Arthur Morton
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work history
Lead Programmer
Amberry Games
10.2023 - Current
- Led the programming team, driving the development and launch of innovative updates for Berry Avenue, a leading game on Roblox.
- Played a pivotal role in enhancing game mechanics, user interface, and overall user experience, maintaining the games like rating and interest among over 12 million monthly active users.
- Oversaw the integration of new features, using Roblox's latest technologies to ensure updates were implemented correctly and efficiently.
- Collaborated with brands to integrate their advertising visions into the game, delivering detailed analytics while ensuring minimal disruption to the gameplay experience, enhancing both player engagement and brand visibility.
Gameplay Programmer
Cloud Entertainment
09.2021 - 09.2023
- Released over 80 high quality updates in ~2 years, maintaining positive reviews of 90%+ for over 2.4 million monthly active users.
- Redesigned and refined existing code, ensuring best practices were implemented to increase code efficiency.
- Conducted technical interviews to recruit top-tier programmers, facilitated their seamless onboarding, and provided ongoing mentorship to enhance their technical expertise.
- Initiated the development of a new game, meticulously designing the base systems and creating reusable libraries to ensure robustness and scalability.
- Used best practices for version control on GitHub to ensure all code is reviewed and update history is clear.
- Wrote detailed unit tests for code to ensure it runs safely and smoothly.
Game Developer
Self Employed / Mortivation Ltd
08.2014 - Current
- Designed and created games as a solo developer, experiencing the full game development process including: back end/front end programming, 3D modelling, UI/UX design, animation, marketing and more.
- Released 5 games on Roblox of increasing quality, simultaneously learning marketing and social media management to gain over 7.5 million plays.
- Learned the Roblox API in depth, allowing full utilisation of the platform.
- Employed, directed and managed contractors to create high quality experiences.
- Wrote a game framework to be re-used alongside any game.
Education
Diploma of Higher Education - Physics
University of Warwick
07.2019
A-Levels -
Brockenhurst College
07.2017
GCSE -
Noadswood School
07.2015
Skills
- Roblox Lua
- System optimization
- Game Design
- Version control (GitHub)
- Unit testing
- Roact (React clone)
- Rodux (Redux clone)
- Python
Timeline
Lead Programmer
Amberry Games
10.2023 - Current
Gameplay Programmer
Cloud Entertainment
09.2021 - 09.2023
Game Developer
Self Employed / Mortivation Ltd
08.2014 - Current
Diploma of Higher Education - Physics
University of Warwick
A-Levels -
Brockenhurst College
GCSE -
Noadswood School