VALEHONA
This work-in-progress Metroidvania project, inspired by Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, and Blasphemous, is being developed in Unity. It features intriguing world-building and challenging combat. My primary goal is to create an incredible user experience that makes players feel good when they play. The game will include boss battles with specific patterns and puzzles to defeat them. Currently, I am focusing on combat mechanics and feedback, such as implementing a screen shake effect when the player takes damage. This feedback is crucial as it signals to the player what to avoid and conveys the impact and weight of an attack. I will update this portfolio as I progress through this project.
Valehona Tap! is my clicker game where you slay "goons" and progress through upgrades to become a stronger goon slayer! This is an android game I released on the google play store in 2021. This two-week project yielded results I'm proud of. The most challenging aspect was the save system, which optimizes performance by saving at intervals instead of every tick, ensuring players don't lose progress. Despite its small scale, the project helped me understand game development fundamentals and the publishing process.
educational works
Access Creative College Norwich | 2018-2020
I studied Creative Media Production Level 3 Extended Diploma in Game Development at Access Creative College Norwich, where I learned the fundamentals of game art, development, and design. We had several assignments involving 3D modelling, texturing, and mapping using Autodesk Maya. One assignment required creating a 2D game animation, for which I turned my tutors into pixel characters. Although I primarily learned Unreal Engine 4 during my time at the college, after graduating with a triple distinction, I decided to teach myself Unity.
After college | during covid 2020-2022
After finishing college, I aimed to master both Unreal Engine and Unity through practical experience. I created a company with a brand and logo that I was proud of and led a small team to work on fun, small-scale projects rather than for commercial gain. Our first project was "Jackson Jones," a noir-style detective game developed in Unreal Engine 4. We focused heavily on shaders and style, and the outcome exceeded our expectations. However, I found Unreal Engine challenging due to its primary focus on 3D over 2D. I then started a new project called "Valehona" and its companion, "Valehona Tap!" "Valehona" is a pixel Metroidvania game developed in Unity, which I continue to work on. Through this project, I taught myself C#. Using the assets from "Valehona," I created a tap game for Google Play, "Valehona Tap!" This provided valuable experience in mobile game development.
