Sophia Clarke

About me

Physics student turned game developer. My passions include creating personal experiences in games, and encouraging others to do the same.

I work for modl.ai as a Senior Software Engineer. Previously, I was at Unity Technologies.

Outside of work, I make short games, organise events for girls to learn game development, and mentor at Coder Dojo.

In 2018, I was honoured to be featured on the GamesIndustry.biz 100. I also had a game featured at AMaze Berlin as part of the Out Of The Frame game jam.

Work

My first games industry job was working as a QA Tester on APB Reloaded, the 3rd person shooter MMO. Working at a small studio allowed me to explore a number of disciplines before getting promoted to Software Engineer. I eventually took up a technical support role at Unity, where I realised my love of troubleshooting and helping others create the best projects they can. Now in the Release QA team, I ensure that Unity users get the best possible product.

Contact me for more details or see my LinkedIn profile for my career history.

Games

• APB Reloaded (PC, XB1, PS4)
• Fox Forest
• Witchy Clicker
• See more on my itch.io page

Software and open-source projects I’ve contributed to

• Variant Window for Unity’s Improved Prefab Workflow
• Foresight
• Playground Project
• Noobot
• Unified Test Framework
• TestRail Scraper
• See more on my GitHub

Articles

• Testing Test-Driven Development with the Unity Test Runner
• How I Taught Myself To Code
• Accessing Shader Graph Properties via Code
• What Is Dynamic Batching…?
• Using LINQ To Count How Many Times An Object Appears In A List
• Other misc blogs
• The Sun: A Closer Look

Talks and panels

• Advantages of 2D Tilemaps for Mobile Development, Unite LA, October 2018
• Advantages of 2D Tilemaps for Mobile Development, Brighton Unity User Group, August 2018
• Streamlining Game Development with Unity Teams, Unite Europe, June 2017
• How I Taught Myself To Code, Brighton Digital Festival, September 2017
• The YGD finalists visit Unity, July 2017