The former chief technology officer is now working for himself and will launch his latest game,  Formula Legend, on Saturday at Australia’s largest games exhibition, EB Games Expo.

Mr Harper’s company is called Beer Mogul Games.

The business name is based on the name of the first game he ever developed in the late 1990s called Beer Mogul.

His next mission is to release a version for different platforms.

‘‘It was a simulation game people played on their web browser,’’ he said.

‘‘It was a viral hit and took off but in those days, it was really hard to make that sort of thing pay. What we do now is free-to-play games for mobile devices. So far, we have one game out there called BeerTrucker. But we have just finished our new game called Formula Legend.

‘‘It is a racing team management game for formula one. You control your team and you control the strategy during races. This is unique in that it is not a driving game. It is a simulation game.’’ Formula Legend is being launched on both iOS and Android on Saturday, which means anyone, anywhere in the world,  can play it.

‘‘With Formula Legend, if people want to accelerate their progress, they can pay to do that,’’ Mr Harper said. 

Mike Gardiner,  from Lime Rocket, is another Wollongong exhibitor at EB Games Expo.

He is unveiling a variation of Lime Rocket’s Buzzy Republic game, the first one designed to run in pubs and clubs.

In recent weeks, it has been successfully trialled at The Brewery and it will be launched on October 22.

‘‘It is all based on the same technology,’’ Mr Gardiner said.

‘‘What we have been doing for the last 18 months is looking for games that make sense for our technology. 

‘‘For whatever reason, this is the right time for pubs and clubs and we seem to have found the right content.

‘‘It is still Buzzy ... but the game we are unveiling is called the Epic Game Show. The idea is to have all your favourite game shows wrapped into one experience that can be played at the pub using your phone as your game controller.’’

Mr Gardiner was happy to be exhibiting at EB Expo again.

‘‘It is exciting that Wollongong has two game developers going up in front of 30,000 people again two years running,’’ he  said.

‘‘Last year, it was us [Lime Rocket] and Convict Interactive.’’

Mr Gardiner said Wollongong had two of the 12 Australian independent game developers invited to showcase their products at Australia’s biggest games event.

‘‘That is pretty good because we beat a lot of teams from Melbourne and Perth who wanted to get in.’’