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Experienced Indie game developer with 3 released games, Unity Certified User Programmer, also with 2.5 years of Unreal Engine 5/Blueprints (developing my own Third Person Openworld Zombie Shooter). Eight Years C++ Professional experience in Various sectors of Industry. Friendly, reliable and adaptable, willing to undertake any game related role, quick learner. No game idea is wrong, let me help bring it to life (with helpful suggestions along the way)!…Experienced Indie game developer with 3 released games, Unity Certified User Programmer, also with 2.5 years of Unreal Engine 5/Blueprints (developing my own Third Person Openworld Zombie Shooter). Eight Years C++ Professional experience in Various sectors of Industry. Friendly, reliable and adaptable, willing to undertake any game related role, quick learner. No game idea is wrong, let me help bring it to life (with helpful suggestions along the way)!

Philip Harland

Game Developer, Programmer, Developer, +2

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Experienced Indie game developer with 3 released games, Unity Certified User Programmer, also with 2.5 years of Unreal Engine 5/Blueprints (developing my own Third Person Openworld Zombie Shooter). Eight Years C++ Professional experience in Various sectors of Industry. Friendly, reliable and adaptable, willing to undertake any game related role, quick learner. No game idea is wrong, let me help bring it to life (with helpful suggestions along the way)!…Experienced Indie game developer with 3 released games, Unity Certified User Programmer, also with 2.5 years of Unreal Engine 5/Blueprints (developing my own Third Person Openworld Zombie Shooter). Eight Years C++ Professional experience in Various sectors of Industry. Friendly, reliable and adaptable, willing to undertake any game related role, quick learner. No game idea is wrong, let me help bring it to life (with helpful suggestions along the way)!

Available to hire

Experienced Indie game developer with 3 released games, Unity Certified User Programmer, also with 2.5 years of Unreal Engine 5/Blueprints (developing my own Third Person Openworld Zombie Shooter).

Eight Years C++ Professional experience in Various sectors of Industry.

Friendly, reliable and adaptable, willing to undertake any game related role, quick learner. No game idea is wrong, let me help bring it to life (with helpful suggestions along the way)!

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Spanish; Castilian

Advanced

Work Experience

Game Developer / Owner at Rocket Powered Chimp Games

May 1, 2020 - Present

Planned and released 3 PC games (Zombie Hunter New Amsterdam, Wunderland City Darkness Inside, Trash Zombies) using Unity (C#) and published on itch.io. Prototyping a Third Person Multiplayer Open World Demo using Unreal Engine 5; involved in playtesting and gathering feedback to improve gameplay and robustness.

Playtester at Ubisoft

February 1, 2023 - February 1, 2023

Pre-Alpha playtesting (under NDA) of a PC game; identified bugs and provided constructive feedback via Discord to help reduce errors by ~5%.

Playtester at Ubisoft

August 1, 2021 - August 1, 2021

Playtesting on Riders Republic (PS4); reported bugs and suggested UI improvements which were considered by the development team.

Investor / Trader at Self-Employed

November 1, 2002 - May 1, 2020

Active daily trading of UK/US stocks and spread betting of UK stocks and currencies; aimed for ROI between 5-10% per trade and broader portfolio management.

Director / C++ Consultant at Heron Systems Limited

August 1, 1997 - July 1, 2002

Provided consultancy as a Senior C++ Developer to multiple large companies across Telecoms, Transport, Energy, and Aviation; roles were 3–4 month contracts with consistent extensions due to reliable performance and impact on code quality (notably achieving a 94% weekly bug-fix rate in one engagement).

Senior C++ Software Engineer at Air Miles Limited

January 1, 2001 - November 1, 2001

Involved in re-engineering existing software and completing around 80 bug fixes to improve reliability; used Visual Studio and SourceSafe for version control.

Senior C++ Software Engineer at Cubic Transportation Systems / ICL (UK) Limited

December 1, 1998 - November 1, 2000

Created 100% of GUI test harnesses and Ticketing Device Simulators used by the ICL team on the London Underground Tube Ticketing Porting Project; developed using C++ and Visual Basic 6 to enable repeatable testing from known data.

Senior Software Engineer at BT London Software Centre / ICL

August 1, 1997 - November 1, 1998

Contributed enhancements and bug fixes to the British Telecoms ’192 Directory Assistance’ software, improving user satisfaction and reducing errors.

Senior Software Engineer at Hughes (now Raytheon) UK Ltd

May 1, 1996 - August 1, 1997

Implemented fixes for the FIRST ATC training simulator; prototyped a Voice Communication system using hardware integration with C++ and Windows GUI.

Graduate Software Engineer at FMA Systems Limited

July 1, 1994 - May 1, 1996

Developed GUI components for an Oil Terminal Automation System (TA Plus) using C++ and Visix Galaxy API; followed UML designs to deliver reliable software.

Industrial Placement at Rank Xerox International Headquarters

August 1, 1991 - September 1, 1992

Systems support and administration for LAN and Sun SPARC workstations; supported over 700 users and maintained hardware/software configurations.