Riley Clarke

Games Programmer · Wushu Studios (2023–2026)
Contracted by Undead Labs, Microsoft

Ongoing contract work contributing gameplay and engine-level systems for State of Decay 3, a survival game from Undead Labs.

• C++
• Unreal Engine 5
• Perforce
• Gameplay Systems

Games Programmer · Wushu Studios (2023)
Contracted by Mediatonic, Epic Games

Contributed to Fall Guys' Creative Mode, the in-game toolset that lets players build and publish their own levels.

• C#
• Unity
• Perforce
• Editor Tooling

Junior Programmer · Wushu Studios (2019–2021)
Contracted by Lucid Games, Sony

My first project as a junior programmer in the industry, working on creative mode object placement and lifecycle before shifting to pre-release critical fixes.

• C++
• Unreal Engine
• Perforce
• Multiplayer

Solo project · Ongoing · programmer, systems designer & AI

A hex-grid, deck-based tactics game built from scratch in Unity, with a heuristic beam-search AI opponent, procedural map and hex-grid generation, and a self-play analytics pipeline that drives card balancing from real match data.

• C#
• Unity
• Git
• UI Toolkit
• Unity Sentis
• DOTween
• NUnit
• Procedural Generation
• Custom Editor Tooling

Solo project · 2021 · programmer, network architect & designer

A networked real-time strategy prototype built from scratch in Unity, exploring server-authoritative multiplayer architecture, a data-driven ability framework, and a custom fog of war system.

• C#
• Unity 2020.3
• Git
• Mirror Networking
• NavMesh
• Odin
• DOTween
• ParrelSync
• Dedicated Server
• Fog of War

Programmer / Project Manager · Major Project (2019) · team of 6 (+3 outsourced)

A 2–4 player local multiplayer game blending MOBA-style ability play (think DOTA 2) with fully customizable ability sets: players build their kit from twelve abilities across four sets instead of picking a fixed character.

• C#
• Unity 2018.3 (HDRP)
• Git
• FMOD
• Odin
• DOTween
• Rewired
• Cinemachine
• Object Pooling
• Custom Editor Tooling

Programmer / Project Manager · Brains Eden (2019) · team of 5

A 2–4 player local multiplayer robot brawler built for Brains Eden 2019: punch opponents for knockback, or grab one of the pinballs bouncing around the arena and launch it at them instead.

• C#
• Unity 2019.1 (LWRP)
• Git
• Rewired
• Odin
• DOTween
• TextMesh Pro
• Local Multiplayer

Solo project · Advanced Games Implementation Project (2019)

A Minecraft-inspired technical demo: procedurally generated, voxelized terrain in an infinite world, built from scratch in Unreal Engine 4.

• C++
• Unreal Engine 4
• Git
• Procedural Generation
• Voxel Terrain
• Simplex Noise

Solo project · 2nd-Year University Project (2018)

A VR puzzle game about chaperoning AI bots through a level towards the exit: players reshape the terrain by placing blocks to build safe paths across hazards the bots can't cross on their own.

• C#
• Unity
• Git
• VRTK
• Odin
• DOTween
• Finite State Machine AI
• Blender

Solo project · University Module Project (2018)

A procedurally generated roguelike shooter for Android, built solo in Unity for a Games Hardware & Architecture module, controlled entirely with the accelerometer and gyroscope.

• C#
• Unity3D
• Git
• Procedural Generation
• Object Pooling
• Accelerometer Controls
• Photoshop
• BFXR

Programmer / Project Manager · Ludum Dare 45 (2019) · team of 5

A deadly sandwich-shop business sim built in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 45: you start with no money and barely any real ingredients, so every order means scavenging the house for fillings and hoping customers don't notice.

• C++
• Unreal Engine
• Git
• Maya
• ZBrush
• Substance Painter
• Photoshop
• FMOD Studio
• LMMS

Solo project · University Game Jam (2018)

A Werewolf-inspired social deduction game built in 24 hours: hidden hunters and a hidden werewolf share a village of AI villagers, and the werewolf wins by picking off the hunters before they work out who it is.

• C#
• Unity3D
• Git
• Local Multiplayer
• Blender
• Photoshop
• Mixamo

Programmer · Ludum Dare 42 (2018) · team of 4

A rhythm platformer built in 48 hours where platforms thin out as the track's intensity rises, tying the difficulty curve directly to the music.

• C#
• Unity
• Git
• Odin
• DOTween
• Amplify Shader Editor
• Blender
• Maya
• ZBrush
• Photoshop
• Ableton Live

Programmer / 3D Artist / PM · Alakajam #3 (2018) · team of 4

A 48-hour jam game about escaping catacombs on a constantly depleting light life force, with invisible enemies lurking in the dark.

• C#
• Unity
• Git
• Maya
• Blender
• Substance Painter
• Photoshop
• Bosca Ceoil

Solo project · University Game Jam (2018)

A 2–4 player local multiplayer space shooter built in 30 hours, where using abilities raises your APM and a higher APM speeds up your ship.

• C#
• Unity3D
• Git
• Local Multiplayer
• Blender

Solo project · Ludum Dare 40 (2017)

A Ludum Dare 40 entry where every bullet you fire stays on the field forever, so upgrades that make you stronger also make your own past shots more dangerous.

• C#
• Unity3D
• Git
• Photoshop
• BFXR
• Bosca Ceoil

Solo project · Charity Game Jam (2017)

An Android score-attack dodging game built in 30 hours, controlled entirely by tilting the phone, with a special ability that sends your ship backward through time.

• C#
• Unity3D
• Git
• Accelerometer Controls
• Photoshop
• Bosca Ceoil

Artist / Designer · Dare to be Digital (2016) · team of 8

An 8-person team's pitch for Dare to be Digital 2016, a cube-based puzzle game whose levels I prototyped and tested with a physical Rubik's Cube.

• Level Design
• Physical Prototyping
• Blender
• Photoshop