd person action adventure
+game originally made for PC and console. My first project while at
+Ideaworks Game Studio, was to work on a recreation of this game for
+mobile platforms.
+
+The game was written with in house tech, in C++. We had access to
+console game assets, but we created mobile optimised assets for use in
+the game.
+
+My work in the game involved implementing game systems for setpiece
+objects, multiplayer programming, and setting up an extensible UI system.
+
+We were using an in house UI solution, which used a C-style layout
+language. One of my main jobs was to work with this system, making
+custom widgets, as well as a library of reusable components with which
+we could quickly develop the UI, and share resources between
+locations.
+
+[[url_for_img:static,file=images/cv/pexels-photo-10761867.jpeg][Photo by Ted Webb from Pexels]]
diff --git a/cv/mickey.org b/cv/mickey.org
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+#+TITLE: Disney Applingz
+#+SLUG: 07
diff --git a/cv/shark.org b/cv/shark.org
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+#+TITLE: Hungry Shark VR
+#+SLUG: 13
diff --git a/cv/toybox.org b/cv/toybox.org
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+#+TITLE: Ghosts in the Toybox
+#+SLUG: 14
diff --git a/cv/transformers.org b/cv/transformers.org
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+#+TITLE: Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon
+#+SLUG: 02
diff --git a/cv/vikings.org b/cv/vikings.org
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+#+TITLE: Vikings
+#+SLUG: 17
+
+[[url_for_img:static,file=images/cv/pexels-photo-5023698.jpeg][Photo by Erik Mclean from Pexels]]
+
+This was a project that interested me greatly. It was a tie in with
+the Netflix series of the same name. Unfortunately I inherited a
+project that had come from a previous design iteration, so while we
+had some work to begin with, a large amount of it had to be restarted.
+
+The best way that I could describe the game is, a multiplayer,
+turnbased battle system, similar to, for example, Final Fantasy VII,
+with team building and character collecting.
+
+The team we started off with was just me, a designer, and the artists
+that had been on the project since the beginning. My first task was to
+identify what we needed to get the project completed. I hired
+programmers for the main game development, but then also found a
+contract company to provide backend and network development
+support. With the guidance of the backend expert, I designed an
+architecture that would allow us to develop the game in a staged way,
+so that it should not require major rewrites to add features or change
+technologies when we scaled up.
+
+As we were already playing catchup on this project, which had been
+running for some time before we got a hold of it, my primary goal was
+to get an actual multiplayer game running as soon as possible, so,
+while the art assets that had already been created were used, little
+additional final UI was created or implemented.
+
+The next most important thing that was done on this project was for me
+to work with the artists to attempt to formalise an art pipeline,
+especially for animation, so that we had a reliable way to get high
+quality animations importing correctly.
+
+The final thing that I did was migrate the project from an aging
+Subversion system running in house to a cloud based git project. This
+was primarily because we were working across multiple studios and I
+felt this was the most reliable way to be able to run the project
+smoothly. I provided training and support for those unfamiliar with
+distributed version control, and git.
+
+Unfortunately this project did not get much further than just getting
+the re-envisioned proof of concept done, as the TV series got
+cancelled, causing the company to close the satellite studio that I
+was a part of.
+
+[[url_for_img:static,file=images/cv/pexels-photo-6739035.jpeg][Photo by Dagmara Dombrovska from Pexels]]
diff --git a/cv/wipeout.org b/cv/wipeout.org
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+#+TITLE: Wipeout
+#+SLUG: 05