Unannounced Wild West RPG

as Senior Programmer at Zakazane

The game is a mature, dark, dialogue heavy RPG set in Wild West. It's inspired by True Detective and Deadwood.

For this game I made a custom Dialogue System in Unreal Engine 5. It's a complete toolset built from two main components - Dialogue Tree Editor and Cinematic Editor. First, writers took care of preparing dialogue flow, defining skill checks, branching etc. using Dialogue Tree Editor. Then, Cinematic Editor could make these dialogues into full-on cutscenes with gestures, character emotional states, camera cuts etc. with a realtime preview.

I was also responsible for making the foundations of core gameplay systems for quests, map and interaction that drive player progression and world interactivity.

Through the development of the game I also made a lot of editor tools that helped other team members with their jobs.

Uragun

as Lead Programmer at Kool2Play

Uragun is an arcade twin-stick shooter with constant action and fluid movement.

I had a chance to work on most of its codebase. That includes gameplay, movement, progression, UI, animations, optimization, shaders, etc.

While I joined the team as a regular programmer, I wanted to be more involved and gained the trust to, at some point, take over a lead role in the project.

Currently, we are in the progress of redoing lots of stuff to make this game into a roguelike.

Total Tank Simulator

as Unity Developer at Noobz From Poland

During my short time in Noobz From Poland I was responsible for implementing Steam Workshop mods support from the ground up for the already released Total Tank Simulator.

Legendary

as Junior Unity Developer at Daftcode

Legendary is mobile online tactical brawler game in which you have to collect your heroes, level them up and use them to fight other players.

I did many things for this project including gameplay logic, custom shaders and UI. I also had a chance to learn ECS concepts during my time working on this project.

Mobile Games

During my time as an intern at DaftMobile I was responsible for fast prototyping of many mobile game ideas. Some of them were later developed and released on AppStore and Google Play.

Side projects

In my free time, I love to create all kinds of things. Whether it's music, visuals, photography, or games I always look toward experimenting and extending my skills.

Here's some of the stuff that I've made:

Atlantis

Thesis project

When I played Abzû a few years ago I was amazed by how well it looked and ran on my pretty old PC. So, for this project, I decided to explore optimization techniques that allow to simulate and display big amounts of objects in real-time.

I've implemented a movement algorithm using Data-Oriented Design principles and compute shaders. Fish are rendered in an optimal way using GPU Instancing and persistent transform data in GPU buffers that are updated directly in compute shaders. There is also asynchronous data synchronization, so I could query physics on the CPU and send back the results to GPU without blocking game execution. I've implemented animation in vertex shader that takes into account the acceleration and rotation changes of every fish. I've also done some visual effects like sand, caustics, or light shafts to help convey the underwater vibe.

I tried to include as many elements as possible because I know that it's easy to make conclusions from prototypes where only the bare minimum is present. But the biggest challenges often arise when you're trying to put prototype into context.

I wanted to release the full project publicly, but in the end, I used some assets from Unity Asset Store, so I couldn't. Instead I've put some of its code on GitHub and I'm planning to write some articles to explain the most important things that I've learned while making this project.

Skate

Prototype

Prototype made in Unreal Engine for a platformer designed around using skateboard for different things based on gamplay context.

For this project I've implemented modular movement system based around built-in Character Movement Component, learned about creating animations inside the engine, implemented reusable combo system, tested some ideas for movement mechanics and learned a lot about implementing dynamic audio using built-in MetaSounds plugin.

UE5 Locomotion & Procedural Animation Exploration

Prototype

Heard From The Internet Lines

Prototype

Prototype made in Unreal Engine for a game inspired by our childhood, stop motion animation and european eastern bloc countries culture during 90s.

I was able to implement some foundations for the game, like camera system, framework for gameplay based around open-world with story progressing with each day, dialogue system, interaction system etc.

The Walk

GMTK Game Jam 2023 submission

Theme for 2023 GMTK Game Jam was "Roles Reversed". Our take on the theme was to create a world where dogs walk humans. Gameplay is very simple as we wanted to focus mostly on evoking emotions. We are very happy with how this one turned out. Most people who got to the end seem to be surprised by the ending and felt things.

You can play the game on PC from browser. Try giving it a shot!

Reactive visuals for music shows

I wanted to explore the possibilities of visually reacting to things that happen during a show in real-time.

I've had a chance to make projects for a few live sets that analyzed audio signal and used data captured by Kinect to create things that react to performers and to their audience.

Multiplayer FPS

Prototype

Prototype made in Unity and Proton where instead of shooting directly at your opponent, players were forced to activate traps that were scattered around the level. A bit like in Quake where with a rocket launcher you have to think a bit ahead and aim where your enemy will be in a second.