What I've Done

Summary

A short, linear sci-fi story with a twist ending created as a GDS teaching example. Five elements — the final card switches from green to red via custom CSS, landing the twist harder.

The CSS Trick

I read through Arcweave's documentation to implement a per-element CSS theme change on the final card. A small detail that makes the ending feel earned.

The Original Script

Written for a UE5 short film with fixed constraints — Fantasy Adventurer/Hunter, Vampire Priest, Abandoned Cathedral. Full narrative control was mine. The vampire transformation is a late twist; Farsad enters with confidence and leaves with none.

The Adaptation

Two choices — "Swing the Sword" or "Speak the Words of Vengeance" — unlock different text variations without changing the ending. The Priest's final line shifts based on the player's earlier choice.

Summary

A timed challenge: two characters, two distinct personalities, dropped into the middle of a story with no setup. A brief moment of calm before the storm.

As a Teaching Example

Translated into Arcweave as a live GDS classroom example, demonstrating how a linear cutscene script maps onto an interactive narrative tool.

Summary

Inspired by Chet Baker's "I Get Along Without You Very Well" — a cinematic thriller rendered entirely in UE5. Final project for Advanced Animation at CGPro.

What I Learned

MetaHumans, Rokoko Motion Capture, Niagara VFX, and multiple Media Plates — nearly every discipline of real-time filmmaking in a single production.

Summary

A pirate ventures to find a legendary gem, told through stylized cinematic snapshots like a moving storyboard.

What I Learned

UE5 water simulation, buoyancy physics for the pirate ship, and the Ultra Dynamic Sky plugin for dynamic weather and living atmospheres.

Summary

An HD-2D style game where a young hero must befriend Death to save the world. Solo-developed — game design, Blueprint programming, level design, and narrative design all handled by me.

Narrative Design

Used the Narrative 3 plugin to build prerequisite-based dialogue trees, in-world event triggers, and quest systems.

Blueprints & Programming

Coded the full character controller from scratch: movement, jumping, dashing, and attacking as a 2D sprite in a 3D world. Solved a heart-based health UI when documentation fell short.

Summary

A faithful UE5 recreation of a scene from Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, using dialogue and sound referenced directly from the source material.

What I Learned

Sequencer for cinematic storytelling, professional Motion Capture workflows, and the Movie Render Queue for high-quality final output.