Game Developer / Interactive Designer
I build physics-driven games, intelligent agents, immersive VR workflows, and interactive simulations across Unity, Unreal Engine, and real-time 3D systems.
Selected Work
Each project below is presented around the artifact itself: video first, then the systems and design decisions behind it. The goal is a faster read for recruiters, collaborators, and anyone trying to understand the range of the work.
Games
Physics-heavy prototypes, combat systems, engine features, VR experiments, and game-feel studies.
Debugged a custom C++ engine and built multithreaded physics with box/sphere colliders, inertia, and friction. Implemented deferred rendering with shadow, diffuse, normal, and depth maps to strengthen the render pipeline. (USC CSCI 522)
GPU-driven 2D particle field built from scratch in Vulkan (C++17). A compute shader integrates 8,192 particles per frame into a double-buffered shader storage buffer that is bound directly as the render vertex buffer — no CPU round-trip. Full explicit setup: instance and validation layers, device and queue selection, swapchain recreation, separate graphics and compute pipelines, semaphore-based compute→graphics sync, and additive point-sprite blending.
Realistic spaceship movement system with modular thruster allocation and constraint-driven physics in Unreal Engine. Built gimbal weapon and CIWS-style targeting with debug visualization for aiming, torque, propulsion forces, and runtime physics behavior.
A strategy prototype that blends chess logic with real-time game systems including asteroids, special attacks, and dynamic movement options.
A 3D movement and combat prototype inspired by vehicle-scale space warfare, with a focus on readable controls and immersive motion.
A 2D roguelike pixel-art RPG from Minerva Game Studio, highlighting character movement, animation, and world presentation.
An immersive productivity experiment exploring how virtual workspaces can support multitasking beyond traditional 2D monitor setups.
A competitive shooter prototype centered on networking, real-time synchronization, and readable combat interactions.
Foundational 2D and 3D graphics work covering transforms, hierarchical modeling, lighting, texturing, and web-based presentation.
AI
Game AI experiments spanning behavior, training, simulation, and natural-language interaction.
USC directed research (Scott Easley) using Proximal Policy Optimization to train AI for a tower-defense mobile game, then comparing AI performance against human player data to refine balance and behavior.
An escape-room style interaction prototype where players talk with AI characters to get assistance, context, and puzzle guidance.
A Unity ML-Agents autonomous driving simulation focused on training, navigation, and decision-making in dynamic environments.
A multi-agent systems project exploring collaborative defense, resource use, and strategy in a tower defense environment.
Robotics
Control systems and simulation projects that connect real-time 3D environments with robotics concepts.
Student-led robotics team designing, building, and deploying autonomous underwater vehicles for RoboSub, an international competition where AUVs complete underwater mission tasks. I lead autonomy software across perception, control, and mapping, building EKF sensor-fusion pipelines (DVL, IMU, stereo camera, 360° sonar) for robust localization, and validating navigation in Gazebo, Unreal Engine, and Isaac Sim. The new validation video shows MPPI, IEKF, and GTSAM completing Task 1 by navigating through the gate. RoboSub 2026 runs July 11-16, 2026 at Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine, California.
A Unity robotics simulation using PID control to keep a ball centered on a platform with precise movement correction.
A robotics project demonstrating interactive robot behavior and motion through a focused prototype video.
A machine-learning based driving simulation that connects robotics navigation concepts with real-time decision systems.
3D / Art
Modeling, rendering, and visual studies that support stronger scene building and asset production.
Autodesk Maya studies focused on modeling workflows, material presentation, and professional 3D asset creation.
Advanced modeling studies emphasizing shape accuracy, mechanical detail, and design-for-manufacturing discipline.
Photoshop and 3D form studies exploring image remixing, compositing, and mecha-inspired visual design.
Experience
Internships and research spanning robotics, computer vision, real-time systems, and game AI, plus the core technical toolkit behind the projects above.
Madison, WI · JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js
Gardena, CA · C++, ROS2, OpenCV, RealSense, Jetson, Unity
Fukuoka, Japan · C++, ROS
Los Angeles, CA · 3DGS, ROS, Python
Los Angeles, CA · Unity, C#, PPO