Meet Matthew

I'm a Software Developer at Videoloft where I handle the design, development and testing of the web frontend. In particular, most of my time is spent working on our new React web app, for which you can see a demo here. I also recently started getting involved in our Node.js backend too.

Whilst web development is my biggest passion, I also have experience with game development and released my first mobile game, Experimental Gravity, on iOS in March 2021. Experimental Gravity is a physics-based puzzle game that puts the player in control of gravity. I have completed several projects previously (some of which are described below), but this was my first experience of building a complete product and I thoroughly enjoyed taking it from an idea all the way to market. Whilst the majority of my time was spent developing the game using Unity and C#, this project allowed me to employ and experience a wide range of skills, including designing game art, producing app previews and trailers, and beta testing through Apple's TestFlight.

In 2020, I graduated with a degree in Computer Science from the University of Southampton. My third year university project, Rocket League Analytics, provides in-game analytics, match history, and statistics tracking to Rocket League players, all with only an image of the match scoreboard. This is the biggest personal web project I have undertaken and combines a frontend React app, including Redux and React Router, and backend Node.js server, which uses Google Cloud Vision API and Firebase Authentication amongst other technologies.

From my academic studies, I also have experience of programming in Java and Haskell.

Looking forward, I hope to soon gain more experience working with web backend technologies. I also have a keen interest in entrepreneurship and would like to find an opportunity to combine all these skills and interests in the future.