Welcome to drmop.com. Sorry but this is the most recent picture that I could find of myself:

I am Mat Hopwood, web and game / app developer / programmer / coder (however you want to phrase it these days) extraordinaire. I will be blogging about many topics on these here pages including:

• Various programming languages including C#, C++, Java and possibly a few other languages
• General game & web programming tools, technologies and techniques
• ASP.NET & Silverlight – Silverlight is currently at the top of my favourite list of play things
• Various API’s such as Facebook, Twitter, Marmalade (AirPlay) etc.
• Mobile development including iPhone, iPod, iPad, Windows Phone 7 (WP7), Android, Bada, Playbook etc.
• Marketing games and web apps
• Apps that I am working on including Sharetops and MED
• Cooking (Yes I like to take my programming skills into the kitchen )
• Computer games
• Science & Science Fiction
• Other general uncategorised bits and bobs

Some of my most recent projects include:

• IwGame Engine – Free open source game engine for iPhone, iPad, Android, Samsung Bada, Blackberry Playbook (BBX), Symbian, Windows Mobile, WebOS, Mobile Linux, LG-TV, Windows and Mac OS IwGame Engine
• IwGame Ads Engine – Free open source unified ad engine for iPhone, iPad, Android, Samsung Bada, Blackberry Playbook (BBX), Symbian, Windows Mobile, WebOS, Mobile Linux, LG-TV, Windows and Mac OS IwGameAds Engine
• IwGame Ed – Game editor that exports IwGame compatible XOML (in development)
• BattleBallz Chaos – Fast paced multi-player arcade title for iPhone, iPad, Android, Bada, Blackberry Playbook Windows Phone 7 and Web platforms www.battleballz.com
• Murder Detective Hampton Bridge Murder for iOS, Android and Playbook Tournay Software
• Zixxby Android to Marmalade Honey Badger Studios
• Funky Cam 3D – An app that converts 2D live camera stream into 3D for iPhone, iPad, Android and Bada platforms www.funkycam3d.co.uk
• Sharetops is an extensible socially aware virtual web desktop system that allows users to organise and share web content in real time www.sharetops.com
• MED – Game and web application WYSIWYG editor that allows production / organisation of content and deployment to a web server (Paused development)

I am currently the Technical Director of Pocketeers Limited (established in 2002) a UK based game and application development outsourcing company. Our company develops games and apps for a myriad of smart phones and tablets such as the iPhone, iPad, Andriod, Blackberry Playbook, Samsung Bada, Windows Phone 7. We also create web applications using ASP.NET and Silverlight – http://www.pocketeers.co.uk. If you have a project in mind then get in touch

I’m always open to building new connections:

• Pocketeers
• Twitter
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Google+