Tag Archives: VR

Programming for nDreams

Used Unreal Engine 4 and C++ to develop Vertical Slice Demo of Fracked. More information on the game can be found at https://ndreams.com/games/fracked

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The Descent

Date: May-October, 2019
Concept: VR game, guns fighting monsters in mining shaft
Team: 3 programmers, 1 artists, 1 audio
Platform: Steam VR w/ Hydraulic platform
Engine: Unity Engine

Role: Programmer

Extra Notes:

Player stands on hydraulic platform and the hydraulic platform moves to simulate lift descending down mine shaft, as well as any knocks or drops the player’s cage may get on the way down. I worked on the AI and animation state diagrams.

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Lecturer in Game Programming

Date: Sept 2018 – Mar 2019
Extra Notes:
Taught classes and labs in the following courses:
Games Engine Creation (1st)
Fundamentals of Graphical Programming (1st)
Concurrent Network Applications (2nd)
Maths and Algorithms (2nd)
VR & AR programming (2nd)
Multiplayer Games (3rd)

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The Tower

Date: August 2016
Concept: A VR archery game taking place in an ancient tower.
Team (5):
Aaron Humphries (3D Artist)
Ben Luff (Designer/Programmer/Audio)
Chris Winn (Designer)
Michael MacKinnon (Producer/Programmer)
Nelson de Costa (Programmer)

Platform: Windows with HTC Vive
Engine: Unity Engine 5.4

Role: Producer and Programmer (Gameplay/Audio)

Extra Notes:
The game makes use of 3m x 3m play area with no teleportation. A tower is used so that
the player can move vertically to encounter new areas to experience. This allows for the
elimination of teleportation and forces the player to fully immerse themselves into the
room-scale element of the game.

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Networking: Team Tanks

Date: April 2016
Concept: two players operate a tank together
Team: Solo
Platform: Windows
Engine: Unity Engine

Role: Programmer

Repository: https://github.com/stuff13/TeamTanks

Extra Notes:
This was the final project for a Networking course.
The Assignment: create a networked game environment
What I developed: To add something extra, I decided to do a cross platform networked game.
A PC would act as server with two players: a player on the PC server and a player on
an iPhone using Google Cardboard.
Player 1 on the PC moved a tank around the environment and had a good clear view.
Player 2 on the iPhone using Google Cardboard moved the tank’s turret by turning the phone to look in another direction. By tapping on the screen, the player could fire a projectile into the scene.

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