Ben Follington

I'm a UI Engineer, designer and independent game developer living in Brisbane, Australia.

I make powerful, intuitive and joyful software using the tools I love.

You'll find me working at the intersection of art, technology, psychology, philosophy and human connection.

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> Education

2002 - 2010
Brisbane Boys' College
HCE, OP 1
2011 - 2015
University of Queensland
BEng (Software), 1st Class Honours, 6.75 Weighted GPA

> Experience

2018 - Present
Connect Develop
Technical Lead
2016 - Present
TwoPM Studios
Technical Founder
2017 - 2018
Concept Safety Systems
Front-end Software Engineer & UX Design
2015 - 2017
Concept Safety Systems
Full-Stack Web Developer, Research & Development Officer
2007 - 2016
Voltic Games
Technical Founder
2013 - 2014
Crowdsites, Workingmouse
Full-Stack Web Developer
2010 - 2011
CET Resources
Web Design & Development In House
2008 - 2010
Freelance
Web Design & Development (for family and friends)

> Technologies

Javascript
Typescript, fp-ts, React, Next.js, node, Redux, Zustand, rxjs, snowpack, parcel, webpack
Frontend
stitches, emotion, Chakra UI, PostCSS, SCSS, cypress, PWAs, three.js, canvas, svg, webgl
Clojure
Clojure, ClojureScript, re-frame, reagent, malli, reitit, aleph, manifold, datalog
Functional Programming
Clojure, F#, Elm, Haskell, rescript, Event Sourcing, CQRS
.NET
C#, F#, ASP.NET core, Unity3d
Misc.
Java, Python, C, AS3, Lua, Swift, Kotlin
Curious About
Rust, Go, Racket, Unison

> Projects

2021 - Present
fundamental.sh
React, Next.js, stitches, MDX, three.js, webgl
2021 - Present
Generative Art (NFTs)
React, p5js, clojure, three.js, webgl, glsl, Ethereum, Tezos
2019 - Present
The Song of The Fae
C#, F#, Unity3d
2021
use-control
React, rxjs, npm
2021
furo
React, rxjs, npm
2021
FROGUE (7DRL)
ClojureScript, Pixi.js
2021
restack
React, emotion, npm
2020
slashcommand
Clojure, Unity3d, Heroku
2019
use-stream
React, rxjs, npm
2019
unity-tooltip-system
Unity3d, C#
2018 - 2020
Soundtrack to My Life
Ruby, Rails, Heroku, Spotify API
2013 - 2018
The Thin Silence
AS3, Adobe AIR, Flashpunk
2015
It's Hard To Be A Cube
AS3, Adobe AIR, Flashpunk
2014 - 2015
doublejump.io
Ruby, Padrino, MongoDB, Digital Ocean
2014
Trello-Cards-Unity
Trello API, C#, Unity3d
2014
pck.io
SmartOS, nginx, Ruby, MongoDB, Redis
2013
Unchain My Heart
iOS, MMF2
2013
Nightmerica
iOS, MMF2
2012
RunRunDie!
iOS, MMF2
2008
EverEternal WinterWorld 2
PC, MMF2
2007
EverEternal WinterWorld
PC, MMF2

> Skills

UI Engineering
Web Front-end Architecture
UI & UX Design
Interaction Design and Development
Systems Architecture
Pixel Art & Animation
API Design
Functional Programming

> Tools

AWS, Heroku, Netlify
Vercel, Azure, Github Pages
Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma
Miro, Sketch, Invision, Framer X
Version Control (Git)
Github, Linear, Jira, Height, Notion
MySQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, Datomic
vim... and a little emacs

:wq!_