Rick Chow · Software Engineer & Game Developer
Building games, simulation systems and AI-assisted tools on a 15+ year software engineering foundation.
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About me
I’m a software engineer and game developer based in Liverpool, UK, with 15+ years of commercial engineering experience.
I began my career programming educational games in C++ and DirectX before moving into web, enterprise, fintech and government systems. Today I’m bringing those paths back together — building gameplay systems, simulation projects and AI-assisted production workflows in Unity.
I’m particularly interested in roles where strong software engineering meets interactive systems, tools or games.
2007
C++ / DirectX educational games
2008–2026
Web · enterprise · fintech · government · IoT
Now
Unity · gameplay · simulation · AI-assisted production
Featured work
All game projects
A supernatural horror action-adventure inspired by Hong Kong folklore, abandoned rural villages and urban legends.
Selected software engineering
Production systems for marketplaces, finance and public services — and the games where it started.
Laravel · Vue · TypeScript · PHPUnit · Vitest
Messaging, the Resolution Centre, regression coverage and Core Web Vitals in a large production codebase.
2016–23C# · .NET · Java · REST · document automation
Identity, document-capture and IoT systems for the HKSAR Immigration Department, HK Customs, CCBI, Towngas and Watsons.
2010–12 · 2023–24PHP · Vue · Swift · WebSockets
A loan-management backend, a real-time trading platform and a mobile trading app on live market data.
2007–09C++ · DirectX · OpenGL · Lua
Commercial maths titles for Hong Kong primary schools — where the career started.
My approach
I use game-system thinking, visual feedback and interactive 3D to make complex operations easier to understand. The result is practical software that communicates through action, progress and exploration.
01 · Clarity
Turn workflows, data and system states into experiences people can understand at a glance.
02 · Interaction
Use clear goals, responsive feedback and game design principles to make every action feel purposeful.
03 · Delivery
Take ideas from prototype to production across web platforms, Unity and real-time Three.js experiences.
Why I keep building
I started experimenting with game development in 2003, while I was still at secondary school. More than twenty years later, I am still building because the possibilities have never stopped feeling valuable.
I believe game design can move beyond entertainment. Software can invite curiosity, complex operations can become understandable systems, and people can express their stories through interactive worlds.
Used thoughtfully, AI can shorten the distance between imagination and a working prototype. My aim is to combine engineering discipline, game-system thinking and AI-assisted creation so more ideas can become experiences that others can explore.
Keep learning. Keep building. Keep ideas playable.
Working set
Game development
AI-assisted production
Software engineering
3D and visual
Ways of working
Latest writing
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Have a game, interactive project, engineering role or unusual prototype in mind? Send me a short note and I’ll get back to you.
rickchow.uk@gmail.com
