Game Design

I've decided to keep all of my game design and development stuff, even my web-based apps, on this page, separate from non-game web... stuff.

BrickBreaker – Breakout/Arkanoid clone

Inspired by games like Breakout! and Arkanoid, I created this clone from the ground up. While it's still a work in progress, most of the functionality is done. All I really have left to implement are the pills and their effects. Only a few of them work so far. Give it a try!

Disc... of... Destiny! (Wheel of Fortune Clone)

I actually did it. I accomplished one of my goals and completed an entire game system in Unreal Engine!

Screenshot of the preview listing for the Disc of Destiny Unreal Engine game system

Now available on the Fab store (a joining of the Unreal Engine Marketplace, Sketchfab store, ArtStation Marketplace, and Quixel), the Disc of Destiny project contains a complete Wheel of Fortune-style game from start to finish, along with the Blueprint functionality that makes it all happen. Anything I did not create myself (mostly the music and sound effects) I collected from verified CC0 or public domain sources (such as Freesound). One of the requirements was creating extensive documentation for the project, which you can read here.

This game system is available for purchase now!

Electronic Hacking Minigame (Proof of Concept)

I'm working on a sci-fi adventure RPG named 2424, and one of the minigames within the larger game is a form of "electronic hacking":

Screenshot of the Electronic Hacking Minigame proof-of-concept, mid-game

As you can probably guess (or not), this "electronic hacking" minigame is basically the "guess four" game, where there is a four-digit (in this case, four-character) randomized code or "combination", and you must guess the combination in as few guesses as possible. In my minigame version, the available characters are the six letters A through F, with 4 characters in the combination (no repeating characters). In the example screenshot above, the last guess was "FACE", and the indicators above show two green lights and one amber light; the amber lights represent a correct character in the wrong position, and green represents a correct character in the correct position. Try it out for yourself!

If you reeaaallly need to cheat, just type in HackGame.solution in the browser's Inspector console to show the solution.