Projects
Here’s a portfolio of various projects I’ve worked on over the past 10 years.
Unreal Invdrs Link to heading
Unreal Invdrs is a clone of my Godot game Invdrs made in Unreal Engine 5 as one of my 2022 learning objectives at Lab42. Much like my Unity implementation of Invdrs from the year before, my goal was to get back into Unreal Engine, as I hadn’t used it since university, to ready myself if I had to use it at work. Again, I knew exactly what I needed to implement as I’d done so twice before instead of having to design the game from scratch.
Technologies used:
- Unreal Engine 5
- Blueprints
Links:
YouTube
Unity Invdrs Link to heading
Unity Invdrs is a clone of my Godot game Invdrs made in Unity as my 2021 learning objective at Lab42. My goal with Unity Invdrs was to get my head back into Unity and polish my skills so I was ready whenever I next needed to use it at work. As I’d already made this game in Godot, I knew exactly what I needed to implement and could focus on the Unity specifics instead of having to design the game from scratch.
Technologies used:
- Unity
- C#
- Visual Studio
Links:
Itch.io
Invdrs Link to heading
Invdrs (prounounced “Invaders”) is a clone of the classic game Space Invaders I made using the Godot game engine in early 2021.
Godot is a game engine that caught my eye due to how approachable and lightweight it is, and how quick and easy it is to prototype games in it. To get stuck into Godot I decided to clone Space Invaders, the reason being that I could break down an existing game into it’s core mechanics and focus on implementing them instead of having to worry about designing a game myself.
Technologies used:
- Godot
- GDScript
Clerical Error Link to heading
Clerical Error is a game a couple of friends and I made in Unity for the Ludum Dare 46 game jam in April 2020, the theme of which was “Keep It Alive”. In Clerical Error the player takes the role of a cleric in a party of adventurers whose job it is to keep their brave band of companions alive whilst they slay the monstrous dragon. It is the player’s responsibility to move their party members around the battlefield (allowing them to dodge the dragon’s deadly fireballs), heal them when they’ve taken too many hits and revive them when they die. My friend Josh and I took responsibility for the programming of the game, and our friend Liz created the art. Alongside programming, I also made the music and sound effects for Clerical Error. I made the the music for the game with Bosca Ceoil and the sound effects with JFXR.
Technologies used:
- Unity
- C#
- Visual Studio
- Bosca Ceoil
- JFXR
Links:
Itch.io
YouTube
Bosca Ceoil
JFXR
Dawn Link to heading
Dawn is an adventure game made with Unreal Engine as part of the Game Development module during the second semester of my final year of university in 2017. The intention of this project was to give us a taste of working in a team alongside artists, working together to make a small game. The aim of the game is for the player to escape the old house they are in, solving puzzles to advance. The puzzles mainly involve blocking off light sources which are shining over the exits to the various rooms of the house, as the player character has a skin condition which causes them harm when they are in direct sunlight.
Technologies used:
- Unreal Engine 4
- C++
- Visual Studio
Links:
YouTube
Plunder! Link to heading
Plunder! is an adventure RPG made with Unity as part of the Team Project module during the second semester of my second year of university in 2015. The aim of this project was to give us students experience working in a team and producing a product together. In Plunder! you play as a Viking with a taste for treasure who sails from island to island, clearing them of hostile beasts, collecting the coins and weapons they drop and using their gold to upgrade their stats - allowing them to acquire more treasure.
Technologies used:
- Unity
- C#
- Visual Studio
Links:
Youtube