I have been self-employed since October 2009.  Unfortunately, the Indie games space is becoming more and more crowded and with the demise of Flash, what was a viable business has become more of a hobby.

Contract Work on Multi-Player Games

I have been employed as a contractor during the start of that period and moved over to being completely self employed after about 6 months.  As a contractor (for a company called Babuki – I’m not sure if they still exist, in fact I think they may have changed their name) I was responsible for programming flash multiplayer games using Smart Fox Server and Flash AS3, Flash Develop.

Setting Up In Business

After the contractor period I set up a business with some friends, www.thepodge.co.uk which is still online and also www.ish-games.com. We have created various Flash games for web sites such as www.armorgames.com and www.cartoonnetwork.com

Web Site and Game Design and Development

The web sites for these businesses were completely coded by myself using PHP, MySQL, Linux Servers and XAMPP.  I have a custom CMS that I use to speed up development.  The design side was handled by my business partner (HTML and CSS).

I am also familiar with Javascript, which I consider to be an essential component of modern web design.  I have used many Javascript and PHP Libraries and tools.

Games created while self employed:

http://www.thepodge.co.uk/playcitysiege3.html (our most successful)
http://www.thepodge.co.uk/playfirebug2.html
http://www.thepodge.co.uk/playsuperbombbugs.html
http://www.thepodge.co.uk/playdibbles3.html
http://www.thepodge.co.uk/playaivendetta.html

Some of the games were also porter to iPhone and Android.

Cartoon Network

We supplied the following games to Cartoon Network:

http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/games/teen-titans-go/titans-most-wanted
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/games/adventuretime/lemon-break
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/games/gumball/blind-fooled

Facebook Games and Apps

I have also worked on Facebook games, at a company called Socialplay as a short-term contractor.  While there I worked on various Solitaire games for Facebook and an Endless Runner game:

https://apps.facebook.com/paradisesolitaire
https://apps.facebook.com/junglesolitaire
https://apps.facebook.com/piratepursuit

Bespoke Ground-up Facebook Integration Framework

I also worked on my own Facebook Integration system, using PHP, MySQL and Linux Server.  The system is fully featured and support all facebook features, including payments, shop items, sharing and friend gifting/inviting.  We used this sytem to create a game called Prizechinko, the game uses flash but the client side could use any technology, HTML5, Unity etc.  Our CMS system allows us to see use purchases and issue refunds and freebies to users.

https://apps.facebook.com/zenprizechinko

Steam Games

Most recently I have worked porting some of our games over to Steam.  They were greenlit on Steam some time ago and we felt we should get them on there, even if it’s the last thing we do officially as business partners.

The Steam games are:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/536750
http://store.steampowered.com/app/578590

Main duties at Nitrome were the design, development and testing of original Flash Games, which we then license to games portals, such as Miniclip.com

Games I have been involved in include:

Flash Cat (a racing/shoot em up where you travel along a road in the air) http://www.nitrome.com/games/flashcat/

Power Up (a physics-based puzzle game using Box2D) http://www.nitrome.com/games/powerup/

Double Edged (a scrolling beat-em-up similar to Golden Axe, featuring 6 bosses) http://www.nitrome.com/games/doubleedged/

Main duties at Fish in a Bottle included developing web sites and interactive digital content using PHP, MySQL and Flash.

We have a range of high profile clients including the BBC and Disney, we have created flash games for both, including a Phineas and Ferb game for Disney and Dr. Who and Heroes games for the BBC.  I have personally developed a screen-saver and a sliding puzzle game for a Hannah Montana project for Disney.

I took on the lead development role on www.framestore.com and have developed large parts of www.gardenersclick.com (my favourite part being the weather pages).  Unfortunately the versions on these sites I worked on are no longer online.