MindForge
MindForge is an FPS movement game developed in Unity that emphasizes movement and using weapons found in levels efficiently to work through hoards of enemies as fast as possible.
During the development of MindForge, I learned a lot about working within a small team of developers efficiently, as well as basic and advanced functions of the Unity engine like UI, interfaces, scriptable objects, particle systems, shader pipelines and effective codebase architecture that prioritizes modularity and robustness.
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Enemy Physics
- Ragdoll physics on enemies
- Knockback from explosions and grenades
- Particle effects for gunshots and explosions
- Dynamic crosshair that scales with speed
- Responsive hitmarkers with sfx
UI and Menus
- All UI menu logic including the title screen, pause, and death
- Rating system that tracks performance through each level
- Implementing cutscenes for levels
- Player healthbars and damage overlays, as well as power-up UI indicators
Play the webGL version on itch.io here:
"The Depths" was my personal level. To reach it, play the tutorial and walk up to the portal rooms until you find the black portal.
Personal Contributions
Weapons Systems
- Picking up, dropping, and firing weapons
- Camera shake and ADS zoom in scripting
- Hit detection and particles on enemies
- Weapon inventory system and corresponding UI elements
- Grenades/Exploding barrels
- Timer UI elements
Contingency Plan
Contingency Plan is a multiplayer VR game built in Unity using cloud services like Unity Lobby, Unity Relay, and Netcode for GameObjects. During the development of this project I worked extensively with netcode and VR tools and gameplay features.
Devlogs:
(These devlogs are from very early development)
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Check it out on Steam here:
Custom Unity Lobby
Solution and UI
- Developed a vr lobby system using Unity Lobby, Unity Relay, and Netcode for GameObjects
- Support for up to 4 player in public or private lobbies
- Quick join feature puts you in a random public lobby
- UI element persists between scenes and saves player information
- Custom VR keyboard built from UnityTMP components and a text buffer
VR weapons systems
- Developed both single and two-handed weapons in VR
- Weapons know which hand is at the trigger and which is the pivot, allowing for dynamic input routing to firing functions
- Developed PVP systems using network variables and RPC calls containing network player id's
VR Inventory System
- Developed a comprehensive inventory system for interactable items in VR
- Maintains the full interactablility of items while still storing them effectively
- Fully networked to disable objects for non-owning players
- Works with any 3d asset with my custom InventoryItem component attached
Interactable Repair Points
- Developed interactable repair points that are capable of breaking and being repaired
- Wrote a script that dynamically transfers ownership of the NetworkObject to any client to properly synchronize transforms
- Interface with the ship's health and shield system as a way to interactively regain health
The Joe Pizza Experience
Unreal Engine minigame compilation that includes multiple different genres of games at break-neck speed. Includes a timing system and lives so players can see how many games they can beat in a row.
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Google Dinosaur Clone
- Developed a movement system to familiarize myself with Unreal Engine timelines and input handling
- Randomly spawning cacti and birds requiring you either jump or duck depending on the obstacle
- Includes music and sfx
Cookie Clicker Clone
- Adapted a classic clicker into a time-trial minigame to collect as many cookies as you can in the time allotted
- Randomly spawning golden cookies that spawn out of view and fall in front of the player
- Includes music and sfx
Inifinite Driving Game
- A road infinitely generates in front of the player, and oncoming cars randomly spawn and travel in the opposite direction of the player
- Hit detection for cars, as well as physics for wall collisions
- Includes music and sfx
Download on itch.io here
Centipede
A simple arcade classic in C++ using Vulkan and the FLECS entity system.
During this project I learned a lot about Vulkan, as well as gameplay programming for a custom engine, and the use cases of entity systems like FLECS.
Early Development
- We started with an example game that was already functional as a base for our project, and started learning gameplay by making small changes
- In this version we had figured out how to replace the geometry of the ships, as well as the bullets, and implemented toroidal movement
Making it look more like Centipede
- After a week of learning FLECS and other aspects of Vulkan, we had randomly generated mushrooms and a single centipede that could navigate the scene
Improving every aspect of gameplay so far
- We improved the scaling of mushrooms and the ship
- Added more functionality to the centipede, allowing multiple to follow a leader and split apart into different centipedes
Adding UI and more basic gameplay elements
- Added UI like highscore, lives and score counter
- Added an ai that inputs random controls on the title screen as a demo when it's not being played
- Added a cheats menu that can alter things like damage, fire rate, and penetrating shots