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Senior Capstone: Final Build and Release
As my final semester draws to a close this week, we are now finalizing our game for release on Steam and to be shown at the senior show...
Matthew Esslie
May 4, 20223 min read
Shooter Mechanics Project
For my final personal project of this semester, I wanted to experiment some with simple shooter mechanics. Shooters are a really popular...
Matthew Esslie
May 2, 20222 min read
Senior Capstone: Beta Production
As I enter the final weeks of my semester, there has been a lot to work on and finalize before graduation. Our capstone game Planetary...
Matthew Esslie
Apr 23, 20223 min read
Strategy Game AI
With another project ready to be added to my page here, I have another blog post to discuss the project, what I wanted to accomplish and...
Matthew Esslie
Mar 10, 20222 min read
Senior Capstone: Midterm Reflection
As we approach spring break and the mid point of the semester, there is a lot to consider in terms of where our game is with about 8...
Matthew Esslie
Mar 7, 20224 min read


Senior Capstone: Pre-Production
As I work through my final semester, there has been a lot to do for the big final project of the senior capstone. Early on so far through...
Matthew Esslie
Feb 23, 20224 min read


Launch Time Diner
Introduction Launch Time Diner is a VR game set in space where the player runs a food truck that serves unique and wacky foods to alien...
Matthew Esslie
Feb 21, 20222 min read


RTS Controls
Hello! Welcome to my very first blog post here on this site. I wanted to start writing and creating blogs to go more in depth about the...
Matthew Esslie
Feb 11, 20223 min read
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