I'm in the credits of LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens! + some Speakeasy 3D Models

I'm very happy to announce that I am now an officially credited QA Tester! My name appears in the credits of LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens on all platforms. The game was released on June 28th and is the first game I worked on at Tt Fusion. I also got a free t-shirt and copy of the game which is awesome! Here's a screen grab of my name in the credits:

Meanwhile, in my (limited) free time I've also been trying to keep my 3D work going; here's a few models that I've made recently for my Speakeasy scene.

The scene is going okay but it's slow going as I work full-time so its difficult to find the time, but I hope to get the scene finished in the next couple of months. Mostly the aim is to keep myself familiar with the workflow and the use of Maya and UE4, which will come in handy soon considering my next piece of news...

...I have been accepted onto the MA Games Design course at UCLan and will be starting in September! This is a very exciting opportunity for me and I'm looking forward to going back to UCLan.

1920's Speakeasy Environment - Part 7

1920's Speakeasy Environment - Part 7

It's been a while since I've touched my 1920's speakeasy project because I've been pretty busy with my new job, but I've finally picked it back up this week! I've started on creating another essential prop for the theme, a stereotypical gangster trilby.

I've created the model, UV mapped it and started on the texture. I have done about 5 hours work in total. It's not much, but it does feel good to be back working on this project!

 

Over the next few days I will aim to finish this model up and get started on some other assets for the scene.

Meanwhile, my QA job at Traveller's Tales continues to be a very valuable experience and I'm learning more with every week that goes by. I have accepted an offer to have my contract extended until the end of August, turning what would have been a 6 week job into almost 5 months!

 

I have a job in the games industry! - QA Testing at Tt Fusion

I am excited to announce that this month, I started my first ever job in the games industry!

I am working at Tt Fusion in Wilmslow as a QA tester until the end of May. My first day was on Monday 18th April and was a day that was 22 years in the making - I've dreamed of working in games for as long as I can remember so getting my first job in the industry was amazing and my first day was a huge deal for me.

I've now been there for two weeks and its great, I've already learned so much. I've been giving it 110% and I have been soaking up as much knowledge as possible - it's proving to be a very valuable experience for me. I feel very lucky to be employed by such a successful and inventive games company and I am determined to make the most of the experience! I'm only just making this blog post now because I've been very busy and have totally immersed myself in my new job and have also moved to Wilmslow for the duration of my employment.

QA testing has always been something that I have been interested in doing and I think that I have taken well to it. The nature of the work allows me to put my Games Design degree, game design knowledge and love of gaming to good use while also learning a great deal about QA, development and design, and of course, interacting with like-minded games industry professionals and gaining a valuable insight into how things work in a games studio.