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A showcase of my hobby projects — games, software, tools, and more.

Graphics and Games

4 projects

Blocks

A barebones Minecraft clone written in C++ with raw Vulkan rendering.

Features simple infinite chunk generation using simplex noise, multithreaded chunk generation and meshing, chunk mesh uploads on a dedicated transfer queue, and simple block breaking/placing.

When I first learned Vulkan in 2023, I challenged myself to render Minecraft-style chunks; at the time I managed to make something that almost worked; this year I decided to go back and give it another shot, and this was the result.

Vulkan Game Project

github.com/GarrettNixSoft/VulkanGameProject

My sandbox project for exploring rendering and game engine techniques in C++ with Vulkan.

It's an interactive 3D application with a free-motion first-person camera, physics using ReactPhysics3D, audio using SoLoud, and ECS using EnTT.

The renderer features diffuse and specular lighting, with directional lights, point lights, and spotlights; shadow mapping from the directional light; and multiple camera views of the scene using a SceneCamera (render-to-texture). For fun, I implemented some basic FPS interactions, allowing bullets to be fired into the scene which interact with the cubes and spheres' physics.

JFlatGL

github.com/GarrettNixSoft/JFlatGL

JFlatGL is a game library written in Java on top of LWJGL3. It's a fully functional library for creating 2D games and real-time applications, with the goal of making it easy to get a game up and running quickly with just a few lines, and providing a framework to implement complex, state-based game logic.

My original intention was to use JFlatGL to build a number of 2D games, which was my main passion at the time; however, due to consistent scope creep, as well as my transition to university and work, and moving on to learn Vulkan, JFlatGL fell to the wayside. I have used it to spin up a few quick game prototypes in the years since, proving its usefulness (at least to myself!).

Doki Doki Platformer Club! (DDPC)

github.com/GarrettNixSoft/DDPC-Code

Doki Doki Platformer Club! (DDPC) is a pplatformer fan-game based on the visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club by Team Salvato.

DDPC features 16 levels, challenging platforming gameplay, and a short story inspired by the original game. Originally released in May 2018, I updated the game in early 2019 to add a winter theme and a set of challenge levels for players to enjoy.

DDPC is implemented in Java using the LWJGL2 library. Rendering is done in OpenGL using the old-school fixed-function pipeline.

Software and Tools

1 project

Miscellaneous