Matteo Vera

A first person shooter based on the Colombian Palace of Justice Siege. I am working on a team with 14 other people on Nicolas Gomez's MFA thesis project. Designing scenes, characters, and dialogue with moral stakes. Also helping design the AI, dialogue, and bark system.

A shoot em up, bullet hell. Play as a space doctor diagnosing and treating a giant alien disease. I am working on a team of two as part of my graduate intermediate games class.

My senior project, a 3D puzzle game I worked on with a team of 10 other people over two semesters. I was the lead game designer on the project. I implemented features including AI behavior trees, player health, and a rainy window. I contributed to level and puzzle design. I created two "narrative toys" one using Tracery and one using a LLM that only respond with human authored text.

A web based 2D puzzle-platformer adventure game I made for my GDD325 class with a team of 3 other people. I implemented features including branching dialogue and a perlin-noise based underwater shader. It won best visuals for a 2D game at the Stout Game Expo.

A web based 2D real time strategy game inspired by Plants vs Zombies. I made it for my GDD325 class with a team of 3 other people over the course of three weeks. Implemented and designed multiple player and enemy controlled units.

An Android-based Bullet-Hell/Roguelike I worked on as part of my GDD 200 class with a team of 3 other people. Designed around one touch mobile play and control. Implemented and designed multiple enemy behvaiors and power ups. It won best mobile game at the Stout Game Expo.

Gladiator (2017): A top-down wave-based action game I made as part of a 3 person team for Digipen's month-long “Project Fun” k12 summer program. The game included ten different bosses with unique attack patterns, mechanics and soundtracks that I composed. It also included other enemies and multiple classes with different styles of play.