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Released: July 26, 2020

Co-Led a team of 13 developers at HomeTeam GameDev

My contributions:

• Project Co-Lead
• Lead programmer
• Base prototype
• Physics system
• Collision detection and response system
• Animation system
• Tiled Map Editor integration
• Menu system
• UI code
• Custom font implementation
• Enemy AI (8 enemies)
• Canvas scaling (crisp pixel art + different scale for Credits Screen)
• Camera movement and deadzone code
• Player movement & state code
• Bug fixes
• Level 2 parallax foreground and background
• Credits display
• Audio implementation
• Volume change
• Stairs movement
• Level skip and powerup debug feature
• Optimizations (including minify)
• Flying fist art and animation
• Enemy spit and bullet code
• Cutscene design and integration (all cutscenes)
• Win screen
• Jukebox functionality (track changing, animation and bouncing)

Released: December 8, 2019

Led a team of 24 at HomeTeam GameDev

My contributions:

• Project lead
• Core gameplay 
  • Main movement
  • Attacking
  • Collision detection with dynamic hitboxes
  • Enemies
  • Level structure
• Enemy AI system
• Localization system
  • Dynamic string selection and rendering
  • Russian translation via Google Translate
  • Custom font for English, Spanish, French, Polish, Russian and Japanese
• Floor/roof parallax effect
• Foreground fade
• Assorted asset integration,
  Game over and belt award screens (art and integration)
• Menu navigation keyboard support
• Gamepad support
• Assist mode
  • Options
  • Menu
  • Design
  • Integration
• Prop collision
• Sprite atlas creation and integration
• Lazy loading of assets improving UX
• Tuning and bug fixes

Released: December 9, 2018

Led a team of 32 at HomeTeam GameDev

My contributions:

• Project lead
• Core functionality
• Animation system
• Collision detection system
• Scoring system and score pop ups
• Powerup capsule art, animation and integration
• Enemy projectile art, animation and integration
• Level design - levels 2 and 3
• Screenshake
• Menu system base code
• Checkpoint and continue systems
• Enemy path following system and Tiled integration
• Cut scene design and animation
• Ground enemy integration
• Main UI integration
• Missile upgrade art, animation and integration
• Ghost ship integration and path following
• Clear screen powerup integration
• Boss behavior improvements
• Boss explosions
• Art, animation and integration of all flying and two ground enemy types
• Volcano design and behavior
• Bug fixes

Released: July 29, 2018

Led a team of 23 at HomeTeam GameDev

My contributions:

• Game Lead
• Core Gameplay
  • Keyboard controls
  • Pseudo-3D Animation
• Level Editor
• Level Design (City at Night and Desert)
• AI Drivers
• Background Parallax
• Nitro Boost
• Time Limit
• Street Light Art
• Animated Radio Tower
• Collision Detection
• Art Integration
• Billboards (Over 10 Designs)

Released: April 5, 2020

Collaborated with 14 others at HomeTeam GameDev!

My contributions:

• WebGL renderer and all related fixes/optimizations
• Level design (Room04, Room06, Room13)
• Flipspace distortion effect
• Hitbox fixes
• Health pickups visual
• Particle system improvements
• Flip slime behavior
• Inverted plant tiles
• Hit flash visual effect
• Flip bird and flip pig art, collisions and behavior
• Game save system
• Level load/unload system

Released: June 23, 2019

Collaborated with 17 others at HomeTeam GameDev!

My contributions:

• Bottom and top floor and wall tile art and implementation (based on Ygor art)
• WebGL dynamic shadow and colored lighting
• Camera clamping
• Collision detection improvements
• Improved depth sorting
• Platform collision support
• Shadow boss sprites and visual effects
• Gamepad improvements
• Menu  navigation keyboard support

Released: February 17, 2018

Collaborated with 23 others at HomeTeam GameDev!

My contributions:

• Dialog editor (development authoring tool)
• Tiled integration
• Tile and object culling render optimizations
• Character-to-character collisions
• Depth sorting implementation
• Enter/exit room functionality
• Character integration (Rose, Julie, Uncle Dave, Agent Jen, Fusion, Cat Man, Cop, Detective Dan, Alex)
• Event manager
• Primary dialog
• Obtainable and interactive item implementation
• Character motion fixes
• NPC movement implementation
• Accusation (game objective) code
• Integration of Fusion alley dealer and Jen story gameplay events
• Additional NPC placement
• Mouth movement integration for Fusion/Alex/Jen
• Game end text
• Bug fixes

Released: August 19, 2018

Collaborated with 9 others at HomeTeam GameDev!

My contributions:

• Around The World Game Mode
• Practice Mode
• Demo Gameplay
• Menu Functionality
• Street Court Art
• Street Court Integration
• Game Over Screen Menu
• Credits Functionality
• Difficulty Settings
• Player 2 Animations
• Polish and Bug Fixes

Released: May 5, 2019

Collaborated with 23 others at HomeTeam GameDev!

My contributions:

• Enemy A* path finding
• Dialog manager
• Screen culling optimization
• Refactoring of weapon code
  • Swords
  • Rocks
  • Arrows
  • Clubs
  • Biting
  • Magic sword (including art)
• Zombie movement tweaks
• Tile transparency support
• Additional input for character selection screen
• Assorted bug fixes

Released: September 15, 2019

Collaborated with 19 others at HomeTeam GameDev!

My contributions:

• Performance optimization (cached tile rendering), 
• Camera movement  fix
• Tiled map editor format integration
• Crack and oil tiles
• Pond tile set
• Title screen optimizations
• Improved AI
• Assorted bug fixes

Released: April 22, 2018

Collaborated with 17 others at HomeTeam GameDev!

My contributions:

• Advanced camera code
• Player animation bug fixes
• Collision detection bug fixes
• In-game button functionality
• Enemy/Object differentiation
• Door locks
• Boss code tweaks

Released: June 16, 2019

Collaborated with 13 others at HomeTeam GameDev!

My contributions:

• Refactored brick code
• Fixed letter and font glitches
• Improved demo mode
• Created velocity-altering brick types
• Improved ball-paddle gameplay
• Added level editor ‘delete brick’ capability
• Implemented level editor undo/redo capability
• Implemented volume adjustment controls
• Added credits screen access from title screen

Released: February 25, 2018

Collaborated with 17 others at HomeTeam GameDev!

My contributions:

• Custom turret art
• Additional bug fixes