James Edwards

Welcome to my Portfolio

I’m James Edwards, a recent Edge Hill University graduate with a first class degree in Computing (Games Programming). I'm a passionate game developer that enjoying working on the technical programming side of development.

I'm currently looking to make the next step forward in my career by entering into the game industry as a games programmer/developer. If you have any opportunities, I'd love to hear from you.

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My Current Project

Aced

Multiplayer Team FPS themed around playing card games, made in Unreal Engine

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Class's

Aced features three unique classes named after the face cards from a deck of playing cards. These classes are: King, a slow moving powerful tank class, Queen, a versatile support class and Jack, a fast and deadly DPS class. Learn more about each class in the section below.

King
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Queen
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Jack
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Past Projects

Procedural Skier

3rd person skiing game made in Unreal Engine 5, that makes use of procedural terrain generation. Developed for my final year dissertation

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Prototype Runner

Fast-paced single player FPS game made in Unity

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Education

Edge Hill University

Bsc (Hons) Computing (Games Programming)

Grade: First Class

In July 2025 I graduated from Edge Hill University with a first class honors degree in Computing (Games Programming). During my time at University I developed strong technical skills in Unreal Engine, C++, Unity, C# and Python.

During my degree I completed my final year project titled 'The Development of a Video Game using Procedural Terrain Generation' achieving a mark of 76%. This project was developed using Unreal Engine and C++, For more information on this project click here.

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Certifications

Microsoft

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certificate

Azure Fundamentals

IN4 Group

Skills City Unreal Developer Bootcamp Outstanding Certificate

Outstanding Unreal Developer Bootcamp Graduate