Portfolio

Welcome to my portfolio, showcasing a blend of professional and personal projects. I have put my heart into these creations and they represent my journey and evolution as a game developer since January 2017.

I invite you to explore these projects, and I hope you find them enjoyable. Feel free to reach out at aniruddha1098@outlook.com if you'd like to learn more about any specific project.

Professional Portfolio

Call of Duty MW 3

Worked on 'Precious Cargo', 'Deep Cover' and 'Oligarch' missions.
Controlled AI behaviors, level objective flow and developed gameplay mechanics for sandbox levels in COD MW 3 using proprietary scripting language.
Added new functionality for scriptables to proprietary game engine using C++.
Scripted opening vehicle sequence for ‘Precious Cargo’ mission in COD MW3.

Call of Duty Warzone 2.0

Developed and implemented player tutorial tips for Warzone using watcher threads and events, improving onboarding experience.

Personal Portfolio

Third Person Sandbox

Personal Project | 2022 - 2023

Melee Combat System

Combos

Air Attack

Pivot

Engineered an advanced melee combat system featuring collider interpolation/reconstruction, combo attacks, air juggling, and knockbacks.
Implemented hit reactions and knockbacks with custom logic and carefully placed animations.
Utilized collider interpolation/reconstruction to accurately register interactions with the sword.
Integrated inverse kinematics for accurate aiming and realistic foot placement, enhancing the overall gameplay experience.

Parkour System

Ledge Climb

Ledge Swing

Wall Run

Developed a specialized Player Movement Controller for parkour
Integrated custom algorithms for seamless navigation across ledges, walls, floors, and obstacles
Dynamic parkour system includes features like Wall Running, Ledge Climbing, Swinging, Sliding, Vaulting, and pivot during running/sprinting
Designed to enhance the fluidity and immersive experience of in-game movement

Lunaculture

Capstone | 2022 - 2023

Lunaculture: A strategic out-of-this-world space farming game
Set in space, players embark on the challenge of developing their ideal home planet. The key is to strategically use plants to balance atmosphere and soil composition, ultimately terraforming the planet for habitation.
Took on the role of lead programmer in a team of 7
Developed core farming gameplay mechanics, a plant state system, and an inventory management system to enhance the gaming experience.

Online Multiplayer Third Person Shooter Prototype

Personal Project | 2021

Real-time online multiplayer

IK based hit reactions & gun recoil

Customizable raycast based weapons

Customizable projectile based weapons

Simple multiplayer game lobby

Ragdoll Death

Developed a prototype to explore real-time multiplayer game implementation.
Successfully synchronized animations, player state, and projectiles over the network using Photon PUN.
Features:
- Online real-time multiplayer functionality
- Designer-customizable projectile-based weapons with object pooling
- Designer-customizable Raycast-based weapons with projectile trails and bullet shell physics
- Implemented Inverse Kinematics for aiming, gun recoil, and hit reactions on body parts
- Utilized ragdoll physics for realistic player death scenarios

Wrecking Crew

Group Project - Presented at AWE 2022

AWE 2022

Environment

Wrecking Crane

Collaborated with a team of 7 on the development of a wrecking ball-based AR game for the Tilt Five
Engineered player controller and core gameplay mechanics for the wrecking crane.
Full-fledged project showcased at Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2022

Third Person Combat Prototype

Personal Project | 2020 -2021

Sword Combat

Combos, Charged and Ranged Attacks

Parkour

Vaulting, Climbing and Dropping

Feet Inverse Kinematics

Place feet properly on slopes

Developed a third-person sword combat prototype
Personal project aimed at understanding combat mechanics in games like Nier Automata
Features sword combat with combos, charge attacks, and ranged attacks
Implemented special particle systems for dynamic slash effects
Includes basic parkour elements commonly found in third-person action-adventure games, such as vaulting and wall climb.

Zenith

GBit Studios Project | 2020

Zenith is a parkour-based capture the flag game.
Two players start at opposite map ends, aiming to capture the center flag and escort it to the enemy spawn for victory.
Flag recapture involves meleeing the enemy player to reclaim flag.
Players navigate the map using parkour mechanics.
Utilized an enhanced version of Third Person Controller v1.0 for the project.

Maya

GBit Studios Project/Competition Title | 2020

Maya: A VR Adventure RPG prototype
Project advanced to the second round of the National Innovation Contest 2020 (NIC) by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
Led the GBit Studios team in the development of the prototype submitted to NIC and served as the lead programmer
Initiated in 2019, completed in 2020
Initial prototype showcased at MakerFaire Hyderabad 2019

Third Person Controller v1.0

Personal Project | 2019

Developed a third-person controller system to enhance understanding of third-person gameplay mechanics.
It features the following:

Walking / Running
Wall running
Sliding
Simple wall climb
Combat roll

Blade Demon

Personal Project | 2018

Blade demon is my first third person sword combat prototype.
Features single and combos sword attacks.
Features a timed zombie arena mode where player has to slay as many zombies as he can within the allotted time.
Worked on this with Savyasachi Gupta at GBit Studios; served as the lead programmer.
Showcased project at MakerFaire Hyderabad 2018.

Miscellaneous Personal Projects

These projects are basically mocks of popular mobile games. I made these to improve my game development skills.

Jelly Ninja

Fruit Ninja but with Jelly instead of fruit.

PS: I used jelly because cutting jelly feels way more satisfying than cutting a fruit.

Quick Spark

Simple game where player taps the object whose shape and color matches that of the target.

Space Swype

Space Swype is a game which takes inspiration from the classic arcade shooter "Galaga".

2017 - The year I started

Shape Matcher

Ink Makers 2017 - First Runner Up

This is my first game and it holds a special place in my heart.
Shape matcher incorporates simple shapes and several colors to improve cognitive skills in children such as category formation, pattern recognition and speed of information processing.
Served as the team leader and lead programmer for this project.
Won first runner up at INK Makers finale.