Inspired by Atlus’ Persona series, I delved into techniques for automating NPCs allied with the player. By utilizing a goal-based architecture, the agents achieved some emergent behavior and survived battles where the odds were stacked against them. The NPCs rank the actions available to them through goals bound at runtime. With tuned functions, the […]
A quick demo of an agent pathfinding with A*. A lot of options are available for path post-processing, as well. A naive approach to removing waypoints and path smoothing demonstrate more natural looking paths on a grid while still disallowing agents to clip through walls. I rebuilt this demo while a teaching assistant for […]
PhaseOut is a futuristic 2.5D platformer in which you play as a robot sent to gather data on a race of alien cyborgs who exist in multiple dimensions. This robot, outfitted with stolen alien technology, has the ability to switch dimensions or “phase-shift.” By using this capability, the player can help the robot escape pitfalls […]
I am a Lawrence University graduate and currently working on a Masters in Computer Science at DigiPen Institute of Technology. I focus primarily in game development, with a heavy emphasis on core engine technologies and artificial intelligence.
This site displays my portfolio. The currently viewable work was completed while a student, but not necessarily for classes. Most source code, if not already published, is available upon request.
