Jiaqi He

My Contribution

• Built a foundational 3D rendering framework from scratch, implementing cameras, coordinate-space transformations, perspective projection, geometric primitives, and scene organization to establish a complete scene-to-frame pipeline.
• Implemented materials, light sources, and direct illumination based on radiometric principles, and evaluated how material and lighting parameters affect surface appearance.
• Integrated an OpenGL real-time rendering pipeline using GLSL shaders, vertex data, and MVP transformations, laying the groundwork for textures, shadows, and post-processing effects.

My Contribution

• Independently designed and developed the complete prototype, from responsive movement and physics-based combat to final Windows packaging.
• Built ScriptableObject weapons, stackable three-choice upgrades, procedural dungeon generation, state-machine NavMesh enemies, and weighted loot tables.
• Introduced object pooling, profiled runtime behavior, managed the GitHub repository, and delivered a trailer and project retrospective.

Technical Challenge

The core challenge was keeping procedural generation, navigation, combat, loot, and accumulating upgrades maintainable as they affected one another. I separated configurable data from runtime behavior, assigned each system a clear responsibility, and organized enemy decisions into explicit patrol, chase, and attack states. Object pooling reduced repeated instantiation costs while the modular structure kept balancing and debugging manageable.

My Contribution

• Created the project from scratch and implemented Enhanced Input, reusable movement and interaction controls, and data-driven item, combat, damage, and feedback systems.
• Built enemy behavior with Behavior Trees, player interfaces with UMG, and combat readability with Niagara VFX and audio.
• White-boxed the level, profiled and debugged cross-system behavior, organized reusable code and assets, and produced a packaged Windows build.

Technical Challenge

The main challenge was drawing a maintainable boundary between C++ and Blueprint while connecting Unreal’s input, combat, AI, UI, VFX, and audio frameworks. I kept foundational and reusable behavior in C++, exposed focused values and events for Blueprint iteration, and tested the shared gameplay events through packaging so the systems remained synchronized outside the editor.