Ben Beckford, developer of internet flavoured things

Hello.

My name is Ben Beckford, I'm a programmer/developer of mainly web flavoured things, from London.

I do have a blog but I mostly just Tweet, I use Google+ too.
I'll have a proper site here again one day, but for now I'm a bit busy with those things down there...

The Crime Prevention Website

A major site I've been working on with my Dad, Calvin Beckford (top crime prevention expert).
It will be the biggest source of crime prevention advice on the internets, and I cannot wait to launch it.

Resolution Test

A Chrome Extension I made which now has over 55,000 users (as of 02/12/2011) and also got a mention on the official Google Blog.
It's for testing your websites/apps at different screen resolutions.

Secret Santa Setup

A web app for setting up Secret Santa's with Facebook integration.
It has a feature to group couples/certain friends together that you don't want to 'get' eachother, and a very computer sciency genetic algorithm underneath it to try and make that happen.

More About Me

I'm experienced with Javascript, CSS, HTML, jQuery, PHP, mySQL, Flash AS3, iOS Development, C# and C++. I have a BSc Hons in Computer Games Programming from the University of Westminster. I used to be in this band. I'd rather have a bowl of coco pops.

Older Stuff

Here are some games I made at Uni:

shootr

This is the game I created for my thesis.
It was built from the ground up in C#/XNA and includes a bone animation system, a particle effects system, ray-traced bullets and bullet time. I only finished survival mode but I hope some day in the future I'll add more to it. You can download it for windows here or watch the development videos here.

Synthesis

This is a game I made with Chris Pritchard and James Wayland.
It was built in C#/XNA for a project to create an educational game. It's aim was to teach GCSE students about photosynthesis and it provides a quiz at the end to test students. It can be played with mouse/keboard or an Xbox 360 controller. You can download it for windows here.

Indiana James

This is a game I made with Chris Pritchard and James Wayland.
It's an attempt at a retro lucasarts style adventure game like Monkey Island or Day of the Tentacle, based around us and our university. You can download it for windows here - I've removed the intro video from it as it pushed the file size through the roof but you can still watch the intro here.