Oliver Hewison

I am a generalist programmer, currently working as a Lead Programmer on There Are No Ghosts At The Grand at Friday Sundae.
I primarily write Systems, Graphics & Tools code for Unity in C# and ShaderLab, and also do Engine code in C++
This is my website and portfolio, where you can see some of my past and current personal projects.

Work History

I have five years of professional experience in the games industry. Additional details including role responsibilities are shown in my CV.

Lead Programmer
(No Ghosts At The Grand)

First-person musical decoration / narrative game.
Click to watch the trailer on YouTube.

Unity Developer
(Client Projects)

Development on client projects.
Clients include Cartoon Network, the BBC and the British Museum.
Click to view Friday Sundae's website.

Unity Developer
(VR Experience)

A VR film experience developed for the SS Freshspring Trust and BMT.
Step back in time and learn about life at sea on the Freshspring.
Click to visit the SS Freshspring website.

Global Game Jam

Since 2020, I have participated in the yearly Global Game Jam, which runs for 48 hours. These are the games I jammed on each year.

2024
(Make Me Laugh)

Solve increasingly difficult captchas to prove you're not a robot!
Robots can't play Free Bird on Guitar Hero, can they?
Sorry, only playable in person!

2023 (Roots)

Manically roll various root vegetables through a kitchen full of obstacles to escape through the window!
Click to play in your browser!

2022 (Duality)

A drunken vampire comes home to all of his hideous pets escaping their cages! Solve puzzles to put them back and get a good day's sleep.
Click to download on itch.io!

2021
(Lost & Found)

Welcome to the Amazoff Customer Fulfilment Centre! There's been a shift of management, bodies moving in and out, but that's above your paygrade anyway.
Click to download on itch.io!

2020 (Repair)

Blast yourself around broken-down spaceships using the recoil of Flynn's Grepair Gun, alternating shots of destruction and repair pellets to fix ships.
Click to download on itch.io!

UWE - Games Technology

I studied BSc. Games Technology at the University of the West of England for three years, and had a great time there.
These are a few of the game-related projects I worked on.

Dynamically streaming OpenStreetMap and NASA data in real-time for a flight simulator.
Click to view a demonstration on Youtube.

A modern reimagining of Herzog Zwei.
Made with a team of 40+ in Unity.
My roles included bespoke editor tools programming, shader programming, and environment art.
Click to view the trailer on Youtube.

A Monkey Ball clone, built in DirectX 11.
Features a physics engine, data-driven level loading, and a rendering pipeline.
Click to view the project on GitHub.

A custom hexagon-based Visual Programming Language, used as a Gameplay Mechanic to teach game programming concepts to non-coders.
Click to view a demonstration on YouTube.

A 4-player multiplayer top-down arena shooter in OpenGL / C++.
My roles included the creation of a data-driven level editor, custom input system, and camera system.
Click to view the project on GitHub.