Some other notable projects of mine!

2024 | Unity

Agar.io meets Vampire Survivors. Build your army of frogs, piling up to the hundreds, as you tackle a massive horde of snakes!

Notes:

• Top 40 most rated, #60 in enjoyment during the GMTK 2024.

• Object pooling/optimizations to support hundreds of frogs, snakes, weapons, and pickups at once.

2024 | Unity

Strapped to a chair in a dark basement, a psychotic comedian is giving you a private stand-up routine. Force a chuckle, but also break free and escape!

Notes:

• For Global Game Jam 2024.

• Uses voice detection to determine bits of laughter.

2023 | Unity

You are a pipe, in love with Flappy Bird, trying to survive a crazy high school of hit mobile characters. Are you good enough to ask Flappy out?

Notes:

• Reached 11th place in popularity during the GMTK Jam 2023.

• My first visual novel (and most absurd project)

• Played thousands of times on itch!

Ludum Dare 50

2022 | Unity

Play as a falling, flappy man, trying to hit as many things in the air long enough to avoid the ground. It is inevitable, but that won’t stop you!

Notes:

• 4-man team

• Physics-based ragdoll-like character mdoel with animations (similar to gang beasts).

• 40+ ratings on Ludum Dare!

48 Hour Global Game Jam

2021 | Unity

Inspired by PS1-era horror games, play as a girl trapped in an endless neighborhood, trying to discover it’s secrets and the ‘birthday party’ that your neighbors are telling you about. Fortunately, you have ethereal powers to phase through walls and to learn the true intentions of your neighbors.

Notes:

• 4-man team

• Progammed neverending street, third-person/first-person modes.

• Coordinated artists on PS1 aesthetic, applied shaders.

• First Unity WebGL build

Ludum Dare 46

2020 | Pico-8

As the last surviving pumpkin robot of a ship wreck, you’ve found yourself losing battery rapidly! Explore by making a frantic run towards each refuel station, searching for a replacement battery!

Notes:

• Developed solo

• First Pico-8/LUA-scripted project

• Based on characters from Sole Iron Tail

48 Hour Game Maker’s Toolkit Jam

2020 | Unity

You’re a super fast driftin’ horse going through your shopping list. For some reason, humans are freaked out by you. Dash and drift towards your grocies before time runs out, or before the horse becomes too uncontrollable!

Notes:

• 4-man team of developers

• Programmed drifting, camera

• Designed and developed UI

• Handed a few textures

6-Hour IGDA Becker Jam

2017 | Unity

Appease invisible judges American-Idol-style by wiggling your arms, wiggling your tail, and boo-ing till you get the highest score! Watch out, the controls will change during your performance.

Notes:

• Developed solo

• Finished in four hours (more time for polishing!)

24-Hour Becker Game Jam

2014 | Game Maker

Save a family that is too dumb to feed themselves. Go through four minigames per ‘day’ to collect resources and help them for as long as possible!

Notes:

• Programmer

• Aided in design

• First game jam project

Personal Project

2022-2024 | Unity, Unreal Engine

Starting in 2022 as an Unreal Engine parkour prototype, Fruitigo Metro moved to Unity and became more fleshed out. It features 3D parkour movement through various scenes to reach the end in time. Also includes control enhancements like a "hand" grappling hook and many usable interactibles.

Notes:

• 3D Project (Different from my normal output)

• Ported controls/mechanics from Unreal to Unity.

• Utilizes Unity HDRP for enhanced visuals.

Personal Project

2023 | Unreal Engine

Scrubyard (2014) remade in Unreal Engine 5.

Notes:

• First UE5 project!

• Mechanics on par with original, as well as some additions.

• Nanite tessellation for snow deformation.

Personal Project

2023 | Unity

An experiment into procedurally-generated levels, extraction, and reuse of the 2D codebase for Sole Iron Tail.

Notes:

• Procedurally-generated levels

• Collectable items which change/add to player control upon use.

• Restructuring of Sole Iron Tail code to be more generic.

Student Project | Virtual Reality

2018 | Unity

Yarr! Enemy ships be trying to fire at ye! Don’t ye worry, yer cannons will take em out quick. Blast em, collect some coin, upgrade ye cannons, and become the master of the seven seas!

Notes:

• First VR project!

• Made for Gear VR

• Frequent use of Unity Profiler to optimize performance.

Personal Project

2014 | Super Mario Bros. X

A full fan remake of Super Mario Land, done in the Super Mario Bros. X engine. Features re-designed stages (e.g. 4-1 going vertical), brand new X-4 stages, hidden bonus stages, and new bosses!

Notes:

• Level Design, Some Art

• Done as a study of Mario-like level design

• First LUA experience

• Won't be released for legal reasons.

Student Project | Intro To Game Design

2015 | Game Maker

Suck up more planets than your opponent to eventually eat them, or turn into a spaceship and blast them instead! First one to win all rounds wins the game!

Notes:

• Programming

• First multiplayer game, controls

• Agar.io before agario?

Student Project | Intro To Game Design

2014 | Game Maker

Parka Dude is tasked with eradicating all signs of snow from “the Scrubyard”, but a shovel wont be enough. Grab a flamethrower, use C4, blow up some cars, and avoid the giant snow crab in this action-puzzle game.

Notes:

• Programming, Art, and Level Design

• First College Project

• Prior Game Maker experience helped a lot!

• 14 levels and a boss!

• Referenced in Sole Iron Tail

Student Project | Intermediate Game Development

2015 | Unity

Inspired by Half Life, you play the role of John Doe, trapped in an underground missile silo. Find your way out by traversing the moody hallways, grab a flare gun to access more of the silo, solve puzzles, and decide whether you really want to know what’s out there.

Notes:

• Programming, Level Design

• First Unity Project!

• First utilization of scripted sequences and shaders.

• Hidden Bowling Alley

Student Project | New England Tech Game Dev Camp

2013 | Flash

Your a human, trapped in the Saxxon Fortress. Avoid guards, and dont touch those electric fences! Can you escape alive!?

Notes:

• My only flash game!

• Week-long camp, done prior to attending college (eventually went to Becker!)

Personal Project

2008 | Game Maker

You are Pac Man. They are invaders in your space (4 spaces exactly). Collect your pellets while avoiding them. Watch out for the master invader!

Notes:

• First game made from the ground up.

• Programmed with GML

• Lost project

• Not the first, but noteworthy!