Tom Shinton
Lead Engineer at Flix Interactive
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Shinton is a Lead Engineer and gameplay programmer with 11 years' experience specialising in Unreal Engine, currently leading engineering at Flix Interactive while working as a third-party developer for Microsoft. He began his career applying VR to product innovation and advertising—helping launch British Gas Hive with the Oculus DK2—and later brought brands to life as a 3D Generalist and Technical Artist for clients like Muller, Warburtons and Nestlé. Based in Birmingham and grounded in a Computer Games Design degree from Staffordshire University, Tom blends artistic sensibility with systems-level gameplay engineering to create immersive, interactive experiences. Notably, his background spans VR prototyping through to AAA gameplay systems, giving him a rare cross-discipline perspective that speeds iteration and production.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Games Design with Enterprise, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Games Design with Enterprise at Staffordshire University
English
Github Skills (1)
unreal6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
tomshinton/ObjectMessaging
Nov 2020 - Feb 2024
Object messaging system for Unreal Engine
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
tomshinton/UPT
Jul 2020 - Apr 2023
Multipurpose Unreal Project tool
Contributions:1 review, 5 PRs, 40 pushes in 2 years 8 months
unreal-enginemultipurposeue4unreal
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