Projects - University of Staffordshire GradEX

Games Programming

Bed Engine

Bed engine is an ECS based game engine it has been in development for nearly a year at this point with plenty more planned.

Jake Hickman

Companion AI

A demonstration of MARPO as a method of AI decision-making

Sean Tan

Creating Challenging AI For RTS Games

Developing challenging AI opponents for Real-Time Strategy games.

Thomas Stevens

Dynamic Pathfinding

Demonstration of Dynamic pathfinding in a 2D environment

Harry Watts

Entity Component System Comparison - Sparse Sets vs Archetypes

Benchmarking different ECS architectures in C++ to reveal and compare key performance characteristics.

Louis Cox

Exploration of Real-Time Volumetric Cloud Rendering

This project formed the basis of my dissertation; I implemented volumetric cloud rendering and billboarded cloud rendering in order to compare the performance of the effects against one another.

Rhys Elliott

Physically Based Rendering in DirectX 12

A custom deferred rendering engine written in C++ using DirectX 12, implementing physically based materials.

Toby Kleinsmiede

Simulated Crowd Audio

Dynamic crowd sounds created in realtime utilising granular synthesis! Showcased using a simple Rugby kick minigame in Unreal Engine 5.

Jonathan Davidson

Simulating Personality and Emotion in AI Agents

A simulation exploring the effect of personalities and emotions on agent behaviours within an AI population using the OCEAN Personality Model and Plutchik's Emotion Model.

Kacey Halstead

Smart AI Chess Board

A 3D printed smart chessboard with LED lit squares, real-time move indication and built-in AI, bridging physical interaction with digital gameplay using Arduino and Raspberry Pi.

Gabriela Maczynska

Usability First Terrain Generation Tool

A usability first terrain generation and editing tool created through 4 rounds of user testing and development sprints.

Cameron Dawes

Voxel Rendering for Destructible Models

Vulkan artefact showcasing voxelised 3D models to showcase Voxels ability as a primitive for destructibility.

Aiden Knight

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