Vextar

Lead Programmer at Vextar Dev Team–2016-2019

Banner image for Vextar Dev Team featuring a screenshot of a Vextar

I was the Lead Programmer for Vextar, a first-person multiplayer “disk-on-disk” shooter action game where players attempt to bounce each other out of the arena with projectile disks.

It was inspired by classic arena shooters like Ricochet, Quake, Doom, as well as Tron, of course.

My responsibilities were as follows:

Training artists and designers on using Unreal Engine 4
Integrating C++ and Unreal Blueprints together to support designers
Synchronizing game state across clients in a server-client network model
Exhibiting and collecting feedback from players who played the game at events and shows
Prototyping new PvP levels and gameplay mechanics

The project was showcased at venues such as PAX West (at our alma mater’s booth), SRGE (Seattle’s Retro Gaming Expo), and SBDHH (Seattle’s Best Damn Happy Hour).