About Me

BAFTA award winning games developer and mentor. Over eight years experience in the video games industry of development, training and commercial production. Applied experience of production of video games for mobile and console. Ability to plan and organise multiple teams to achieve project deadlines. A results driven, sociable and personable character with a passion for achieving the best in himself.

I love all things creative, whether its Video Games, Music, Film and so much more.

I also have a passion for teaching and training people to reach their dreams.

You can view some of my roles below.

RIZING GAMES

Founder, Producer & Project Manager

UK's First Educational Based Games Studio

I founded Rizing Games in 2011 while Course Leader of the Games Development course at Cambridge Regional College.

Rizing Games teaches FE students to design and release games on iOS, Android and PS4.

I set up industry support from ARM, Unity and PlayStation. In addition I went on to take Rizing Games to exhibit at E3 Los Angeles in 2014 to 2016.

UNITY MASTER TRAINER

Commercial Training For EMEA

From January 2018 to January 2019 I was the Master Trainer for Unity covering Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Designing and delivering training on the Unity Engine for verticals such as AEC, Gaming, Automotive and Gambling.

Games Course Leader

FE College Games Development

20+ years working in FE Education.

I began teaching back in 2001 and has always been a passion of mine to teach the future generation of industry.

Starting as Audio Technician, moving to Audio Design and Composition and finally approached to teach Games Development leading to Course Leader.

Fully qualified, Grade 1 on inspection, and pushing the education system to provide industry applied "Real World" learning.

MICHAEL WARBURTON