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Christopher Knowles is listed as Founder at Sidequest Ninja, based in Greater Cambridge Area, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Christopher Knowles.
Christopher Knowles previously worked as End Point Assessor at Innovate Awarding and Senior Game Engine Developer - RuneScape Platform at Jagex. Christopher Knowles holds Master Of Engineering - Meng, Engineering - Control Theory, Pass from University Of Cambridge.
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I'm an indie game developer, covering the full spectrum of design and software development - mechanics, clients, servers, profiles, persistence, reliability, performance. Starting at Jagex in 2007 I have over a decade of games experience, and I started the adventure of working as an indie gamedev as Sidequest Ninja in 2019, which became my full-time role in May 2021.
Listed skills include Java, C#, Server Architecture, Game Development, and 2 others.
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Hexahedra released May 2024! An open-ended programming puzzle game. Design and program factories to produce cubes, the galaxy's most important commodity, and help a tiny octopus with a nightmare family visit. https://s.team/a/1248420
Senior Game Engine Developer - Runescape Platform
- Working in the team responsible for the game engine, servers, and support services for both RuneScape 3 and Old School RuneScape.- Primarily involved in bringing OSRS to mobile, both Android and iOS.- Rewriting large parts of OSRS to support both desktop and mobile.- OSRS Mobile FCL on 30th October 2018. 1M+ installs on each store in the first week.
Nov 2016 - May 2021
Senior Game Engine Developer - Chronicle: Runescape Legends
- Tasked with designing and building a completely new tech stack (supported by another developer after a few months) for a greenlit prototype.- Architecture designed in collaboration with our Ops team to make best use of the live datacentre setup.- Built in C# with a Unity client, running under Mono on the live Linux infrastructure.- Highly parallelized asynchronous server architecture, with each server instance running hundreds of games simultaneously.- Involved in live operations, including being on-call for out-of-hours support.- Provided code design support to other team members.
Jun 2014 - Nov 2016
Game Engine Developer - Unreleased Prototype
Part of a small team working in Unity and C# to produce a prototype for a new IP. Produced the bulk of the work on the game server and networking to allow several players to interact in a test environment.
Jan 2014 - Jun 2014
Game Engine Developer - Runescape Engine
- A year as part of a small team implementing an HTML5 RS3 game client in JavaScript and WebGL, working on a wide range of client features - asset loading, gameplay features, UI, animation systems, camera control, code obfuscation, basic shader work.- Also time spent working in the main RS3 engine team, in Java. For part of that time, embedded into a content team working directly with engine users and providing a quick turnaround on requests.
May 2012 - Jan 2014
Game Developer - 8Realms
- Began as an investigative project to build a Travian-style game in a proprietary, Java-based language developed at Jagex, with an HTML/JavaScript frontend.- Designed and implemented the server architecture to support the supplied game design, as well as implementing gameplay.- Bringing incoming team members up to speed on code structure and the language, and providing code design support and feedback.- Post-launch, performing live operations and on-call support.
Dec 2009 - May 2012
Game Developer - Funorb
- Working in Java to produce games served as Java applets within the browser.- Carried out a redesign and update of strategy game Shattered Plans.
Jun 2009 - Dec 2009
Web Systems Developer
Working in Java to produce systems that support Jagex's games business, such as billing systems, information services for players, and staff-side systems needed for Customer Support or internal reporting, all with webpage-driven interfaces.
Sep 2007 - Jun 2009
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Christopher Knowles education
Master Of Engineering - Meng, Engineering - Control Theory, Pass
Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Engineering - Control Theory, 1St
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Christopher Knowles works for Sidequest Ninja.
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Christopher Knowles is listed as Founder at Sidequest Ninja.
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Christopher Knowles is based in Greater Cambridge Area, United Kingdom while working with Sidequest Ninja.
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Christopher Knowles has worked for Sidequest Ninja, Innovate Awarding, and Jagex.
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Christopher Knowles holds Master Of Engineering - Meng, Engineering - Control Theory, Pass from University Of Cambridge.
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Christopher Knowles is listed with skills including Java, C#, Server Architecture, Game Development, Online Gaming, and Pc Games.
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