Software Engineer · Game Developer
I build real-time worlds, procedural systems and XR tools, from a ten-octave Gerstner ocean in Unreal Engine to hand tracking in virtual reality.
Bryce Newell, Software Engineer & Game Developer, based in Bristol, UK.
Selected work
A published Android app, procedural worlds, XR hand tracking, defence simulation and game jams. Every project is a short case study.
Latest project · Android app
A map-first, offline-first travel companion for saving and organising places. Designed, built and released solo in Dart and Flutter, with Firebase sync, Street View and Google Play subscriptions.
A solo project, built in my own time. Not formal employment.
01Passion project
In development
A fully procedural, open-world pirate game built in Unreal Engine 5.4. GPU-generated terrain, a ten-octave Gerstner ocean and spline-driven town generation.
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02Professional · XR hand tracking
Dec 2022 – Aug 2024
Unity Software Engineer on Ultraleap's open-source hand-tracking plugin, building Physical Hands, pose detection and MRTK 3, XR Hands and XRI integrations.
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03Professional · Defence, training & embedded
2020 – 2022 · Sep 2024 – Present
Software Engineer at SEA, then and now: defence and training simulation across VR, AR and desktop, and today full-stack secure embedded systems.
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University team projectA 64-player local co-op party game in the spirit of Bomberman. 64 farm animals, tractors, planes and combine harvesters, with phones as controllers.
University game jam · 2nd placePlayed as a horse hauling a cart home through a procedurally generated Wild West. Built in 48 hours and placed second at the UK's largest jam site.
Tool · Graphics programmingA tool for generating and exporting 3D buildings from user input, built from the ground up in C++ with only the basic DirectX 11 framework.
Machine learningA 3D Generative Adversarial Network built with TensorFlow and TensorLayer, trained to generate game-ready voxel car models from a dataset.
Experience
From defence and embedded systems to open-source hand tracking, plus the games I build for the love of it.
Sep 2024 – Present
Systems Engineering & Assessment
Back at SEA, working on full-stack secure embedded systems for defence and training customers.
Dec 2022 – Aug 2024
Ultraleap
Built features and demos for the open-source Ultraleap Unity Plugin for hand tracking.
May 2020 – Dec 2022
Systems Engineering & Assessment
Delivered defence and training simulation software as the primary C# and front-end developer on AR and VR projects.
Outside of work, I build games and tools for the love of it, and a few of my projects started at university. These are personal and academic projects, not employment.
Solo project · Live on Google Play
An Android travel companion for saving and organising places, built solo in Dart and Flutter with a Firebase backend. Offline-first, with Street View, sync and subscriptions.
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Personal project · ongoing
A fully procedural, open-world pirate game I build in my free time in Unreal Engine 5.4: GPU terrain, a ten-octave Gerstner ocean and spline-driven towns.
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University project
A 64-player local co-op party game built by a team of ~30. I built the bomb interaction systems.
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University game jam
Made for Global Game Jam 2019 by a team of five in 48 hours: a procedurally generated Wild West road game that placed second at the UK's largest jam site.
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About
I'm Bryce Newell, a software engineer and game developer who loves building immersive digital experiences and dependable software, from high-performance real-time graphics to hand tracking in virtual reality. Relentless curiosity and a desire to build impactful applications have driven my journey in tech.
With a strong foundation in C++, C#, Python and JavaScript, I thrive in environments that challenge me to learn and adapt. I specialise in real-time graphics, physics simulation and crafting intuitive user interfaces, with experience spanning game development in Unity and Unreal Engine, full-stack web development and backend system design.
Whether I'm optimising a rendering pipeline, designing a complex data structure or bringing a game concept to life, I'm committed to delivering high-quality results.
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Readable, maintainable systems that a whole team can build on.
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Frame budgets, memory and data structures treated as design constraints.
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Close work with designers, artists, hardware teams and customers.
Skills & tech stack
Languages, engines and techniques I reach for most, and what I use each one for.
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The foundations: systems, gameplay and the web.
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Shipping interactive experiences on every screen, and without one.
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From the first window to the last pixel.
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Generative models applied to game assets.
Ways of working
Contact
Whether it's a game, a graphics problem or XR hand tracking, I'd love to hear about it.
Email me