Category: Gaming

[Lesson = Don’t be intimidated by jargon!] Finite State Machines and Serialization in C#

The term “Finite State Machine” sounded really intimidating to me. But it’s like switch statements and with some extra flair haha. An FSM has a set of cases (“states”). Those states can change depending on whatever is being input. FSMs are commonly used in video games. For example, a character needs to switch between different… Continue reading [Lesson = Don’t be intimidated by jargon!] Finite State Machines and Serialization in C#

Cheers! [eJam 2020 Submission]

Cheers! is a first-person game where the player needs to give a toast to all the drinkers! Now that the game jam is over, I plan on working Cheers! throughout the summer. What I did during this game jam: Animated the player toasting animation Guided teammate on how to use Unity UI elements Coded a… Continue reading Cheers! [eJam 2020 Submission]

Drone Seamulator – Global Game Jam 2020

This was the first game jam that I’ve ever attended! What the game is about: “You play as crewman J. Ericks on a industrial cargo ship, stranded in the Pacific Ocean. Your goal: use a repair drone to navigate the broken ship and fix the hull to drive the ship home to safety. However, be… Continue reading Drone Seamulator – Global Game Jam 2020

Nautical Notes

I served as the director of Nautical Notes, a 3D rhythm game. This was a part of San Diego State University’s VR Club. Originally, we planned on making a VR rhythm game but COVID-19 disrupted a lot things, so we scaled back to making a 3D rhythm game instead. The majority of the members working… Continue reading Nautical Notes