Richard Nicholson
Senior Software Developer at ARCH
Gateshead, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Nicholson is a Senior Software Developer with 12 years of experience building web and game software, currently leading development at ARCH. He blends strong backend skills (PHP, MySQL, Linux) from eCommerce projects with front-end and full-stack experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Prestashop. A lifelong tinkerer who once literally built a computer in a shoebox, he also brings deep game-development chops—C# in Unity, Java for Minecraft mods, and some OpenGL/LWJGL work—applied to AI-driven gameplay systems. His background spans small studio entrepreneurship and production-facing roles, giving him practical expertise in shipping products and maintaining servers. Comfortable across IDEs and stacks, he’s equally at home optimizing databases as prototyping game mechanics.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Games Design and Production, 2:1, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Games Design and Production, 2:1 at Northumbria UniversityICT, Media Studies, English Language, Distinction in ICT, ICT, Media Studies, English Language, Distinction in ICT at Lord Lawson of Beamish Sixth FormLord Lawson of Beamish School
English, Spanish
Github Skills (55)
minecraft10
forge10
java10
gitlab10
fabric10
ecommerce9
php9
boilerplate9
adobe8
react8
eslint8
webpack8
magento8
sdl8
foundation7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Lycanite/UberDespatch
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:10 commits, 67 pushes, 5 branches in 11 months
Lycanite/LycanitesMobs
Feb 2014 - Jun 2018
This project has moved to GitLab: https://gitlab.com/Lycanite/LycanitesMobs A mod for the Java based game Minecraft which adds new entities and features to the game.
Contributions:801 commits, 33 PRs, 481 pushes in 4 years 4 months
minecraftfabricmodgitlabjava
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