Matthew Stracey
My Work
SPH Fluid Sim
Developing as an individual third year university project, this is my attempt at a smoothed-particle hydrodynamics simulation. This is done via graphics programming, scripting compute shaders on the GPU.
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Core skills used:
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Unity Engine
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Research
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C#
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HLSL
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OOP/OOD
In Development!
Unity Car Sim
Developed as an individual third year university project, this project demonstrates accurate car physics. This includes suspension, steering, rpm and wheel slip.
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Core skills used:
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Unity Engine
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Research
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C#
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Engine lighting
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OOP/OOD
More Info coming soon!
The Shepherd
During my second year, the reason for this project was to explore the power of Unreal and its graphics. This was also a chance to develop visual scripting in Unreal, to prepare me for developing in C++
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Core skills used:
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Unreal Engine
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Visual scripting
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Game Design
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OOP/OOD
More Info coming soon!
Kebabification
Developing as a Collaborative Third year project, I'm working on the core gameplay mechanics for kebabification. Currently working on a team of 5, we focused the game on unique selling points that produces satisfaction.
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Core skills used:
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Unity Engine
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Project management
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Q/A Testing
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Teamwork
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C#
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Communication skills
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OOP/OOD
In Development!
Ball Stars
Developed as an Collaborative Third year project, I worked on the core gameplay mechanics for Ball stars. The team worked together with the goal of releasing to market in the near future.
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Core skills used:
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Unity Engine
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Project management
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Q/A Testing
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Teamwork
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C#
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Communication skills
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OOP/OOD
More Info coming soon!
Depth Charge
Developed as an Collaborative second year project, I worked on the core mechanics for Depth charge. This was to develop more in depth experience working in a team, which included working with designers, artists and other programmers.
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Core skills used:
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Unity Engine
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Teamwork
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C#
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Communication skills
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OOP/OOD
Demoworks
As part as a collaborative project, I was responsible for the core gameplay mechanics and UI of this 2.5D game. I utilised my skills in C# and knowledge of unity physics and rigid bodies to create the main features of movement. I also incorporated new C# features including Unity events to accurately present the UI in the game.
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Core skills used:
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Unity Engine
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C#
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Teamwork
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UI
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Communication skills
C++ Battleships
Developed in my first year at university for my introduction to C++, I created a fully fledged battleships game. This challenging experience allowed to to explore a different language and helped me better understand coding standards.
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Core skills used:
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C++
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Visual Studio
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Problem solving
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OOD/OOP
Personal Projects
Robotics/Python
I had always wanted to explore robotics as it is a keen interest of mine. Using a Raspberry Pi Robot kit created by the company Freenove, I assembled this spider and started creating some Python scripts to make the spider do some custom actions.
Chat GPT text to speech
When I started learning about this AI called Chat GPT, I wanted to spend some time exploring the API. I had realised at the time of making this that Chat GPT had no automatic text to speech options. So, with the Elevenlabs API, I created this small python script which allows the user to have a conversation with Chat GPT and generate its response in TTS.
These companies API software are publicly available
Chat GPT is an AI developed by Open AI, find it here: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt
Elevenlabs is a software that generates text to speech, find it here: https://beta.elevenlabs.io/speech-synthesis
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About Me.
From a very young age, I always had a fascination with new and exciting technologies. I continue to be inspired every year that goes by, watching the world continue to evolve and develop. This has made me want to become a part of this exciting time that we live in, and has pushed me to develop new skills and work on meaningful projects.
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Studying at Anglia Ruskin, I have learned to work with the Unreal and Unity game engines, where I have developed my skills in C#/C++ programming languages, writing scripts and learning how to develop for 3D environments. Whilst being there I have also worked with fellow peers, developing my communication and team working skills.
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I am someone who is always wanting to find and learn new skills, so I will usually spend my free time exploring areas that I'm interested in. For the past decade, this has included software development, electronics, upgrading PC gaming rigs (my own and friends/ relatives), robotics and musical instruments. When learning these skills, I have come across times where something breaks and needs repairing. When this happens, I prefer to fix the issue myself, rather than paying for it to get repaired or simply buying a new one. My repairs have not just been in areas of my interests, as I have been known to fix other common breakages such as household appliances. As you can probably guess from my university studies, I of course have an interest in playing video games, and I will usually spend my time playing them when wanting to relax.
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Throughout my teen years, I have had a continued interest in learning musical instruments. It started at the age of 13, where I had my first drumming lesson. Since then, I have gone on to achieve a Trinity grade 8 qualification, and I am actively looking to find a band to jam with. I have started to learn new instruments including the bass guitar. At this moment in time, I am also actively learning acoustic guitar left handed. I am naturally right handed, but I decided to learn the opposite way round to avoid issues due to a slight hand restriction.
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