Games

design producer // level designer
team size: 31
dev time: 9 Months
engine: Unreal 5
platform: PC, Steam Deck
published 2024

Syke is a 3D Escher-inspired non-linear puzzle game. This was my capstone project at the University of Utah, and my most substantial project to date. It has over 30,000 downloads on Steam and maintains a "very positive" rating. I was a central part of the design team, leading identity development of the game from prototype to release.

production

Level Design

producer
team size: 6
dev time: 4 months
engine: Unreal 4
platform: PC
published 2022

Skateboard Ninja is a 2.5D ukiyo-e inspired momentum platformer. Created during the pandemic, this game was made by an entirely remote team. As producer, I took responsibility for task management with HacknPlan and version control with P4V, as well as "filling in the gaps" for the team on a variety of multidisciplinary implementations.

Production

"THEATOUR"
software engineer
team size: 8
dev time: 4 months
engine: Unity
platform: mobile
unpublished

Theatour is a location-based augmented reality educational game, produced on an extremely short timeline. It provides a gamified tour of a portion of the University of Utah campus. I was the vision holder and principal engineer for the team. With the help of a Unity plugin, I implemented a scalable and dev-friendly location-based system on mobile and ensured offline functionality in under 4 months.

Engineering

"Do Not Fall into that Pit" Minigame
solo developer
team size: 1
dev time: 2 months
engine: Godot
platform: PC, web
published 2025

Do Not Fall into that Pit is a submission to the first issue of the webzine "Game Poems." Taking inspiration from previous work, (see Press_Space below) this game uses minimalist interactions in order to convey a feeling of burnout and overwork to the player. By reducing genuine interaction to a minimalist input, the player is left to focus on the implications of their actions and resonate with their own feelings.

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"Lingua Ex Machina" Demo
technical designer
team size: 3
dev time: 6 months
engine: Unity
platform: PC
published 2025

Lingua Ex Machina is a demo for an unreleased project, developed by myself and my best friends. The pitch is for a language-based metroidvania, where the player grows to understand a mysterious world by interacting with the "machine code" of their universe. I contributed to the worldbuilding and technical design of the game. The demo is a very atmospheric experience, using a 2.5D perspective to sell a unique sense of scale.

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"Press_Space" Minigame
solo developer
team size: 1
dev time: 1 week
engine: Godot
platform: PC
published 2024

Press_Space is an experimental game poem born from heavy creative restrictions. The game uses only one screen and one input to convey a sense of overwhelmedness to the player. Made in under a week in Godot, the game uses of shader math to create a water-inspired visual that the player must "press space" to keep from overflowing. By reducing interaction, the piece is elevated for the player.

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Although it isn't my focus, VFX and shaders a bit of a hobby for me, and I always try to fit it into my projects. On the left is a kitbashed display for my hologram shader, complete with complexity view, and on the right is an experiment with vertex offsets for a magic slashing animation.

games

PUBLISHED TITLES

syke

skateboard ninja

EXPERIMENTS

vfx