yivo Dev

2D Game Engine

In order to learn the ins and outs of how a game engine works, I one day decided to tackle creating an engine that sits on top of the MonoGame Framework, in order to reuse code from previous projects and to be able to be more productive as a whole. It was a huge milestone for myself, to learn more about programming patterns and software architecture and this way, I was able to turn the things that I've learnt along the way into direct practice.

As of right now, the git repository is still private, but I hope to be able to change that one day.

The most notable features are a tailor-made Entity Component System for Game Actors, easy and intutive Scene Management, a light-weight and customizable Particle System, Map Generators for 2D and corresponding Noise Generators, as well as lots of Utility and QoL improvements to the MonoGame workflow as a whole.

Currently (18th of November, 2022), it sits at 10k lines and a Maintainability Index of 79.

Pixel Forge

I teamed up with a powerful Pixel Artist, in order to create a tool for 2D Asset Generation. Pixel Forge features a layer and palette system, to allow for an unlimited amount of possibilities.

We're still ironing out the last few bugs and we're looking to implement Xbr-Upscaling for the first, public release. We are targeting all common Desktop Platforms and an release on Steam and Itch in early-to-mid 2023

2.5D TopDown-RPG

I wanted to reproduce the feel of classic turnbased JRPGs, while further expanding my knowledge of GLSL and shaders in general. I have decided to mix a three-dimensional environment with 2D sprites to get the best of both worlds.

FPS Space Arenashooter

Mostly just a sideproject for getting used to implementing shaders into MonoGame.

Meta Textadventure

Sitting in front of a terminal, you're off on your journey to the unknown.

A short attempt at a classic textadventure, inspired by Zork. It's been a pretty useful pixel shader excercise and I still like the visuals.

3D Dungeon Crawler

I've been programming autotiling in 2D for years now. This time, it had to be programmed in three dimensions. What started out as a test soon began to turn into a little maze game with it's own mapeditor.

Ludum Dare 38: A space odyssey

Defend the sun against aliens that want to watch your universe burn.

Place buildings on different planets and build up an awesome defense in order to survive.

It's a planetary orbital tower defense game with weird pacing~

GM48 Gamejam: Tower Descent

You were banished on top of a (pretty high) tower and you've decided to start working your way down. Destroy barrels to reveal hidden staircases to descent further.

On your way, you'll come across dangerous hazards and enemies, so you better keep an eye out for those mines and the chain-reacting barrels.

Bamboo Beevers

Still my favorite project up to this day. The main character has become some kind of signature and he's made his appearence in every project since.

This project is heavily inspired by Megaman - It had eight stages planned, two of which were done.

Ancient Spirits

Inspired by several metroidvanias, our mute hero has to restore harmony to the four core elements.

This project never really left the planning stage and it might get picked up again at some point in the future.

Salvation

Procedural generated 2D sidescroller levels, heavily influenced by The Binding of Isaac.

I have used this project for a game pitch at my university and therefore it's quite planned out.

We've had a playable prototype with randomly generated stages and a neat palette of passive buff items.