Welcome to a selection of the projects that I have worked on in recent years. 
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64  Ways of Being

"This app brings Melbourne’s laneways, streets, parks and rivers to life via augmented reality – to create a conversation with the city about its past, present and future. Each way of being is a live, interactive encounter that is intimate, particular and participatory."

64 Ways is an immersive, location-based art exhibit spread out across Melbourne CBD, combining audio and AR sculptures, animations, and player interactions.
I was brought onto the project to help with the final stages of the first release of the app and have since taken over as the lead programmer for all upcoming content implementations and updates to the project.

​My contribution:

• Worked alongside the previous lead programmer to bring to project to its launch deadline.
• Planned testing strategies and coordinated reporting of bugs. 
• Implemented new networking and reporting systems 
• Collaborated with artists to ensure the finished app is as close to their vision as possible. 

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​Play Store

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Ella F-2

"The Polyglots apps are part of the Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) program, funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment and managed by Education Services Australia. They are a series of engaging, play-based language learning apps that encourage children in the early years of schooling to explore another language and culture."

Ella F-2 (Foundation to Year 2) is a series of apps that were a sequel to Ella Preschool (see below) aimed to teach young children foreign languages through immersion and play.
There are a total 4 apps, each having 13 different variants (one for each language) with unique voice, text, cultural items, and animations.

My contribution:

• Programming various activities end-to-end within each app according to learning designs created by Learning Development and Game Designer teams.
• Updating the in-house game engine to improve and add new features required for each new app version.​
• Working closely with artists to develop shaders and other artistic solutions to solve design and artistic challenges.
• Ensuring each activity works with each of the 13 language's audio, written language and unique cultural objects and animations.
• Managing the build process when Testing or Debug builds were required by different departments. 

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Infinite Voyage

"Infinite Voyage takes place on a spaceship that is searching for suitable places where humankind can relocate. To keep the spaceship running, there are a variety of challenges to complete."

Infinite Voyage is an exciting space adventure developed in collaboration with the Department of Education and Training Victoria in an aim to help alleviate maths anxiety in Australian students aged 7 to 17.

My contribution:

• Designed and programmed several activities based on design specs put forth by DET and our game designers.
• Testing and updating other programmers' code when updates were required.
• Updating source art assets to match artist requirements and designs.
• Performing monthly server health checks on the application's Amazon Web Services platform and the Linux Server all the app's cloud services are running on.

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App Store

Ella Preschool

"The ELLA journey includes seven apps that focus on different topics. The apps were developed with language and early childhood professionals. This means they are fun to use and they also deliver on learning outcomes."

Ella Preschool is a series of apps aimed at teaching pre-schoolers foreign languages through cultural immersion and play.
Similar to Ella F-2 (above), there are a total of 7 apps, each app having 13 different variants, one for each language containing unique audio, text, characters, cultural items, and animations.

My contribution:

• Porting each of the apps from their original game engine to a newer version that runs better on more devices and is easier to support.
• Implementing language and cultural updates to the project whenever a new update or new version was required.
• General application maintenance and bug fixes.

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BP Run

"Taking inspiration from Australians’ love of convenience retail, BP has created its first interactive game, which allows customers to do their own virtual BP Run and win a tonne of prizes."

BP Run was a very successful advertising campaign run by BP Australia in 2019. Millipede was contracted to help make a phone app that was fun and fit into the campaign's vision.

My contribution:

• Programming an in-game level designer to help the game designers create and test levels with a very quick iteration cycle.  
• Worked with artists to bring their characters, animations and designs to life within the game. 
• Testing in-app API's to ensure they worked against BP's infrastructure seamlessly

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Drip Trip

"Join Drippy the raindrop on a journey across the urban water cycle, through your neighbourhood’s water pipes, sewers, drains and waterways as you head towards the bay."

Drip Trip was made in collaboration with Melbourne Water to help customers understand the water processing cycle and Melbourne Water's involvement in the process. 

My contribution:

• Designing and setting up levels according to design specifications set forth.
• Testing level layouts to ensure good flow and engagement.
• Programming various elements such as sound management, reporting, and obstacle behaviour.
• General testing and bug fixing of the application.

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The BondFire

"Our collective appetite for screen time means the art of discussion is being lost. The BondFire app has been designed to manage screen time around the dinner table by turning your phone into a rich virtual centrepiece for sparking connections."

The Bondfire was an app that was designed for the AKQA company as a Christmas gift to its employees and customers.
It was a calibration between several groups within the AKQA umbrella of companies.

My contribution:

• Designing and coding various modules including the soundscape handler that was required by the design brief.
• Working closely with artists to ensure their UI and in-game designs would look good and run well on low-end mobile phones.
• Testing and working with group presence networking to ensure smooth interactions and animations with all users in a chat group.

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AIE Year 1 End of year showcase

Every year AIE (Academy of Interactive Entertainment) gets all its first year game design students, game programmers, and game artists to produce their first game in a simulated real world production environment.

As there was over 150 students who have never worked with students of another discipline, let alone using real world production techniques there were always a lot of challenges to overcome.

My contribution:

• Organised all the first year teachers to plan group structures with focus on forecasting any possible personality and work ethic clashes between students.
• Managing each group to ensure that the students that were learning production were meeting the required milestones and also treating the other members of the team fairly and respectfully.
• Mediating any conflicts, arguments, or absenteeism in groups.
• Helping to fix programming, art, or design issues within team when they arose.
• Ensuring there was adequate motivation with students and helping them balance workloads while also enjoying the game development process.