Gary Preston
- Occupation: Freelance Programmer
- Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
I started commercial software development in 1997 for a local software company developing information systems whilst studying Software Engineering at Bradford University.
I graduated in 2000 with a Masters Degree with distinction and continued to work for the same software company before finally setting up as a freelance programmer when the company closed its programming department and moved into hardware sales. Since then I’ve worked on and led the development of a variety of projects from financial and chemical mixing systems to window design, costing and ordering software as well as several web sites.
Programming has also been an enjoyable hobby for me ever since my first Acorn Electron, with my interest in game programming piqued after reading a series of tutorials by Bullfrog published in the Amiga Format magazine. Although I’d often considered applying for a game programming position rather than another information system contract, the money and stability of my work at the time always stopped me.
During the early months of 2005 I moved from IS development into the game industry. Since then I’ve developing games and enjoying every minute of it. The work may be more challenging, but it’s also a whole lot more interesting.
