Just an average game engine developer with an occasional flair for 3D art. Worked mostly in tech and media, hence love what I am doing now, working on games and their engines. Currently a grad student at DigiPen Institute of Technology, focusing on building a custom C++ engine while simultaneously developing a game.
This site is a public notebook. I write about what I’m building, what I’m reading, what I’m thinking, in whatever order those things happen.
Essays are the longer pieces: technical write-ups, GDC recaps, the occasional philosophy tangent. Edited when they feel done enough.
Notes are the working layer: half-formed ideas and observations that evolve over time.
Projects are things I’ve built. Mostly tools and research code.
Bookshelf is what I’m reading or have read, with brief notes.
Although AI has its advantages, it’s pointless to have that on a blog meant to share my thoughts. All the words here are written by me, a human. There will be grammatical errors and typos, and I hope you kind people forgive me for it.
GitHub is the best place to find me.
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