Dan Collier

Feb 2018 - Present

Freelance Unity Programming

Monocle Games, Remote

Various contracts working with a number of games companies.

• Mother Ultimate - Work on an upcoming digital horror boardgame
• Lost Wanderer Games - Programming Lead on a new rhythm action narrative title
• Citizen Sleeper PlayStation - PS4 and PS5 ports of BAFTA nominated Citizen Sleeper by Jump Over the Age
• CorpoNation - Switch and Xbox ports of CorpoNation by Canteen
• No Longer Home - No Longer Home PS5 port for Humble Grove
• Citizen Sleeper - Switch, XboxOne, XboxSeries and Windows Store ports of Citizen Sleeper
• Kraken Academy - Porting award winning PC game by Happy Broccoli Games to XboxOne and Windows Store
• Dynamic Spanish - Unity work for Morning Calm Productions on Spanish VR learning app for Oculus
• Lost Words: Beyond the page - Programming for Sketchbook Games in Unity/C# - worked on general gameplay, conversion to Stadia, console work on Xbox, PS4 and Switch. I was also involved in production
• TOHU - Work for hire project porting Unity game TOHU from PC to Stadia
• Soccer Story - Consultancy on Stadia port
• EyeWare Google Cardboard App - Consultancy for Royal National Institute for the Blind
• From Beyond Prologue - Work on Switch version of the game for SuckerFree Games
• Widget Factory - Personal VR project
• Apart of Me - Volunteer work on a mobile game which helps young people cope with life-limiting illness, death and loss

Nov 2013 - Present

Games dev company

Tundra Games, Co-founder

Tundra Games was set up with a colleague from Exient to produce the types of games that we love. Rapture World Conquest is a god game where you control your followers to attack your enemies. The game has been very successful with over 3 million downloads - as such we have been working on various updates and putting it on to other platforms ever since the initial release.

• Rapture World Conquest Mobile - Google/Amazon/IOS game written in C++ and Obj-C released in Sept 2014 - 3 million+ downloads
• Rapture World Conquest Steam - PC/Mac Steam version - released July 2017
• GamesHub - Essex University, University Centre Colchester & Limit Break - Mentoring student dev teams on their projects

Nov 2012 - Present

Freelance Programming

Monocle Media, Freelance Contract Work

Since the end of 2012 I have been working on a number of freelance projects.

• Word document layout services - For Emperor.works
• Presto Online PowerPoint repository - An ASP.NET system written in VB to generate PowerPoint presentations via a client skinned website
• RightSlide PowerPoint addin - A VSTO VB.NET Addin for PowerPoint allowing users to create presentations from a repository of files stored on a SharePoint server
• greattey.com and greatteyvillagehall.co.uk - websites implemented in Wordpress
• Wizkit addin system – Working for In Branding Ltd creating VBA addins for office automation and productivity
• Lavaglo - A lavalamp simulation published for Windows Phone
• Pocket Parking - Freelance work on a team project writing an iOS app. The app allows users to find parking spots in the local area

Sept 2010 – Nov 2012

Technical Manager/MS Office Developer

Article 10 Design Ltd, Reading

Article 10 provide a range of services - design, websites, events, corporate videos, PowerPoint presentations and Word templates. My responsibility was to oversee the management of the MS Office functionality side of the business.

My role was to follow up on the Google leads, send out bids for jobs and secure new contracts. I travelled to client sites to analyze their needs and investigate their infrastructure. I designed the systems, implemented the agreed solution and then installed and maintained client systems.

Selected Accomplishments:

• Creation of a company-wide Word templates solution for WS Atkins and Faithful + Gould
• Working with Unilever creating a risk analysis document with an embedded data retrieval system
• Work with Microsoft to produce a Silverlight app advertising Office 365
• 3 month contract for Bupa creating an online PowerPoint ASP.NET system

Jun 2003 – Sept 2010

Production manager / Games Developer

Exient Ltd, Oxford

Exient work exclusively for games publisher Electronic Arts producing their franchise titles on handheld platforms. In my seven years at Exient I worked on a variety of titles as project lead; being involved both with coding and management.

My role involved the entire life-cycle of the title. From initial pre-production and high level design, liaising with client production over the features and style of the title. I ensured that tasks were scheduled correctly and allocated accordingly. I worked closely with the lead programmer to ensure that quality was assured. I also coded on projects, working on game-play and front-end elements of the game. I was responsible for the production of all documentation - design and technical. I also coordinated the client and manufacturer acceptance testing.

I was also involved in writing software demos, proposals and technical documentation in order to secure contracts. As well as giving presentations to potential clients. I was involved in senior management meetings discussing the future direction of the company - the development of Intellectual Property and overall scheduling and choice of work-for-hire projects.

Selected Accomplishments:

• Sims 3 DS – the biggest franchise in video games history - was nominated for a BAFTA
• Project lead on Skate IT DS – converting from the XBOX 360 version down to Nintendo DS
• Project lead on all five iterations of Madden DS

Jun 2002 – Oct 2002

Contract Software Engineer

Datasolve Ltd, Hamilton, New Zealand

While travelling around New Zealand I took a four month contract with Datasolve as a Software Engineer. I developed in VB and SQL Server creating applications for small to medium sized companies.

Sept 1998 – Jan 2002

Software Engineer/Web Specialist

MDA Ltd, Brighton, East Sussex

MDA Ltd worked with financial institutions to streamline the publication of investment research. Projects were undertaken with large banks (including ABN AMRO, DKB, Investec, Barclays, Credit Lyonnais), implementing VB and VBA systems to aid the creation of documents.

Jul 1998 – Aug 1998

Contract Software Engineer

Lambro Ltd, Wickford, Essex

A contract for an interior design company, creating an Access database to store stock orders.

Nottingham University

Artificial Intelligence & Psychology with Computer Science — 2.1 BSc