Zachary_Martel

About_Me

Who am I?

Hi there! My Name is Zach, I have a big passion for game development & 3D Tech Art in all aspects. It's what I mostly do in my free time! I love combining code and presentation to create something remarkable.
Fun Fact: It's usually space related.

My favourite video games include:
Homeworld, Kerbal Space Program and the Marathon Series!

Currently Working At:

Generalist/Gameplay Programmer
& Technical Artist:
August 2024 - Present

Intern:
June 2024 - August 2024

Latest Project:

Main Programming Contact:
September 2024 - April 2025

1st Place Award Winner!
(Level Up Showcase 2025: "Achievement in Acessibility")

Dev Skills

C++/C#/C
Java
HTML/CSS
JavaScript
JSON
GLSL/HLSL/OSL
UML

Tool Proficiency

Unreal Engine 4/5
Unity
Blender
VS/VSCode
Github
Plastic Scm
3ds max
Photoshop
Source 1/2 SDK

Game_Dev
This section includes the various projects ive worked on inside and outside of my classes.

Ichor Burns(C++/HLSL/UE5)
_{Play as Serafina, a fiery sword mage in the post-apocalyptic world "Vesta" invaded by Space Machines.
Fend off enemies in hack n’ slash combat with spells tied to your ability usage.}

Ichor Burns is Part of Algonquin College's 2024-2025 Capstone Projects. Ichor Burns Site
I Was the Programming Lead on a team of 10 people! I Worked on Gameplay, Build Engineering, Optimisation and Environmental Shaders!

Proprietary BGFX based game engine and lighting.(C++/C/GLSL/JSON/OBJ)
_{Video includes a demostration of multiple colored lights on a custom heightmap island. Tree models are directly loaded from OBJ files.}

Libraries used: BGFX

Proprietary BGFX based game engine using Jolt Physics.(C++/C/GLSL/JSON/OBJ/JOLT)
_{Video includes a Demostration of a golf ball and golf green, meshes are loaded directly from OBJ files, and physics and collision are handled with the Jolt Physics engine.}

Libraries used: BGFX Jolt

Proprietary BGFX based game engine.(C++/C/GLSL/JSON)
_{Video includes a "lander" type object using the Box2D Physics engine implemented into my game engine.}

Libraries used: BGFX Box2D

Proprietary OpenGL based game engine.(C++/C/GLSL/JSON)
_{Video includes A* tile pathfinding demo in a testbed "shoot em up" game}

Libraries used: ImGui Stb

"Asteroid" clone made using in house engine. (C++)
_{Everything rendered is drawn with vertexes.}

"Brick Breaker" clone made using in house engine. (C++)
_{Demo of tween animations.}

Simple platformer demo made in unreal engine 5. (C++/UE)
_{Demo of unreal engine proficiencies using Mario sprites.}

Algorithm Projects
_{This section features math/algorithm heavy projects.}

Orbita(C++/HLSL)
_{Orbita is a demo project in UE5 that accurately simulates newtonian orbits and gravity down to a few milimeters.
Complete with object orbital data and time warp.}

"Boid" flock demo inside of unity.(C#/Unity)
_{Flocks can move from lane to lane, or circle to circle when hitting yellow waypoints.}

"Behavior tree" demo.(C#/Unity)
_{Demo behavior of turrets that turn, shoot white "target" blocks, and wait, while ontop of moving tank.}

"Slot Car" demo. (C#/Unity)
_{Involving multiple flocks, boids that shoot at eachother, out of bounds detection, and lane switching.}

Art_/Renders
This section includes my own personal collection of Art/Shaders I've worked on.