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I like to…

I like to create software applications. I draw my project inspirations from various software products such as video games.

How I got started…

I taught myself how to program on Unity 3D during high school. Later I began learning other programming languages (C#, C++, Java, Python, etc.) in college. In addition I’ve built projects using the agile development approach.

The projects you see below are video game projects because it is easier to demonstrate my programming skills this way. I am looking to expand into other applications.

This is what I’ve built…


Unity Crash Cutscene


Unity Animation and Game Over


Simple Car Label


Weather App


Lightwars


Project A


Conquest of Tides


Huntress


Team Shooter


Tarion Commando


Stealth Mod

Unity Crash Cutscene

Role: Developer – Duration: 1 week – Platform: Unity 3d, Visual Studio

A very short demonstration of my ability to use Unity Cinemachine to create a short cutscene.

https://youtu.be/3YzC5Ge43mg

KEY FEATURES

  1. Panning Camera
  2. Cinemachine
  3. Timeline
  4. Cutscene for players

Unity Animation and Game Over Screen

Role: Developer – Duration: 4 weeks (part-time) – Platform: Unity 3d, Visual Studio

I am currently studying for my Unity Developer certification. So I put this small project together to show off my programming skills.

https://youtu.be/jUuZyP_mllw

KEY FEATURES

  1. Single player, endless runner
  2. Collectables and score
    1. Coin grab
    2. Distance counter
    3. Powerups
  3. Retry option and game over
  4. Sound effects and background music

Simple Car Label

Role: Developer – Duration: 2 Days – Platform: Unity 3d, Visual Studio

I worked on a small project challenge that allows me to select different parts of a car and move between cameras. This is great for demonstrating an object with a 3d environment.

https://youtu.be/kErGuShBCXo

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KEY FEATURES

  1. Change cameras around a car
  2. Highlight selectable parts of a car
  3. Invoke button behavior when selecting a 3d object
  4. Change the text of a label depending on the selected part

Weather App

Role: Developer, QA – Duration: 10 weeks – Platform: HTML, JQuery, CSS

During Fall 2022, I coded this weather application in HTML.  I used JQuery functions to get weather info from a weather API for any city.  In this project, I demonstrated how to manage other files and outside features such as API calls and CSS scripts alongside the main HTML code.

https://youtu.be/wJUpouD21Hs

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KEY FEATURES

Newly Acquired Skills

  1. HTML Webpages
  2. JQuery API calls
  3. File Management

Lightwars

Role: Lead Game Designer, Project Manager – Duration: 14 weeks – Platform: Unreal Engine 4

Starting in the Summer 2021 I was the project manager, recruiter, creative lead and game developer on a school project at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Together with my teammates: a modeler, and a networking specialist, we started a first person shooter game inspired by Splatoon and Team Fortress 2.
During the Fall 2021, I continued to develop this first person shooter game on my own. I used the Unreal Engine 4 blueprint system, UMG and C++ to add on more features.
During Summer 2023 I worked on creating enemy players to compete against the player in the arena.

https://youtu.be/mZ7YbWO1XIk

KEY FEATURES

Game Level Features

  1. Hub world for the player to enter various levels
  2. Large map for combat & multiplayer matches
  3. Target practice room
  4. Red team bots who shoot at the player

Player Features

  1. UI that tracks health, shield and the player’s ammo pool
  2. A universal ammo pool from which the player’s weapons and throwables draw ammo
  3. A shield that temporarily makes the player invulnerable to damage
  4. AI turrets that can kill players and distinguish friend from foe
  5. Background music
  6. Menu

Project A

Role: Developer – Duration: 10 weeks – Platform: Unity

During Spring 2021, I worked in a group to create a first person VR game using Unity game engine. This is a stealth game because we added the ability for the AI to detect and react to the sound and movement of the player.
As the modeler on the project, I built the in game weaponry using Blender. I also added AI character models and animations.



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PROJECT SCOPE

  1. Create a first person VR game
  2. Create a stealth game where the player infiltrates a Cuban drug cartel base
  3. Create an end goal for the player in the form of stealing a briefcase

KEY FEATURES

  1. Stealth system (AI can detect & react to player’s sound and movement)
  2. Shooting system (ammo pool)
  3. Weapon modification (laser sight)
  4. Patrolling AI

Conquest of Tides

Role: Developer – Duration 10 weeks – Platform: Unity, Haguichi Server, Ubuntu OS

During the Spring 2021 semester, I worked in a group of four people. We developed a multiplayer, card based game.  The game was modeled after other card dueling games.  We added a feature where the stats of each card is affected by the real world weather that is retrieved via an API call to the local weather station.
As the webpage and networking specialist on the project, I built various HTML based web pages for player registration and sign in as well as to track and store player scores & match history. I also programmed a hot standby server for this game.

https://youtu.be/iFuaBVkfJaw

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PROJECT SCOPE

  1. Create a website for match history and downloading the game
  2. Create a 2D multiplayer game on Unity
  3. Create a server
  4. Create a database to store user information and match history

KEY FEATURES

Here is a list of features that were in the project
  1. Login and registration
  2. Match history
  3. Downloadable executable
  4. API that calls the local weather station which will give buffs and debuffs to various cards

Huntress the Corruption

Role: Developer – Duration: 6 weeks – Platform: Unity

During the Summer of 2019, I built my first prototype level using Unity. With its components and custom code in C#, I was able to create this game where the player can explore the entire level with little restrictions. For example, the player can enter buildings with interiors, interact with objects that have its own physics systems.
This level includes objects that I built using the modeling tool Blender. Each object was custom made with its own color texture. The torches have been given their own light source to illuminate their surroundings. Many of these objects can be interacted with by the player.
This demo was meant to demonstrate my programming skills in Unity, Blender and C#. I wanted to demonstrate how they all can work together in gameplay. The other goal was to create an explorable level.

https://youtu.be/pcn2ucJqphI

KEY FEATURES

Game Features

  1. A camp where all buildings have explorable interiors
  2. All objects have physics (rigid body for gravity and rotation and collision to prevent them from falling through the floor)
  3. Patrolling AI that have hitpoints

Player Features

  1. First person weapon system with a bow and arrow that uses limited ammunition
  2. UI that tracks health and the player’s ammo pool

Team Shooter

Role: Developer – Duration: 10 weeks – Platform: Vulkan

During the Fall 2020 semester, I built the game mechanics for a first person shooter game using Vulkan, a 3D graphics and computing API software. Vulkan 1.2 is an open source software designed to create game engines.
Unlike other game engines, player movement works differently. In Vulkan, the player’s position is fixed. So it’s actually the environment around the player that is moving.

https://youtu.be/MpTmRoqfhjI

PROJECT SCOPE

  1. Create game design blueprint
  2. Code selected, assigned features using C++
  3. Create simple objects using Blender
  4. Debug code
  5. Manage life cycle of each build using Github

KEY FEATURES

Vulkan does not come with prepackaged functions. I had to find work arounds with C++ and SDL commands to create the following weapon mechanics.
  1. Rifle that has automatic fire. It shoots once per frame.
  2. Semi-automatic pistol. The mouse must be released before the pistol can shoot again.
  3. An unscoped sniper that has a charge mechanic. Hold down the mouse button to charge and release to shoot.

Tarion Commando

Role: Developer – Duration 2 weeks – Platform: Unity ProBuilder, Mixamo

During the Summer of 2020, I learned a few new things about Unity. I had learned to add game depth and color in a short project.

https://youtu.be/S7nYzn-dsQU

PROJECT SCOPE

  1. Create game design blueprint
  2. Code terrain using Unity ProBuilder
  3. Code character and animations using Mixamo and Opengameart
  4. Debug code

KEY FEATURES

Here is a list of features that I built in my demo video.
  1. Built terrain for the player to use as cover
  2. Added music to enhance the player’s experience
  3. Created character animations for added realism

Quake 4 Stealth Mod

Role: Developer – Duration: 10 weeks – Platform: Quake 4 source code

During the Spring 2019 semester, I created game mods for various retail games (Quake 2, Quake 4, Kenshi). In this video, I showed my Quake 4 modifications. Specifically, I changed the original weapons to act like the weapons found in the game, Assassin’s Creed

https://youtu.be/24xzveYNYX8

PROJECT SCOPE

  1. Create game design blueprint describing gameplay mechanic modifications
  2. Code game modifications using C++ and the Quake 4 source code
  3. Debug code

KEY FEATURES

Here is a list of notable weapon modifications I made.
  1. Pistol blaster – shortened firing range and disabled charging mechanic
  2. Machine gun – changed automatic fire to single shot musket action
  3. Nail gun – fires only one shot per clip
  4. Lightning gun – unlimited ammo no recharge
  5. Napalm gun – increased explosive radius