Pirate's Quest
In this project, I worked with 3 other teammates with the goal of creating a casual rogue-lite
game in Unity. In the game, you play the role of an up-and-coming pirate captain trying to gain
fame, notoriety, and untold treasures by defeating waves of progressively more difficult
enemies. Whenever you defeat an enemy, you are rewarded with gold that you can use at the shop
to buy better weapons, more crew members, and special treasures that give unique abilities. If
you happen to lose a run, you will be rewarded with “legacy” points, which can be used to buy
permanent upgrades at the end of a run that will affect all future runs. My main role on the
team was that of a developer, but I also had a hand in some of the UI elements. The game
features turn-based combat, procedurally generated maps/levels, and a weapon/crew/upgrade
system. My largest contribution to the project can be seen in the upgrade system and shop.
This project is still in development.
Play our most recent build
here
Dungeons, Danger, Glory
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Dungeons, Danger, Glory
In this project, I use PixiJS to create a dungeon crawler within JavaScript. I also utilized
Howler.js for audio. The goal of the game is to navigate a maze-like dungeon, collecting gems
and avoiding monsters along the way, all while trying to get as far as possible. This is a
project I completed by myself, and so my role was one of both design and development. One of my
biggest challenges with this project was in building the dungeon's maze-like pattern in a way
such that all rooms connected. Another challenge would definitely be getting the textures to
line up in a logical way. There's still some work that needs to be done with the textures, and
so this project is a work in progress.
See it here
ChangelingVR
In this project, I worked as part of the development team for the first few levels of
ChangelingVR, a VR first-person interactive mystery in which fantasy creatures coexist with
humans. You play a dream-walking detective named Aurelia who has the ability to see the thoughts
and memories of anyone she touches. My role on this project was primarily that of a gameplay
developer and level designer. Specifically, I helped to identify and build modular branches of
discrete gameplay interactions, as well as helped to design or redesign areas of each level to
improve flow. All work for this project was done using Unreal Engine 4 and Blueprints. Since I
had no prior experience with either of these technologies, one of the most challenging aspects
of this project was learning to use them for the first time while also in a professional
environment.
Official Website
Itch.io
We Need Space
In this project, I worked with three other teammates to create a game in Unity. The goal of the
game is to survive as long as possible while defending Earth from waves of hostile alien ships.
Each wave varies in size and contains a mix of three different enemy types, each with its own
unique behavior. As part of a team, my role was primarily that of a general programmer, but I
also had a hand in designing some of the game's assets in Blender, including the powerups and
the mothership model. Specifically, I worked on enemy behavior, the game's powerup system, as
well as environmental details such as the game's asteroids. One challenging aspect towards the
beginning of this project was the process of working together as a team. As time went on, we
improved our teamwork and learned effective communication techniques like task management via
GitHub to ensure everyone was always on track.
View our design document
here
Tempo Attack
For this project, I was tasked with creating a compelling interactive media experience that
allows the user to explore a media-related theme in a sort of "interactive sandbox," where the
user can experiment, create, and destroy with relative freedom. To accomplish this, I chose to
create a game where the player can place sound effects on a grid to be played on a steady beat.
Each of these sound effects represents a different bullet type that will fire when that beat is
reached. My goal with this was to afford user experimentation with different sounds/bullets to
clear waves faster or create interesting sounds. I also used Bulma and Web Components for this project to help with
aesthetics/modularity.
See it here
Adopt Don't Shop
For this project, the goal was to create a JavaScript driven web application that utilizes one
or more web services and/or data sources. To accomplish this, I made use of the PetFinder API to create an app to search
for adoptable pets based on location, breed, and type. I also used Bulma and Web Components for this project to help with
aesthetics/modularity, as well as the Mapbox API to
display pets on a map based on a location entered by the user.
See it here
Who's That Pokémon?
In this project, I made use of an API called PokéAPI, which can be found here. I also used jQuery in this project to simplify some of
JavaScript's syntax. My goal was to recreate a game that would take place during commercial
breaks of the animated Pokémon show. In this game, viewers were asked to guess the name of a
Pokémon after being given only its silhouette. This is a project I completed by myself, and so
my role was one of both design and development. This project was my first experience with using
an API, and so my biggest challenges came from this lack of experience. Once I was able to get
all of the information I needed from the API, I only needed to focus on the layout and
functionality of the game to make sure everything was displayed in a logical and
easy-to-understand way.
See it here
Find a Recipe!
In this project, I made use of an API called Edamam Recipe Search, which can be found here. The goal of this
project was to make use of an online API to display recipes based on ingredients and other
filters entered by the user. These filters include maximum calories per serving, meal type,
cuisine type, and any health labels the user wishes to include. This is a project I completed by
myself, and so my role was one of both design and development. A major challenge in completing
this project was in getting all of the filters to work and return the expected results. I also
faced some issues with the way the API handles images; some of the results returned after an API
call do not include proper image links, and so I needed to find a way to sort these out and
insert a placeholder image in place of the invalid image.
See it here
