Hellbound Game
PROJECT SUMMARY
Goal:
Make and release a game, made in a custom cross-platform (PC & PS5) engine.
Project Started:
Spring - Summer 2023
Time Bounds:
8 weeks
Team Size:
18 teammates, 8 programmers, 4 graphics programmers: 2 DX12, 2 PS5
My Role:
DX12 graphics programmer, VFX, procedural animations, cut-scenes, gameplay
Game:
https://buas.itch.io/hellbound
My Contribution:
- Creating Bloom Effect
- Adding Alpha-Blending for Sprites, models, and particles with proper sorting
- Inverse Kinematics Implementation in the Engine
- Boss procedural animations with IK
- Custom Monochromatic and Outline Shaders
- Adding Emissive Properties for Sprites and Particles
- Death VFX
- Engine support for boss-damaged VFX
- Anti-occlusion system for the player and the environment
- New particle system with fake physics
- Game's intro, outro, level transition scenes
- Onboarding
- Instancing
Contribution Gallery:
Bloom
- Inspired by the bloom effect in Unity.
- I created downsampling, tent filter upsampling, blur, tone mapping, and additive blending shaders.
Alpha Blending
- Sorts all blending elements for the proper render order
- Works simultaneously for models, sprites, and particles
Inverse Kinematics
- Works for arms with any number of joints of custom sizes
- Can select a part of the arm, affected by the IK
- Can bind custom meshes for each joint
- Works in local space so can be attached to any object
- Was used for the Boss movement
Custom Shaders
- Colors for monochromacy and threshold, line thickness, etc. can be tweaked
- The area, in which shaders are applied is custom for a smooth transition
- Was used for the player's death
- The extended version of the shader is used for the rage mode
Emissive Sprites
- Can be tweaked through ImGui
- Works for models with animated textures, sprites, and particles
Boss Hit
- Switches materials for the hierarchy runtime
Anti-Occlusion
- Smoothly blends the environment in front of the player, using material factors of GLTF
New Particle System
- Uses fake physics with accelerations based on weight, initial velocity, gravity
Game Cut Scenes
- Intro, level transition, and outro
- All are made by me using engine features to highlight them
Onboarding
- Event execution on input
- Custom tasks based on the input device
- Slow motion
Instancing
- Works for models and sprites
About this Portfolio
Welcome to my portfolio website! I'm Andrei Bazzaev, a game developer and graphics programmer. Check out my projects and other parts of my portfolio to see my skills and experience.
I'm currently seeking an internship, so feel free to contact me with any opportunities. Thank you for visiting!
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