David Colson
Lead Programmer at Climax Studios
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDavid Colson is a Lead Programmer with 11 years of experience specializing in vehicle and gameplay systems for AAA games, currently leading an unannounced project at Climax Studios. A self-taught developer with a BSc in Physics and a long-standing interest in maths and graphics, he has guided vehicle dynamics, networks, AI autopilots and related systems as product owner at Cloud Imperium Games. He combines hands-on engineering, team leadership and production stewardship—mentoring engineers, shaping feature pipelines and improving processes across multidisciplinary teams. Previously he founded a studio that shipped a Steam title and taught programming and simulation, reflecting both entrepreneurial drive and a taste for education. Notably, his background in theoretical physics informs a practical, simulation-first approach to complex gameplay problems.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Physics with Theoretical Physics, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Physics with Theoretical Physics at University of Galway
English
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Github Skills (42)
reflection10
unreal-engine-410
unreal10
ps10
serialization9
inky9
engine9
entity-component-system9
introspection9
cpp9
game-development8
cmake8
imgui8
game-dev8
game-engine7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
DavidColson/DavidColson
Jul 2020 - Oct 2024
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
DavidColson/davidcolson.github.io
Feb 2020 - Aug 2025
Personal Website
Contributions:10 PRs, 35 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 7 months
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