Dan Donnan

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The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame

2019 - PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC

I created a Quest Editor, written using C# and WinForms, to aid the Design team with the setting up of quests. This was to provide them with a singular entry point for editing quests, instead of having to manually edit multiple files in several different locations.

LEGO The Incredibles

2018 - PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC

As a Senior Game Scripter, I was responsible for all scripted content in the game's Hub world and led a small team to implement, polish and fix things ranging from pedestrians and traffic to missions and ambient events.

I played a key role in prototyping and iterating on the new Crime Wave system, developing generic and template scripts that could then be rolled out across the 100+ events in the Hub.

The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game

2017 - PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC

I joined the project part-way through as a Game Scripter and worked across many levels in the game, either implementing content or refining what had already been setup.

There were many members of the team that had transitioned over from handheld development - in both Script, and the wider development team - and I would often be assisting them with any queries or problems that they had.

LEGO Dimensions - The LEGO Batman Movie Story Pack

2017 - PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U

As a Game Scripter, I was responsible for almost all scripted content in this DLC pack for LEGO Dimensions. In addition to the time I spent implementing content and fixing bugs across all levels and the Hub, I also trained a new member of the Script team.

LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2016 - PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, PC

I worked across many of the game's levels as a Junior Game Scripter, adding in characters to fight as well as setting up boss battles.

LEGO Jurassic World

2015 - PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, PC

In my first project as Junior Game Scripter, I placed characters and wrote their scripted behaviour across levels based around Jurassic Park 3 and Jurassic World.

Bomb Flip

2023 - Switch (Homebrew)

Bomb Flip is a clone of the Voltorb Flip minigame featured in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, but with the addition of different size grids. The objective is to flip all the tiles with values of 2 and 3 while avoiding the bombs.

This was written in C++ using the libnx library, and SDL2.

Bomb Flip is available to download on GitHub and is playable either on a Nintendo Switch emulator for PC or on Switch hardware that is capable of running custom firmware.

Filmsies / Gamesies / Showsies / Songsies

2022 - Web

Four games with the same premise - 5 chances to correctly guess the title of a film / game / show / song. Each incorrect answer reveals a hint. The titles change every 24 hours.
These were all written in JavaScript, with a little bit of HTML and CSS.

All games are playable in a web browser.

Filmsies
Gamesies
Showsies
Songsies

Heart of the Cards

2022 - PC

Heart of the Cards is a card game where skill does not matter. It's all about believing in the Heart of the Cards.

The cards are arranged in the shape of a heart and each turn players each pick one of them up. At the end of the game the card in the middle - the Heart Card - is flipped, revealing the conditions needed to win.

It can be played online with friends through Tabletop Simulator, and more information about the rules and how to play IRL can be found here.

There's Always a Bigger Fish

2022 - PC, Android

In There's Always a Bigger Fish the objective is to eat smaller fish and avoid those that are bigger.

This was written in C# on top of the MonoGame framework.

There's Always a Bigger Fish is available for Windows by downloading through itch.io or on Android through the Play Store.

Source code is also available on GitHub.

Crappy Bird

2022 - PC, Android

Building on the code written for Bird Game (developed in under a week), Crappy Bird is about a bird that loves to steal food and poop on people.

This was written in C# on top of the MonoGame framework.

Crappy Bird is available for Windows by downloading through itch.io or on Android through the Play Store.

Tabletop Adventure Journal

2021 - Chrome, Firefox

Tabletop Adventure Journal is a browser extension to make note taking and sorting during tabletop games (like D&D) easier than trawling through a mammoth document or pages of notes.
This was written primarily in JavaScript, with a little bit of HTML and CSS.

Install through the Chrome Web Store , or Firefox Add Ons.

Source code is also available through GitHub.

Fletch: Dawn of the Golden Eagle

2013 - PC

Developed in Unity as the final year team project at University, I was one of two programmers on Fletch: Dawn of the Golden Eagle. Fletch is a 3D platformer, inspired by the early games in the genre released on PS1 and PS2. While I dived into a lot of the game's functionality, the quest system was one of the core features I was responsible for.

I also wrote a companion app, called Fletchbook, for Android using Java. Unfortunately this is no longer available.

Fletch is available for Windows by downloading through ModDB.

After achieving a First class degree in Computer & Video Games in 2013, I spent 5 years working on over a dozen LEGO titles at TT Games. Between 2013 and 2014, I tested handheld and mobile games before joining the console team at the end of 2014 as a Junior Game Scripter. In 2018, after having been promoted twice to Senior Game Scripter, I left the games industry.

The next 3 and a half years were spent as a Software Developer at Citrus Lime. This included refactoring the codebase to properly modernise and scale their ePOS system, as well as adding in new features from adding tables to a database right through to displaying that data on the front-end.

I spent the majority of 2022 working on my own projects, some of which can be found under the Personal and Source Code headers at the top of this page.

Since 2023, I've worked as a Software Engineer at a FTSE 100 company.

Skills

I am proficient in C#, JavaScript and Typescript, and have experience with C++ and Java.

As well as using proprietary technology, I have created finished games using Unity, MonoGame and Game Maker. I also have some experience in Unreal 5.

While I am not an artist, I am comfortable with Photoshop and am capable of modelling and rigging with Blender.