Games Programmer.

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I completed one year at d3t in June '22! Though my plaque may be six months late, I've had a fantastic time here so far.

Warhammer

https://d3tltd.com/d3t-welcomes-angharad-hill-associate-programmer/

I finally finished painting my first mini, super proud of how she came out!

3D Printer



I recently got a 3D printer and have started experimenting with different prints

Professional Game Releases

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Marvel's Guardians of The Galaxy

During my eight months on guardians I worked on UI, rendering and did whole lot of debugging. It was such a great way to start my journey in the games industry and I feel very lucky to have worked on the game with all the fantastic people at Eidos and d3t.

Portfolio

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Colour Theory<br><br> Skills:<br> - C++ Programing<br> - Unreal Engine 4<br><br> Brief: As part of a team design and create a game in Unreal Engine 4<br> Our team, monocode, designed, prototyped and created a physics based puzzle game inspired by portal in Unreal Engine 4. The player changes the properties of cubes using a colour gun and must solve a variety of puzzles. My specific work on the programming side was on two cubes, one that attracts and stores all other cubes near it, and another that deletes itself after ten seconds. I also worked on the gun, setting up scripts that change certain materials on the gun based on what colour property is active. Another role of mine was to try and keep the team organised by maintaining the Trello board we shared and keepig it updated with what tasks were ongoing, done or being scrapped. I also designed the introductory levels to make sure the player understood how the main gameplay worked. <br>Achieved: 80%
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Colour Theory
Advanced Graphics<br><br> Skills:<br> - C++ Programing<br> - DirectX 11<br><br> Brief: Implement Advanced Rendering Techniques <br> I originally used directx 12 as my API of choice but eventually chose to switch to 11 as I was much more familiar with it and found it easier to debug. I programmed a camera movement system, and imgui to make object and light manipulation easier then began implementing normal mapping, parallax then self-shadowing. Then added rendering to texture, which developed into rendering to full screen quad. Then I worked on small screen space effects such as motion blur, HDR, and depth of field. At this point I began to attempt Shadow mapping, having understood the concept quite well; to simplify depth buffer pass, shadow map generation, then map sampling and depth comparrison, unfortunately I did not have time to finish this before the short deadline but plan on returning to it in future though most likely in DirectX 12. <br>Achieved = 76%
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Advanced Graphics
Artifical Intelligience Assignment<br><br> Skills: <br> - C++ Programming<br> - Visual Studio<br> - Implementing Search Algorithms<br><br> Brief: Program an AI with pathfinding and a fuzzy state machine <br> For my AI module I created a tank AI with the aim of competing in a group arena battle; this was unfortunately changed so that instead the AI should navigate a maze collecting crates and avoiding enemies. This involved programming a fuzzy state machine that handles 11 states and pathfinding based on the Dynamic Recursion Search algorithm <br>Provisional Mark Achieved: 100%
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Tank AI Project
Ray Tracer Optimisation<br><br> Skills:<br> - C# Programming<br> - C++ Programming<br> - Windows Forms<br> - Visual Studio<br> - VS Profiling Tools<br><br> Brief: Optimise and port a ray tracer from Windows platform to linux <br> Taking the framework provided, a slow ray tracer program, I fully profiled memory usage and run-time using visual studios built in profiling tools, I then added c++ 11s chronos for more accurate timings and profiled each section of the program. Using Win Forms I created a UI tool that allows the user to create keyframes that will be animated between, this then writes to a json file which is then used in the main framework for reading position, sizes etc. of the spheres being animated. Now onto memory managment, for noting when items are being added to the heap I overrode both the global and class specific new and delete then to better keep track of what objects where using the most heap space I created a few custom heap classes, one that just tracks the amout of space being used (this tracks most standard type objects), and another that preallocates memory and tracks positions in memory, this I used to track my custom sphere objects. Then I performed general optimising techniques such as adding threads, switch out parameters to be passed by reference and adding buffers to repeated writes to files. By this point the software was running about 8 times faster so it was time to port to Linux. Using a virtual machine and VS code I added linux specific #includes and switched out the threads for processes, as linux runs entirely on processes, then I profiled this using chrono and it ended up being just 1 second slower than the windows version. <br>Provisional Mark Achieved: 98.18%
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Low Level Programming
Scott vs Networking<br><br> Skills:<br> - C# Programming<br> - Windows Forms<br> - Visual Studio<br> - Multithreading<br><br> Brief: Produce a networked chat application and server, alongside a multiplayer networked game <br> My First ever Project in C#! A networked chat client, that allows users to connect to a server and send messages using UDP or TCP, you can also wisper to other clients using their usernames displayed in the right hand panel, implemented techniques such as multithreading and thread locks. I also produced a small networked game that allows two users to play a more basic version of the fan favourite Scott Pilgrim vs. the World the game online for which I wrote my own rendering and animation system using windows forms Bitmaps, and collisions were handled using box colliders. <br> Achieved: 86%!
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Scott Vs Networking
UKIE Game Jam<br><br> Skills:<br> - C++ Programming<br> - Visual Studio<br> - Unreal Engine<br><br> Brief: Ukie Jam 2020 #raisethegamejam theme<br> I acted as team leader for a six person team as we designed and created a small game in Unreal Engine. We brainstormed ideas about what game we found interesting and came to the conclusion that we felt rather frustrated with this year so came up with the concept of having a character whom gets angry as time goes on and must take out this rage and then hide the resulting bodies. Now with the plan laid down we split out all tasks using Trello and each person got to work. My tasks were to create a system that allow the player to attack, objects to take damage, the ability to pick up and hide bodies and set up a basic menu that others could add too later. I quickly finished the menu and then began designing a component based attack/damage system that could be abstracted as much as possible so it could be dragged and dropped on any character. I originally worked with the built in unreal component class but realised I would need to change things around as colliders would reset their position on start, I then implemented my planned classes and waited until I was able to merge to the main branch and test, though all my work functioned properly on my own branch when the AI characters became involved they sometimes refused to die and would continually try to run away from the player when trying to hide their body, so this was temporarily removed and intead the AI actor was simply removed on being hit.
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Ukie #RaiseTheGameJam
Fridge Raiders <br><br> Skills:<br> - Unreal Engine 4 <br> - C++ Programming <br> - Collaborative work between discplines<br><br> Brief: GGJ 2019 Theme 'What Home Means To You'<br> The first Game Jam I've ever Participated in! We created a wave based game where you must defend your fridge from enemies. Made in Unreal 4 using both blueprint and C++ in just 48 hours: I Created the pick up and weapon system along with the camera, and also did a lot of bug fixes for the other two programmers. I learned how to create cinematic cameras in unreal and used them to create a background for the start menu.
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Fridge Raiders
Environment Generation Plug-in<br><br> Skills: <br> - C# Programming <br> - Unity <br><br> Brief: A personal project to experiment with Unity plug-ins <br> A work in progress. An environment generation plugin for Unity that generates a grid map of a set size and populates it with trees, tents and a river that paths from one side of the map to the other. The grid size, denisty of trees and amount of rivers (max two) can all be set in editor.
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Environment Generation
Flocking In DirectX 11<br><br> Skills:<br> - C++ Programming <br> - Visual Studio<br> - DirectX 11 <br><br> Brief: A personal project taking a look into flocking<br> During an optional summer session I created this little flocking AI example that I hope to expand upon in future.
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Flocking In DirectX 11
Press 'B' to Bark<br><br> Skills:<br>- Unity <br> - C# Programming <br><br> Brief: GGJ 2021 Theme 'Lost & Found'<br> As a part of a four person team we developed a short adventure game about a dog returning home, featuring a reputation system, a trading system and AI. For my part I worked on creating the player controls, camera and animation state machine. My camera was later replaced the cinemachine camera as it was much more robust, but my player controller logic of having the player's forward direction be based on that of the camera easily carried over. This was also my first time working with the unity particle system which I plan on duplicating for my group games project. <br> Link to GGj Page: https://globalgamejam.org/2021/games/press-b-bark-3
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Global Game Jam 2021
Second Year Physics Assignment<br><br> Skills:<br> - C++ programming<br> - DirectX 11<br> - Visual Studio<br><br> Brief: Create a physics engine modeling, rigid bodies, mass aggreates, collisions and a variety of forces<br> Using the Game Physics Engine Development book as a reference, I developed a physics engine built in DirectX 11, contains rigid body physics, particle force generator, mass aggregate particles, a variety of forces and collision handling. Modelled Forces: bouyancy, turbulent drag (with editable coefficients), gravity, springs, laminar flow Colliders: Axis alligned bounding boxes, bounding sphere Particle System: particles with a lifecycle that can have varying forces applied to replicate many things, for example, rain or smoke. Uses the Object Pool design pattern.<br> Built on from my semester one project: a focus on the rendering side; makes use of phong shading, specular mapping, alpha blending, and billboarding. Achieved: 89% <br>Achieved: 93% <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9O3CVDcuJ8&ab_channel=AngharadHill' style='color:#ffff'/a> Video Link
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Physics Engine
Feed Me <br><br> Skills:<br> - C# Programming <br> - Windows Forms <br> - Visual Studio <br><br>My unique, if not slightly weird LD game. <br> Once again I decided to work in windows forms, creating my own rendering and animation system that then allowed me to create a short tamogotchi like game with a slightly satanic ending.
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Ludum Dare 46 2020
Retro Mario<br><br> Skills:<br>- C++ Programming<br> - Visual Studio<br> - SDL2 <br><br> Brief: Create a physics ending using SDL2 then use it to build retro Mario <br> For Games Engine Project two we were tasked with producing a clone of mario using my own engine, built uisng SDL2, I replicated the arcade version with two players collecting coins to beat a high score. Then created a solo mode boss battle against a familiar villain. Programming techniques: file write/read, std, box colliders, basic physics and basic enemy ai <br>Module mark: 95%
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Retro Mario: SDL2 Project
Kraken Krisis<br><br> Skills:<br>- Unreal <br> - C++ Programming <br><br> Brief: GGJ 2020 Theme 'Repair'<br> 6 person team in 48 hrs based on the theme of repair! An unreal project featuring several mini games you must repeatdly complete in order to stop your boat from sinking; my part was to make the character movement, camera system, ladders,and a skill check based mini game. Unfortunately the game was not fully completed before the deadline but we do plan on coming back to it and polishing it in future.
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Global Game Jam 2020
Wind Waker Verticle Slice<br><br> Skills:<br> - Unreal Engine 4 <br> - C++ Programming <br><br>Before Starting second year I familiarised myself with unreal by creating a vertical slice of Wind Waker. This included making my own camera and player movement system in Unreal 4 using C++, and then choosing select i tems to replicate. <a href = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eruiO_3Euy4&ab_channel=AngharadHill' style='color:#ffff'/a> Video Link
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Solo Unreal Project

Technical Skills



C++ Programing


I've been progamming in C++ since around 2013 and am confident in my knowledge having taken an advanced course to better my knowledge.



C# Programming


Having only started using C# a few years ago, I now feel confident using it in both a unity and UWP setting.



Github


Using Github as my source control has made working with others on projects significantly easier, as well as making it easy to access projects without reliance on physical media.



Unreal Engine


Having now used Unreal for 4 seperate projects and well as experimenting with NVIDIA Flex, I feel I can effectively make use of unreal, C++ and Blueprint



Unity


After using Unity for multiple projects, even experimenting with creating plug-ins, I am now comfortable using Unity and is easily my preferred engine of choice



Visual Studio


I have been using Visual Studio for the past few years as my main IDE. I now feel confident in using both it's profiling and debug tools.



DirectX 11


Using DirectX 11 I have now built two engines focused on rendering and another based in physics and have most recently used it to implement some advanced rendering techniques such as parallax mapping.



DirectX 12


I experimented with DirectX 12 while working on my FYP and will continue to developed my skills!



Perforce


After starting working with perforce after entering industry I am now qwell-versed in its use.

University Modules

Advanced Graphics and Real-Time Rendering

Created a rendering engine that employs mutlpile advanced graphics techinques such as Parallax Mapping, Self Shadowing and Multiple Screen Space Effects in DirectX 11.

Low Level Game Programming

Taking a Ray Tracer Framework, Profiling and Optimising it, and then porting to the Linux platform and adding linux specific Features.

Final Year Project

I researched and implemented a real-time fluid simulation using smoothed particle hydrodynamics using the DirectX 11 API. Experimenting with DX12 in the process.

Group Game Development

Working as part of a team to simulate a studio work setting, we produced a Game Engine as a group then continuing to work together to create a game in said engine.

Further Games and Graphics

I have now completed my own physics engine, which includes a mass aggregate particle system, collision response and rigid body simulation.

Artificial Intelligience

In Artifical Intelligience I created a Tank AI that makes use of a fuzzy state machine to control it's steering behaviours, I also implemented the DRS pathfinding algorithm.

Technical Games Production

Using Unreal 4 as part of a five person group we created a game inspired by portal, where you must use coloured cubes with different properties to solve puzzles.

Further Maths and Algorithmics

Learned about dynamic programming to solve problems, quaternions, and O(n) notation. As well as many other concepts.

Concurrent Network Applications

Using C# and windows forms to create a networked chat client and game. Makes use of TCP, UDP and multi-threading.

Games Engine Creation

A game Engine made in SDL then create a retro mario game in said engine

Fundamentals of Game and Graphical System Development

Creating a 2D SDL game then a 3D game in openGL

Fundamentals of Computing and Mathematics

Learned the fundamentals of mathematics for programming

Github

Let's Get In Touch!

@OverAHill
angharadjanehill@gmail.com
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