MS in Computer Graphics

Thesis [2021]: Botanical Tree Perceived Realism Metric

Purdue Polytechnic Institute: High Performance Computer Graphics Laboratory

Flexibility

Experienced to think outside of the box
Multi-disciplinary coder, illustrator, modeler
Adapts to new languages, frameworks, tech

Team Player

Inspires peers to perservere
Coordinated with dozens of teams
Won't let anyone struggle
Supports others with tailored tools

Mentorship

Encourages curiosity and exploration
Shares generalizable skills with peers
8+ Years of private & university teaching

Creating tools and systems to let artists express themselves

Current WIP Projects

Rigged Sprite Animation
Post Process Shading
Unity: Universal Render Pipeline
2D normal mapping

(2021) My two current projects are small games centered around combining 2D sprite elements with a 3D world, experimenting with hand painted textures and implementing postprocess effets which blend the two nicely together.

Hex Harvest

Hexagonal coordinate system
Snapping to nearest cell
Modular tile meshes
Path solving
Editor inspectors

(2021) An AR tile-based board game about harvesting resources and processing them through structures via rail connections.

H.E.A.R. Ripple Shader

Blueprint & Shader Data Exchange
Tools for non-programmers
Customizable Parameters
In-Editor Shader Preview

(2021) Shader can be extended by non-programmer level designers to use different textures. Ripple blueprints are integrated with the game's sound playback and collision system.

ICTree

SIGGRAPH ASIA 2021
GUI modeling application development
Geometry shaders

(2021) Currently confidential

Silhouette Line Shader

Multipas render
Variable line thickness
Line tesselation
Context sensitive rendering

(2020) Extracts outlines from a polygonal mesh and renders them in a separate line pass. Enables modifying outline shape with geometry shader and advanced transformation, tesselation and texturing. While processing one vertex, information about connected neighbors is available.

Youmu Engine

Modular XML Design
Smooth UI Interactions

(2017) Personal project. Allows users to create interactive XML character definitions from layered 2D images. Placed 1st at the 2017 CTU DCGI UI design contest.

Rika Engine

Object pooling
Movement driver system
Consistent Gemeplay Simulation
Multimedia embeding into level files
Level scenario representation
Ported to C++

(2016-2019) Object driven bullet hell game engine with cutscene and scripting editor. The focus is on batching many individual quads and maintaining reliable gameplay simulation for competitive play experience.

Celery Bog Map

Geolocation
3D Virtual Map
Path Planning
Non-programmer Aministration

(2018) An interactive browser map for both phones and desktop with GPS navigation and pathfinding. Soon to go live under the Lilly Nature Center. Administrators have a full GUI web access to modify any paths or points of interest in the system. Mix of PHP, Javascript and AFrame.

Tower of Ions

Parkour puzzle platformer
NPC companion
Contextual environment interaction
Semi-open world

(2018) A game about ascending a tower filled with puzzles and enemies. The player can conjure spheres which alter physics and dispatch an companion robot which freezes turrets and decodes messages hidden throughout the environment.