When COVID-19 happened, I was stuck in my apartment with too much time
on my hands.
One night, I came across
Bruno Simon's portfolio ↗. He built a game where users could drive a car to navigate through his
work.
It was delightfully refreshing, and as an entry level designer at the
time, his work encouraged me to go down the path of a hybrid designer /
engineer.
His work was open source, but I wanted to create something unique. The
inner child in me had always wanted to make a video game.
I used
Matter.js ↗
as the physics engine. I learned a lot about game loops, collision
detection, vector math, and sprite rendering.
Turns out games run on two layers. There's an invisible physics layer
that handles all the collisions, and a visual layer on top with all the
textures you actually see. Play with the sandbox here:
I even had to use sine and cosine to animate objects smoothly. A bit
poetic, given I always asked my math teachers when I'd ever use this.
You can try it out below. Just note that the projects inside are quite
outdated, mostly from my college days.
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I remember being so proud that it became my primary portfolio. But I
quickly learned that asking hiring managers to navigate a game just to
view my work wasn't a great experience.
It works for someone like Bruno, who's showcasing game design, but for
UX work, simple and scannable wins.
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