code Portfolio

Selections

A narrative adventure game created in Unreal Engine 5, Currently in Development by Deck Nine and Published by Square Enix in Fall 2024 on multiple platforms

Rebuilt and lead direction on the entire locomotion system away from ALS to a custom locomotion system,
streamlined NPC locomotion animation handling
Expanded on functionality of player camera
Utilized Control rigs for real-time animation tweaks
Worked on implementing emotion-based facial animations for the player character
Working on Maintaining and expanding on new in-house cinematics tech

The Expanse: A Telltale Series

A narrative adventure game created in Unreal Engine 4, Developed by Deck Nine and published by Telltale in fall 2023

Built 2 entirely new locomotion systems and Camera rig from the ground up, including full 6DOF zero G and gravity boot locomotion systems
Helped set up UI tech in pre-production
Authored and Implemented Dynamic Materials for VFX such as camera dithering and the backpack light indicators for object collection and oxygen levels
Authoried custom animBPs, including making a custom CCDIK solver
Worked on general company-wide solutions to various proprietary engine and cinematics tech
Made special gameplay for the DLC

Life is Strange: True Colors

A narrative adventure game created in Unreal Engine 4, developed by Deck Nine and published by Square Enix. Released in Fall 2021 on multiple platforms.

Specialized in the player locomotion system, working closely with animators to ensure smooth transitions
Worked within unreal engine, C++, and with in-house software
Inherited, revised, and maintained a custom animation state handling system to create robust but responsive locomotion
Added an ambient facial animation system and implemented a Look-at system
Had a hand in various other touches and systems, including UI, the in-house StoryTeller sequencing system, and engine level changes

Physically Based Hover Scooter

Unity physics-based hover scooter simulation

Physically Based Hand Interaction

Unity physics-based hand interaction simulation for oculus and leap motion hand tracking

Link to Thesis Paper:

https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/3102/

Narrative and Environmentally Based Character Expression System For Gameplay-Centric Video Games

Masters Thesis regarding the implementation of more robust character expression for player immersion in video games. Made in Unity

Created the character and statue models and surfaces, as well as animations
Created custom shaders for color customization and stylized skin tone
Created a code driven animation system for swapping banks of character animation and setting strength of reactions
Character Rig and Voice provided by Kira Foglesong

For A Rainy Day

Group production project made in Unity, utilizing physically based game play. Responsibilities Include:

Creating Level scrolling system
Creating entirety of boss and boss fight from concept to code, including: modeling, surfacing, rigging, animating, and state machine programming
Providing programming support for team less familiar with Unity
Creating various particle effects
Directing voice work
Creating the SFX and Music

Mech VR

A motion simulator game made in Unity for Siggraph 2016. Responsibilities included:

Coding Game Behavior
Level Design
HUD Design
Music and SFX

Therenect

Procedural audio program created in Unity.

Domain Warped Julia Set

This Unity based shader uses animated noise functions to make local changes across a Julia set, creating a fluidly morphing fractal.

Super Pallete Bros.

A C# WPF tool that allows users to edit the palette of Super Mario Bros. ROMs. Includes functionality to change the palette of most every level type and character.

Distance Based Geometry Shader

This Unity shader uses a world space coordinate passed through a script to grow and shrink geometry based on proximity. The shader also controls emission and transparency, allowing for a more futuristic effect.

Multi-Variable Skin Shader

This Unity shader uses linear interpolation between a set of colors to create more realistic interpolations of skin color. Greens and blues are toned down as the surface turns away from light, to simulate the warmth of subsurface scattering. Face details like freckles and lips use a special multiply map that multiplies the color beneath with itself by some mix factor.

Virtual Closet: AR clothing App

iOS Augmented Reality proof of concept application that allows users to capture and save pants and shirt designs onto virtual proxies. Made in Unity

Created the entire app from the ground up
Created the UI system, Clothing models, and Capture to Texture process
Utilized json compression to save "closets" on an online database that allowed each user their own unique ID and storage

NES Text Tool

A C# WPF program designed to create text files parseable by the NES Text Engine for use in NES games. includes additional python script to format any plain text to be compatible.

NES Text Engine

A 6502 Assembly process designed to create custom, dynamic windows and text processing for home-brew NES games.

The Backtory

N-Back Brain Game created in Unity.

Responsibilities included:

Game Design and Coding
Music and SFX
Modeling

Panda Plunder

Collaboration between Clemson DPA and Trident Technical College students for a Game Jam.

Responsibilities included:

Game Design and Coding
Music and SFX
Level Design

Model Voxelizer

C++/OpenGL Program that converts poly meshes into voxel structures, given a specified model, scale, and resolution, using a 3-part ray-casting method.