I worked on Coral Engine with 5 other programmers.

Coral Engine is open source 😀 -> Link to github repository

Lichgate is on Itch.io 😎 -> Lichgate on Itch.io

My Contributions

Model loading 🔃

💡 Refactoring model loading using Assimp

Key Features & Challenges

• Integrated Assimp to replace TinyGLTF allowing for more file formats to be loaded.
• Working around and learning the asset loading and management system present in the engine.
• Serializing 3D models using Cereal and the custom binary serializer already present

🛠 Technologies: C++, GSON, Assimp, Cereal

Animations 🔧

💡 Importing, loading, calculating and rendering animated models

Key Features & Challenges

• Importing animated meshes in the existing framework
• Robust animations system for calculating bone matrices in animated meshes
• ECS integration for Hierarchical animated models
• Reflected components for access to animations in scripting
• Extending the rendering pipeline for DX12 and PS5 to render animated meshes
• Support for animation blending and attaching entities to animated bones

🛠 Technologies: C++, EnTT, Assimp, DirectX 12, PS5 renderer, hlsl

Audio Module 🎵

💡 Integrated FMOD for audio playback

Key Features & Challenges

• Integrated and FMOD in the engine. Allowing for audio playback.
• Implemented an audio system and components in the ECS to be usable in the game.
• Bound functions to allow for playing audio through the visual scripting.
• Efficient handling of sounds and events.

Note that the sound design was not done by me.

🛠 Technologies: C++, EnTT, FMOD

Gameplay ⚔️

💡 Implementing gameplay

Key Features & Challenges

• Smooth camera and player movement
• Tweaking and making player movement feel and look good

🛠 Technologies: C++, Visual Scripting