I'm Sam - A Senior Game & Software Developer, living in Norway.

DragonBox - A Kahoot! Company

Senior Game Developer @ Kahoot!

2022 - Present, Oslo / Developing juicy learning games for the classroom on the Kahoot! Game Factory Team.

Lead Game Developer @ Future We Want

2021 - 2022, UK Remote / Lead game developer building the team and MVP on a climate change themed game funded by Innovate UK.

People hire me as a senior game/software designer and developer with nearly 20 years of experience making web games and interactive content.

I ran my own digital agency for 10 years and understand end-to-end process of designing and developing successful games and digital content from scratch, and bridging the gap between design and development teams.

I've won awards from the likes of Awwwards and eConsultancy, and have been fortunate enough to deliver national campaign level projects for some of the biggest names in the UK.

I'm currently working as a senior software developer at Kahoot!, developing high quality learning video games on the Dragonbox, Math Games and Game Factory teams.

I'm experienced with...

Design & Creative

  • Game Design
  • E-Learning / Gamification
  • Story and learning script writing
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Illustration (2D)
  • Animation (Spine, Rigging, AE)
  • UX Design

Development

  • Unity / C#
  • Game systems and programming patterns
  • WebGL (Three.js, PixiJS, Phaser)
  • JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Redux
  • Git, CI, Vite, Jenkins
  • Automated testing (unit tests, playwright, cypress)

Management

  • Team leader
  • Project management
  • New business and pitching
  • Presentations
  • Business management

Indie Game Developer

Red Alder Island is a game I'm developing solo.
A cosy incremental ice cream boat adventure set in the salty northern seas. The game is being built in Unity, with hand crafted illustration and animation.

Red Alder Island by Sam Vestby-Clarke.

From London to Norway.

In 2011 I founded the agency Toasted Digital in London, producing digital content and games for people in education and charity.

I now live in Norway working as a full time senior game/software developer.

All images © 2022 Sam Vestby-Clarke

Bridge Brockley Station Bridge Artwork - London - Photography by Sam Vestby-Clarke. Vestfold - Norway - Photography by Sam Vestby-Clarke