Academic Projects

[Physics] Final Year Project

For my Final Year Project I chose to investigate the applications of Fluid Dynamics to simulate smoke in games. This was my first experience doing a deep dive into Physics and Fluid Dynamics. It was incredibly challenging but was very interesting.

Languages:

  • C++


Skills Learned:

  • Fluid Dynamics

  • Fluid Physics


Github: Here
Release: Here


[Engine / Game Development]
Necrodoggiecon (Studio Simulation Module)

This game was created ontop of a custom built engine constructed in DirectX 11. The overall project was conducted over 6 weeks where a team of 10 including myself built the engine in the first 3 weeks and then developed a game ontop of the engine in the final 3 weeks.

Languages:

  • C++


Skills Learned:

  • Engine Design and Development

  • Static Library compilation and Linking

  • Group Development Experience


Github: Here
Release: Here


[Optimization] Low Level Optimization of CPU Ray-Tracer.

A basic CPU ray-tracer which has been optimized to support memory allocation tracking and threading to increase performance.

Languages:

  • C++


Skills Learned:

  • Low Level Optimization of C++

  • Basic SIMD (Single-Instruction-Multiple-Data) Instructions

  • Basic Linux Porting

  • Compiling with different compiler experience


[Graphics] DX 11 Graphics Renderer.

A advanced graphics renderer built with DirectX11, also supports skeletal animation and procedual terrain generation.

Languages:

  • C++


Skills Learned:

  • Advanced Graphics Programming

  • Skeletal Animation

  • Procedual Terrain Generation

  • RenderDoc Debugging Experience


[Networking] Basic Server Client Game and Chat Room Application.

Created in my second year of University, written in C# and uses TCP sockets to communicate. Allows multiple users to chat and play games with one another.

Languages:

  • C#


Skills Learned:

  • Basic Networking Programming

  • Basic C# Programming

  • Client Server Networking


Release: Here