Unannounced Game
Generalist Unity Programmer on a first-person musical decoration game with narrative and cinematic elements.
Click to view Friday Sundae's website.
Oliver Hewison
I am a generalist programmer, currently working on an unannounced game title at Friday Sundae Studio.
I primarily write Systems & Tools for Unity in C#, and also do Engine & Graphics code in C++ as well as Shaders in HLSL/GLSL.
This is my website and portfolio, where you can see some of my past and current personal projects.
Work History
I have three years of professional experience in the games industry. Additional details including role responsibilities are shown in my CV.
Client Projects
Unity Developer on client projects and pitches.
Clients include Cartoon Network, the BBC and the British Museum.
Click to view Friday Sundae's website.
VR Experience
A VR film experience developed for the SS Freshspring Trust and BMT Maritime.
Step back in time and learn about life at sea on the Freshspring.
Click to visit the SS Freshspring website.
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.
An entirely data-driven voxel terrain generation framework for Unity and Godot.
Click to view the project on GitHub.
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.
Maniacally roll various root vegetables through a kitchen full of obstacles to escape through the window!
Click to play in your browser on itch.io!
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!
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!
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!
Past Projects
These are some additional projects that I have released in the past, including other game jams and personal projects.
A Boy and his Torch
My first released game, made in 4 days with Unity for the Brackeys Game Jam 2018.
Click to download on itch.io!
Robin Woods and the Clockwork Castle
A prototype board game made entirely in Google Sheets.
Click to view the game on Google Sheets.