Alex Furnell

Programmer

Portfolio

C++

terrain

Final Year Project – [2013 WIP]

The result of this project will be a simple game environment that will primarily demonstrate graphics techniques, optimisations, and animations.

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tower

3D Tower Defense – University [2013 WIP]

This is a group project (of three) to make a game. The game has been built from the ground up to be data driven sourcing off numerous XML files to load everything necessary from the game.

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beetle-beater

Beetle Beater – University [2012]

A second year piece of coursework: 2D top-down two level maze game with a given specification for the first level. Freedom to roam in level two. Follow the link to see the extra features that were added.

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puma

Puma Robot Arm – University [2012]

This was a simple application that had to replicate a Puma Robot Arm – this was testing our use of OpenGL movement – detecting the location of the pinsors based on the rotations of all the prior components.

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Mobile

space-destruction

Space Destruction – [2012]

My first convincing release for Windows Phone – A scrolling space shooter with an assortment of enemies, bullets, and backdrops. Though fairly light in features, it does include online highscores, which was the main learning objective from this project.

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penguin-rising

Penguin Rising – Unfinished [2011]

Very much a plan for the future as I have my third year take precedence over personal projects, this will be a game of jumping up across platforms to avoid the rising ocean. Not much thought on where I’ll really go with this yet.

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warpocalypse

Warpocalypse – [2011]

Very much another mess-around which would be my last before I started producing complete games on Windows Phone – a far different concept from Runner: a top-down shoot-’em-up against very simple enemies that just ran directly at you. Imaginitive, I know.

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runner

Runner – [2011]

The first delve into Windows Phone for me, this was very much a mess-around project when I was just beginning my University course. It was a simple duck and jump endless obstacle course.

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Other

canjam

CanJam2013 – [2013]

The result of a 24 hour game creation competition I particpated in at the University of Lincoln. The rules required a maximum of 4 people per group – I worked with a single second year student Ricardas Dukauskas that I had never worked with previously to produce the following work.

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Websites

A preview of Heather-mary's Photography website

Heather-mary Photography – [2013 WIP]

Heather-mary was looking to have a website up and running for when she left University so she could quickly get started as a Wedding Photographer. She needed a website that could showcase her work and convince browsers that she was the photographer for them.

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A preview of Reliance Properties' website

Reliance Properties – [2012]

Reliance Properties is a property service that sell and rent accommodation. They specialise in student accommodation but do have properties for non-students. Their website needed a facelift as well as a simple way to manage properties and allow visitors to search for what they wanted.

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A preview of the Biggleswade Baptist Church Website

Biggleswade Baptist Church – [2013 WIP]

The BB Church needed a new and refreshing website that wasn’t overflowing with purple, like their last one. They wanted several features such as numerous blog pages and a calendar of events to let people know what was going on. They also wanted the site to feel much more accessable and interactive.

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