Nicholas Kelly

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I'm Nicholas Kelly, a mobile game developer specializing in Unity and C.

About

I’m Nicholas Kelly, a mobile game developer specializing in Unity and C#. Over 2.5 years across idle, casual, and stealth-horror genres, I progressed from Junior to Head Developer at a small international studio, taking ownership of complex systems end-to-end. I thrive both solo and in small remote teams, from spec to shipped build, and I’ve integrated AI-assisted workflows (Claude Code, MCP) to scale solo productivity.

I also have broad experience publishing across iOS and Android, porting PC-first codebases to mobile, and building robust server-authoritative economies and AI-driven gameplay systems. I enjoy turning ambitious ideas into shipped features and mentoring teammates to raise overall project quality.

  • 13 years' experience
  • Joined April 2026

Languages

  • EnglishFluent

Industry experience

  • Gaming
  • Software & Internet
  • Education
  • Media & Entertainment

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Work experience· 5 roles

Head Developer · Netcreeper Media LimitedOct 2023 – Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Lead developer on The Crypt, an idle dungeon-management mobile game, and contributor across the studio's Unity titles. Owned end-to-end features: dual-orientation UI across 8 scenes; async event/calamity system with weighted randomness; server-authoritative economy on Azure Functions/PlayFab; mobile porting from PC; refactored camera scroll with SmoothDamp inertia; resolved portrait-rotation bug; shipped to Google Play and TestFlight; implemented currency consolidation (Soul Stone) and progression changes; built and integrated AI architecture for a separate stealth-horror project (Stag); created Claude Code / MCP workflows for AI-assisted scene editing and tooling; led 30+ feature passes and maintained dev/log cadence.

Head Developer · Netcreeper Media Limited — Mobile Games StudioOct 2023 – Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Lead developer on The Crypt; designed and shipped dual-orientation UI, async calamities system, and server-authoritative economy features. Drove cross-platform publishing to Google Play and iOS TestFlight, migrated mobile port work, and built CI/CD pipelines. Rebuilt camera/scroll systems for smooth inertia and fixed production parallax and layout issues. Owned multiple features end-to-end from spec through to shipped builds and mentored junior developers.

Online English Teacher · Palfish, Engoo, Whales English (Remote)Dec 2017 – Oct 2023 · 5 yrs 11 mos

Delivered 1:1 online English instruction to a diverse student base (ages 4–60) with customized lesson plans and adaptive teaching approaches over a multi-year period.

Diving Instructor · Davey Jones Locker, Goodtime Adventures, Chic Diving (Koh Tao, Thailand)Nov 2012 – Oct 2018 · 6 yrs
Diving Instructor · Davey Jones Locker / Goodtime Adventures / Chic Diving (Koh Tao, Thailand)Nov 2012 – Oct 2018 · 6 yrs

Education

BSc (Hons) Computing · University of Gloucestershire2010 – 2013
TEFL Online Graduate, 150-hour course · TEFL Online2018

Certifications and awards

TEFL Online Graduate2018 – 2026

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