Hollow Depths

Led gameplay engineering on a 2.5D metroidvania. Built the character controller in C++ with coyote-time, buffered inputs, and a directional dash that feels tight on both keyboard and gamepad. Designed a data-driven combat framework where every attack, hitbox, and cancel window lives in a UDataAsset so designers iterate without a recompile. Implemented the seamless world-streaming layer so the interconnected map loads without hitches, and authored the boss state machines as behaviour trees with telegraphed, learnable patterns. Integrated Wwise for adaptive music that shifts with combat intensity.