Track Record
Built From the Ground Up
A career defined by building things that matter — studios, teams, products, and legacies — across three decades.
2021 — Present
Founder & Managing Director
Dino Sloth
Founded and leading an independent game development studio, combining creative vision with 30 years of technical and commercial expertise. Building from the ground up — the way I like it.
Unreal Engine 5
C++
Studio Leadership
Technical Architecture
Business Dev
● Currently Active
2015 — 2021
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Coconut Lizard
Co-founded and built a leading game development services studio from the ground up, growing the team and client base to the point of a successful exit — acquired by Keywords Studios, one of the industry's foremost work-for-hire consolidators. Managed the full sale process from initial approach through to valuation, legal due diligence, and post-acquisition transition.
Unreal Engine 4
C++
Studio Management
Business Dev
Client Contracts
M&A
Team Building
★ Acquired by Keywords Studios
2010 — 2015
Founder / General Manager
Pitbull Studio / Epic Games UK
Founded Pitbull Studio in 2010, building it into a successful work-for-hire studio with major publisher contracts. In 2014, the studio was acquired by Epic Games — becoming Epic Games UK — and Robert stayed on as General Manager. His focus was building and leading a technically outstanding team whose contributions proved pivotal to the creation of Unreal Engine 4. Members of the team also went on to contribute to Fortnite, Infinity Blade, and other Epic titles. A unique vantage point: operating inside one of the world's most powerful game companies while retaining the instincts of someone who had built and run a studio from scratch.
Unreal Engine 4
C++
Studio Leadership
Team Building
Business Dev
M&A
★ Acquired by Epic Games → became Epic Games UK
2009 — 2010
Senior Rendering Programmer
CCP Games
Joined the creators of EVE Online to work on Dust 514, an ambitious console shooter built on Unreal Engine 3. Focused on rendering performance and optimisation on PS3, deepening expertise in cutting-edge graphics pipelines at a studio operating at planetary scale.
Unreal Engine 3
C++
HLSL
Rendering
PS3 Optimisation
Graphics Programming
2005 — 2009
Lead Optimisation Programmer
Midway Games (formerly Pitbull Syndicate)
Following the acquisition of Pitbull Syndicate by Midway Studios — which became Midway Studios UK — continued as a lead programmer on Wheelman, an open-world action title built on Unreal Engine 3 and starring Vin Diesel. Responsible for engine-level performance optimisation across PS3 and Xbox 360, working at the frontier of what those platforms could do.
Unreal Engine 3
C++
Performance Optimisation
PS3
Xbox 360
Low-level Systems
1996 — 2005
Co-Founder & Lead Xbox/PC Programmer
Pitbull Syndicate Limited
One of the original team members of Pitbull Syndicate, helping found the studio and grow it into a multi-title racing and action developer. Led Xbox and PC programming across a series of major titles including the Test Drive Series, Demolition Racer, and LA Rush. The studio was acquired by Midway Studios in 2005, forming Midway Studios UK.
C++
Xbox
PC
DirectX
Physics Programming
Studio Co-founding
★ Acquired by Midway Studios → Midway Studios UK
1995 — 1996
Engine Programmer
Scavenger Inc. (Liverpool)
One of the original team members of Scavenger's UK operation in Liverpool, working on a ground-up 3D graphics engine at a time when real-time 3D on consumer hardware was still a frontier. An early and formative experience in low-level graphics programming.
C++
3D Engine Dev
Graphics Programming
Assembly
1994 — 1995
Programmer
Reflections Interactive
Part of the small, tightly-knit team that created Destruction Derby — one of the most technically ambitious racing games of its era and a landmark PlayStation launch title. An early crash course in shipping a high-profile commercial game under real pressure.
C++
Assembly
PS1
PC
Bespoke Graphics Engine
Console Dev
