ACHIEVEMENTS
GradEX award winning!
Rookies Game of the Year Finalist
1st Place GradEX 2025 Winner: Games Animation & Technical Art
🏆 The Rookies Finalist – Rookie Game of the Year (Freeflow Arena)
Recognized as a finalist for Freeflow Arena, showcasing my ability to design and animate responsive combat mechanics with fluid camera transitions and technical animation workflows.
🥇 1st Place GradEX 2025 – Games Animation & Technical Art (Freeflow Arena)
Awarded first place for my work as Combat System Designer & Animator on Freeflow Arena, where I built a dynamic freeflow combat system with over 60 bespoke animations, cinematic finishers, and reactive blueprints in Unreal Engine 5.
Global Game Jam: GDC Best Game
🌊 Global Game Jam 2025 – GDS Best Game (Nautical Nonsense)
Won Best Game for Nautical Nonsense, a fast-paced underwater FPS created in 48 hours with a team of 8. I rigged and animated all characters entirely in Unreal Engine 5, experimenting with inventive techniques to enhance the chaotic, bubble-themed gameplay.
Tranzfuser Competition Winners
💡 Tranzfuser 2025 Capital Funding Winner – Mothlight Studio (Show Runners)
Co-pitched and secured £7,500 in capital funding from UK Games Fund for Show Runners, a skating-based rogue-lite prototype. As Lead 3D Animator, I established the animation pipeline from Maya to Unity and refined gameplay feel using playtest feedback from GamesWorld and Develop:Brighton.