KYLE HERMER
About
Hello, I'm Kyle. I'm a software developer interested in many things ranging from app development and game development, to modding and QOL improvements.
On here you will find all of the work I've done over the years, whether it be a personal project, a college project, or professional work from previous jobs.
On the header above you will find links to navigate to my portfolio, or my resume.
My Projects
Completed
Isolated Intelligence
C#
Unity
A 2 player online cooperative puzzle game using grappling ropes and physics. Made using Unity Engine version 2018.2.5f.
- Made in conjunction with 9 other people over the course of 8 months.
- Role was a programmer for systems and tools, network management, as well as refining physics, gameplay, and bug fixing.
Highlights Include:
- Created the Network Manager that was responsible for interfacing with photon and managing the networking for the games.
- Designed and Implemented a menu manager in collaboration with a fellow member. Created cutscene camera cutting tool as well as a spline tool.
Completed
Kart Racer
C++
Unreal
A 4 player LAN combat racer using Unreal's null subsystem. Made using UE version 4.16.
- Made in conjunction with 4 other people over the course of 4 months.
- Role was a programmer who was responsible for the special abilities for the combat, as well as the replication and making sure everything syncs up correctly - including the physics. Special abilities were modular, and used sockets to attach the appropriate model to the top of the vehicle.
- Tesla and Mortar were the only specials completed due to time constraints.
WIP
GunTacCustomize
C#
Unity
A work-in-progress project that I was developing to test making a modular gun part system. The desired gameplay is a mix of Devil Daggers (endless timed survivial), and Doom (pickups).It has multiple modes, and mechanics that can be used interchangeably between them.
Weapon parts are dynamically attached to the gun and each other in any order, and each part can have special affects assigned to a function in a chain or synchronously (create an explosion on hit, then trigger the next affect in the chain, which could be spawning black holes).
(Post Last updated March 2019)
(Progress has been ongoing and was last updated July 2020).
I'll update this post and info soon with all the new progress.
Completed
FPS Tech Demo Project
C++
VS
Using a framework provided and worked on over my second year, I created an FPS tech demo game for my final project. You shot projectiles at devils that spawned.
Made completely in Visual Studio using OpenGL, Bullet Physics Engine, and ImGUI.
Highlights of mine Include but not limited to:
- First Person Camera.
- Scene Management system.
- Saving and Loading of the player and enemies, and their positions using cJSON.
- Materials (Albedo, Normals, Diff and Spec Intensity).
- Custom Lighting System/shader (multiple lights, different colors etc.).
- Custom UI System that was partially inspired from Unity.
- Custom Player Controller with physics calculations for slopes.
- Implemented normal mapping.
- Implemented post processing, which included: bloom, greyscale, inverting, etc.
- Partially implemented differed rendering, but was never able to complete it (use test mode).
Completed
Custom ECS Project
C++
VS
Using the opportunity of Ubisoft's NEXT competition and the given API, I did a 3-day game jam and created an ECS that worked for what I wanted. It was my first time creating one, so I had to spend a lot of time researching and using references.
- Used smart pointers (unique) for my data management and vectors.
- Used bitwise when adding components for efficiency when iterating with conditions.
- Created a manager that used templates in order to Update or Render (systems had to subscribe to either of them).
Completed
Tower Defense
C++
VS
- N/A
Work
Max
C++
N/A
HBO Max
C++
N/A
Bleacher Report Live
C++
N/A