Alan Son

Hi, I’m Alan 👋 SEGA UK Champion (1993) turned Fun-gineer and DevOps Engineer.

Started on a ZX Spectrum (’84), lived through the Mega Drive glory days, and got my first used PC a Goldstar 286, which promptly died trying to run Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. That crash forced my first upgrade and kicked off a lifetime of tinkering.

By day I’m deep in clouds, pipelines, and automation. By night I’m pushing pixels, building blocks, and designing games.

What I bring:

• DevOps & Engineering – builds, pipelines, cloud, automation

• Game Logic & Design – making sure code runs, builds don’t break, and projects actually ship

• 20+ years in tech – reliability, problem-solving, and shipping things that work

What I’m looking for:

• Professional artists / animators 🎨

• Sound designers / musicians 🎵

• Local collaborators (Essex/UK) who want to create together

Favourite games: Thief, Sonic, School Daze, Syndicate Wars, Theme Hospital, Strider, NOLF, Half-Life, Duke Nukem 3D, SimCity, The Sims, Warcraft II.

For me, gaming peaked in the 80s/90s, the 2000s kind of ruined it, though standouts like Half-Life 2, Deus Ex, GTA III, and Portal kept the spark alive.

Now I’m on a mission to make game design in Essex a thing, bringing people together, building cool projects, and keeping the indie spirit alive.

🙏 Please also support Game Anglia, they’re doing amazing work for the local games community.