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IMM at TCNJ Senior Showcase 2017

Visual Progress

This week I’ve made some progress optimizing and simplifying my game, while at the same time providing some more visual intricacy. I’ve…

Apr 19, 2017

Visual Progress

Apr 19, 2017

Domenic Portera
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IMM at TCNJ Senior Showcase 2017

Assembling the team

This week, I confirmed a sound designer as part of the team, ensuring that the project will have professional quality sound. This is a big…

Apr 12, 2017

Apr 12, 2017

Domenic Portera
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IMM at TCNJ Senior Showcase 2017

Creating the first demo

This week I created Uproot’s first demo — a fully playable, start to finish, level of the game, off of which two more levels will be built…

Apr 5, 2017

Apr 5, 2017

Domenic Portera
in
IMM at TCNJ Senior Showcase 2017

The path towards a Minimum Viable Product

I think it’s a pretty common thing for semester-long projects to start off very ambitious and scale back as time grows thin. It’s certainly…

Mar 29, 2017

The path towards a Minimum Viable Product

Mar 29, 2017

Domenic Portera
in
IMM at TCNJ Senior Showcase 2017

The Ethics of Uproot

The prominence of morality within my game lends itself towards an experience that forces the player to grapple with the ethics of what is…

Mar 22, 2017

Mar 22, 2017

Domenic Portera
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IMM at TCNJ Senior Showcase 2017

Economy of Work

This week of work has been the fastest progress I’ve made on Uproot since its beginning, from an art perspective. My modeling speed has…

Mar 8, 2017

Economy of Work

Mar 8, 2017

Domenic Portera
in
IMM at TCNJ Senior Showcase 2017

Uproot Progress (with images!)

The work I got done this week was satisfying in some respects and less so in others. I lit my scene and changed the appearance of the…

Mar 1, 2017

Uproot Progress (with images!)

Mar 1, 2017

Domenic Portera
in
IMM at TCNJ Senior Showcase 2017

Clutter and Optimization

This week I worked a lot on the optimization of my scene. Using SpeedTree has been a godsend in most respects, but it has taken a huge…

Feb 22, 2017

Feb 22, 2017

Domenic Portera
in
IMM at TCNJ Senior Showcase 2017

Troublesome Trees — Dev Blog

This week I’ve been working on stitching together a very early version of the game’s forest setting. My terrain is laid out (fortunately I…

Feb 15, 2017

Feb 15, 2017

Domenic Portera
in
IMM at TCNJ Senior Showcase 2017

First Game Development Sprint

This week I investigated the high-poly baking process for games, and the methodology by which I would model trees and foliage for the…

Feb 8, 2017

Feb 8, 2017

Domenic Portera

Domenic Portera

Game developer and student at The College of New Jersey. Currently developing a narrative video game, Bound (WT), out in Q2 2017.

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