https://www.alexandersmith.ca/side-projects daily 0.75 2026-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/d5720e2a-0c7e-4287-a344-8571a7812de0/CampSim_20250307_191606.png Side Projects For a retro horror game prototype, I worked on a custom character controller, prop interactions, a "director" that could use metrics like time, position, and progress to trigger dialog or scary events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/e7e95f33-be9b-40be-aa9a-26b17be32020/CampSim_20250307_191701.png Side Projects A homemade retro ("PSX inspired") shader meant for a short horror game poking fun at horror game tropes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/d5231ff3-03f5-4b99-9844-5384641e0df6/Scrap.png Side Projects Scrap Showdown - a prototype I advised on, collaborating with others from Alpha Dog Games https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/98e5b609-7f1e-437b-b8ab-427c68f30834/Frozen_20250307_193415.png Side Projects A winter survival game with a custom 2D kinematic character controller, day-night and dynamic weather systems, and a robust per-scene saving system for making permanent changes to the environment - tried making my own pixel art for it too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/1df5b28a-3fd7-4154-ae9c-0ae17c66e009/vlcsnap-2025-03-07-19h10m37s414.png Side Projects Arcade-inspired flight controller with a test environment, which I eventually plan to turn into a multiplayer aerial battler - done in Unity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/377205c0-288e-4f26-b3b4-b55f89aeb2e4/TheWell_20250307_200158.png Side Projects Underwater physics, synchronized inventory and player health, and a custom depth-based fog effect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/24a6ac88-a993-4524-81df-65af019c48c8/TheWell_20250307_195338.png Side Projects The Well is a multiplayer survival game in Unity, inspired by Lethal Company and Subnautica, using FishNet (no pun intended) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/e63cb70f-3f69-4a10-a02b-6f1846e23583/vlcsnap-2025-03-07-19h20m29s029.png Side Projects An early prototype of The Well with custom on-land and in-water character controllers, using triggers to transition to swim states (cube rubber duckies just for fun) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/882197de-e611-4b41-9419-f9c618bd0fc9/Wander_20250307_194448.png Side Projects Combining previous toon shader with stylized water for a beach scene in an unfinished prototype, in Unity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/9553ebb5-3012-489d-a9c5-d4d5bc350a0a/Wander_20250307_194527.png Side Projects A highly customizable toon shader in Unity inspired by Breath of the Wild's visuals, meant for an Animal Crossing style prototype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/765873a0-4678-48a5-ad66-00cfc8220bac/vlcsnap-2025-03-07-19h22m26s439.png Side Projects Custom renderer feature for a custom quantization and dithering post processing effect in Unity URP, to achieve a "retro" style https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/a6ba3f1c-e1ed-404b-8aca-a6021c2ff62b/Voxel+World+-+Biome+Test.png Side Projects Minecraft-inspired prototype in Unity using Perlin-like noise-based terrain generation, chunk meshing, and custom texture atlasing - very performant at large world sizes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/34914015-7778-4767-8fcd-666646027d5c/RogueCell_20250307_223231.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/e28a357b-0cd2-4e52-9ae2-3bb3952671a1/RogueCell_20250304_183142.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/4d1e8599-a63e-4440-9485-d378ba326db7/Maple_Bloom.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/adeb322e-c150-4f6d-90eb-c6206ede6de5/Maple_UI.gif https://www.alexandersmith.ca/resume daily 0.75 2025-09-24 https://www.alexandersmith.ca/home daily 1.0 2026-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/fade03dd-c189-4b28-ab1c-402523a7abec/Screenshot_20250827-221600.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/62548f39-f776-4ef2-83f5-b6e5e120d4a3/Screenshot_20251021-152651.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/6af99bb6-3238-42b8-85a8-ac286a73a463/Screenshot_20251021-152409.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/1eb90491-34e1-43a4-bdd5-f6bae7d0f7e5/acf-ac-rebellion-header-bg-desktop-1920.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/860b6b97-7688-4383-a0fe-8d2ccba88b70/Assassin%27s+Creed+Rebellion+-+Gameplay+Walkthrough+Part+2+-+Region+1+%28iOS%2C+Android%29+-+YouTube+-+0-18-26.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/ec527a67-5a85-40b3-8ef6-2c279babb0ef/Assassin%27s+Creed+Rebellion+-+Bayek+-+YouTube+-+0-0-14.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/22d294ab-1bca-47f7-81bb-6d86f930f387/shadowbreak_01.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/c15c029e-5e2d-4501-8b60-778909f49ea9/TOM+CLANCY%27S+SHADOWBREAK+_+Hands-On+-+YouTube+-+0-0-28.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/1eb58bc7-40fd-47ad-a934-bc05af813279/TOM+CLANCY%27S+SHADOWBREAK+_+Hands-On+-+YouTube+-+0-6-59.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67caf1ef7693694a774ed3e5/e58649ff-41c2-483e-83cf-639ee73ac469/20220903_094534-5.jpg