Wildermyth

Party-based procedural storytelling RPG - Programmer, Java

Fall 2018 - 2024

Wildermyth is a party-based tactical strategy procedural storytelling RPG, written in a homebrew Java engine on top of the LibGDX Java framework. I'm one of two programmers on the small team, so I've worked on a bunch of different things:

• Tons of UX/UI work, making sure players understand how to play the game with clear visual feedback, and that UI works at many different resolutions and scales
• Hero and enemy ability design and implementation
• Story Campaign mechanics implementation
• Various animation and particle effects
• Helped to implement/improve multiplayer design, interactions, and visual feedback
• Helped to set up and program controller support, including designing layout and intuitive controls
• Worked with our musician and sound designer to implement audio in-game (occasionally dipping into FMOD to troubleshoot issues)
• Worked with our translators to add in localization for Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Latin American Spanish, French, and Russian, including translations for store pages and announcements
• Deployed the game and DLC to Steam, Epic Games, GOG, and itch.io, including putting out regular updates
• Fixed issues required to get the game Steam Deck Verified
• Constantly interacted with players on our Discord, Steam forums, Reddit, Twitch, and email to resolve bugs, discuss feedback, and overall cultivate a community where players feel listened to and respected
• Improved developer tools for both our team and Wildermyth modders, including implementing feedback from modders to help improve the modding experience, and occasionally creating modding resources (like the Comic Editor Reference on our wiki)
• Managed and stylized the Wildermyth Wiki (Most of the wiki pages are player-written, with a number of exceptions like the Comic Editor Reference mentioned above)

Wildermyth launched on Steam in 2021, and we've been continuing to add features, bugfixes, and DLC since then!

View Wildermyth on Steam

Nova Swarm

1v4 Local VR Multiplayer Space Battle Arena, Unity

Spring 2018

Nova Swarm is a 1v4 local multiplayer VR space battle game. A maniacal AI ship (the VR player) with a powerful laser, rechargeable shield, and undying hatred of the human race faces off against an armada of humans (up to four players with standard XBox or similar controllers) piloting fragile but agile ships capable of using a variety of weapon and tactical item configurations. Not only that, but the ships are invisible when they’re not shooting. Grab four friends, or just face off against some CPU players. Either way, there will be tons of explosions.

This game is free to download on Itch.io. You'll need a VR headset + controller and (if you want to play against more than just AI) a gamepad for every other human player you have.

Dungeon Frenzy

Couch Multiplayer 4-Player Party Game, Construct2

Spring 2017

4 Players. 10 minigames. 1 screen. Play with controllers. Play with your phones. Play with your friends! Created by 5 students in a Multiplayer Game Design class at UConn, each student contributing two games.

For reference, I created the main game system (a lot of under-the-hood programming to do with setting scores and players), the connective game linking the other games together, and the two minigames "Turret Trouble" and "Windy Day".

(Playing with your phones isn't supported, we never got around to doing that)

Play Dungeon Frenzy!

Mecha Team

Multiplayer Game, Unity

Fall 2015

The toys are getting rowdy! In MechaTeam, a cooperative multiplayer action game, you use your phone to look around and destroy every enemy you see. Three players are placed at different heights in the same mech, and must work together to destroy enemies. By pressing buttons simultaneously, players can swap weapons and make the mech turn. Though it can be played standing up, this game is most fun experienced in a spinning chair.

Hover

Platformer, Construct2

Spring 2015

Luna is an aspiring scientist at her lab, and is excited to beta test her rocket wrists. However, when the Vitality Stone is stolen by a mysterious figure, it's up to her to get it back!

Hover is an independent game created by the two-person team of Patrick Belanger and Allie Falco, using Construct 2.

Play Hover!