Hi, I'm Alice.

Game player since I was wee, game developer since early 2022.

I have spent 15+ years as a software engineer at a large investment bank. My strong technical skills paired with my broad experience of working with and leading teams of developers will set me up for success in the games industry.

My CV covers my employment to date. This page highlights my game related achievements.

Student - Unreal 5.0 C++ Developer (May - Current)

After completing the Code Coven course below, I became determined to become a game programmer and decided the next step was for me to learn C++.

This course is aimed at people with no coding background so it has been fairly straightforward so far but I'm enjoying learning game specific nuances to coding.

Student - Introduction to Game Making with Unreal Engine (Mar - Apr 2022)

This course was run by Code Coven who aim to providing marginalized developers with the skills and confidence needed to thrive in the games industry.

As a successful applicant to this 12-student course, I worked alongside my cohort to cover:

  • How to navigate the Unreal interface

  • Building levels and working with Unreal Actors such as props, lights, cameras, etc.

  • Working with the Unreal UI

  • Scripting for Unreal using Blueprints

  • Creating and implementing art assets

  • Using Git repositories to backup our games

  • Creating builds to publish and share game projects

  • A robust overview of game development terminology and processes

Attendee - Women in Games Careers and Networking Expo 2022 (10 Mar 2022)

I attended my first expo in March 2022. It was an online expo, run by Women in Games, that aimed to provide a platform for women to share their experiences and insights into their worlds of work. As someone exploring gaming as a potential career change, I found the expo invaluable. Their official line up of speakers was impressive but just as interesting to me was the chance to wander between company break out rooms and hear the unofficial speakers. I loved learning about UI Programming in particular and am now considering exploring that further as a potential career path.

Selected work

Solitude Quest

Megan is like all of us, seeking peace in a troubled world. This is a game about their journey to solitude and you are welcome to come along.

A team project built as part of Code Coven's Intro to Game Making with Unreal program.

Let's Go!

An Escape the Room game built for Unreal Engine as part of a game development course run by Code Coven.

This is my very first ever game and as such, I shall forgive it all its faults and let it exist in the world as an example of just getting stuck in and producing something, even if it's far from perfect.

Warehouse Wreckage - A GameDev Tutorial

A first person shooter where you get the enjoyment of firing balls at barrels. What more could a girl want?!

A prelude to C++ programming for UE5, this tutorial showed me you can write clean and self documenting code in blueprint using techniques such as extracting functions.