About me

Hello, I am Jamie Dovaston! I am a Level 5 Games Design and Programming student studying at the University of Staffordshire.

 

Skills

  • Unity Engine - 7 years
  • C# - 7 years
  • Unreal Engine - 2 years 
  • C++ - 2 years
  • PHP - 1 year
  • NodeJS - 1 year
  • MySQL & PostgreSQL - 2 years
  • HTML & CSS - 3 years
  • Microsoft Azure & Playfab - 2 years

 

I am currently undergoing my second year of University, within the first module! Within my spare time, I have been teaching myself more of the backend stuff. I have been building a personal project containing a login system, cookie handling, with player data management online.

 

Out of Hours

 

In my spare time, I help run multiple societies at my University, the main two being the Games Development Society (GDS), and MineStaffs (Minecraft), where I am assigned the role of Finance Officer. Within GDS, we hold in-person and online sessions, as well as organising society trips to events of the likes of EGX, MCM, and more! I have previously helped with Global Game Jam 2024 and am currently helping with planning for Global Game Jam 2025. Within MineStaffs, we host an online game server where players can connect and play with students alike. We release updates to the game server every semester, while looking after players and making sure everyone is having fun.

 

I am a big fan of racing and watch Formula 1 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans whenever they are being broadcasted. I also like to keep in touch with Formula E, Formula 2, and sometimes Formula 3. Me and my friends also compete in Go-Kart races whenever we can, competing in daytime races and members competitions.