I'm currently an undergraduate at the University of Manchester, reading MPhys Physics.
Alumnus of Northgate Sixth Form College, attaining grades A in Chemistry and Maths and B in Physics at A Level.
I've been determined to make my own computer games my whole life; My Dad played Myst when I was just 4 years old. It fascinated me and I was captivated.
He bought a license of Blitz Basic when I was 8, we wrote an arkanoid clone from scratch, my first experience of programming. Throughout my early school life I wrote more small games in Blitz, I learnt to use Photoshop soon after.
High school introduced me to Flash. Instantly hooked, I spent every lunch break in the computer clusters animating. I moved back to programming at the end of High school, using Actionscript.
In 2007 I bought Half Life 2, which introduced me to the Source SDK. I've been enthusiastically developing solo projects and team projects with source ever since.
These are the programs I use day to day.
Photoshop - 10 Years
Valve Hammer Editor - 3.5 Years
3DS Max - 0.5 Years
Crazybump - 2 Years
Windows OS (95/98/XP/Vista/7) - 12 Years
Flash - 3 Years
The following programs I have only just picked and am continuing to learn more.
ZBrush
Dreamweaver