Derek Baert

Student Project (Group)
Designer, Developer
Unreal

Rift City Rebels is a Platform Fighter developed as the capstone project for my Game Development program. In this project I worked with 5 other developers and 12 artists. Some features I worked on are:

• Designed character concept and moveset.
• Worked with artist to develop visual design of character.
• Created dynamic camera system
• Developed manager classes to monitor game interactions
• Integrated in engine animations and cutscenes.
• Participate in weekly stand up meetings to update team on progress and blocks.

Student Project (Group)
Designer, Developer
Unreal

Spearguy is a game I designed and developed myself as an exercise in mechanic and level design.

• Designed character concept and core mechanic
• Programmed behaviour of player character, enemies and world interactions.
• Designed challenges and level for player to traverse.
• Created screen transition system.
• Playtested mechanic and challenges, and integrated feedback into project.

Student Project (Group)
Designer, Developer
Unreal

Rift City Rebels is a Platform Fighter developed as the capstone project for my Game Development program. In this project I worked with 5 other developers and 12 artists. Some features I worked on are:

• Designed character concept and moveset.
• Worked with artist to develop visual design of character.
• Created dynamic camera system
• Developed manager classes to monitor game interactions
• Integrated in engine animations and cutscenes.
• Participate in weekly stand up meetings to update team on progress and blocks.

Student Project (Group)
Designer, Developer
Unreal

Virtual House Editor is a project developed for an external client where I worked alongside three artists as the sole programmer. Responsbilities included:

• Developed systems which allowed users to change visual elements of the house.
• Collaborate with artists to balance visual fidelity and performance.
• Develop multiple movement options for ease of use and accessibility.
• Communicate with client about project status and solicit feedback.
• Participate in weekly stand up meetings to update team on progress and blocks.

Student Project (Group)
Designer, Developer
Unreal

Zecromancer is a VR Prototype in which you control a hoard of zombies to defeat soldiers and tear down obstacles. For this project I worked with one other programmer and 6 artists. Features I created were:

• Programmed AI behaviours, including Zombie NPC behaviour which could be influenced by player inputs.
• Created development tools to automate workflow of converting animations to vertex animations using Unreal's AnimToTexture plugin.
• Programmed system to change animations of NPCs which used vertex animations in place of skeletal animations.