Luiz Cruz

+4 years of personal experience in game development as programmer and level designer using Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 5.

-- Actually working on Legend of Legaia: Remake --

University Projects

• 01/2017
  • Intercut - 2D Survival Horror for Windows
    • As lead programmer and Level Designer I've programmed:
      • Player: Movements, actions and dialogues;
      • Cinematics: Camera, Cutscenes and Lighting;
      • AI: Balancement, Movement and Damage;
      • UI: Buttons, Transitions, Save settings and load settings;
      • Misc: Interactibles, Flashlight, Rain and Thunder;
      • Sounds: Jumpscares, enemies, foliage and steps;

• 01/2018
  • Thug Racing - 3D Action Racing Game for Android
    • As lead programmer I've programmed:
    • UI: Buttons, Transitions, Save settings and load settings;
    • AI: Movement, Lap and Weapon System;
    • Player: Cars, Input, Movement, Steering and balancement;
    • Cinematics: Camera, Cutscenes and Lighting;
    • Misc: Collectables/Weapons system and lap system;
    • Google Play: Achievements, Leaderboards and APK management;
    • Sounds: Cars looping sounds, UI sounds and BGM soundtracks;

• 02/2018
  • BattleWatch - 3D Tower Defense for Android
    • As lead programmer I've programmed:
    • UI: Buttons, Transitions and World UI;
    • Cinematics: Camera, Cutscenes and Lighting;
    • Menu System: Cards, Towers, Settings and Chests;
    • Bullet: Bullet Type, Refraction and Damage;

Personal Projects

• 01/2019
  • Pac-Man - Classic 2D Puzzle for Windows
    • As Indie Developer I've developed and managed all the game, except for the design which was taken from internet (google).
      • All the ghosts follow the same idea from the original when chasing:
        • Red Ghost (Blinky): Follow the Player;
        • Pink Ghost (Pinky): Follow two dots in front of the Player;
        • Blue Ghost (Inky): Follow the opposite Vector of the Player;
        • Orange Ghost (Clyde): Stick around the Player;

• 01/2019
  • Ninja: Shoshin - 2D Action Adventure Sidescroller for Windows
    • As Indie Developer I've developed and managed all the game, except for the:
      • Stage Sprites --> Made by edermuniz;
      • Hit Animations --> Made by Sinestesia Studio;
      • Skeleton Sprite Pack --> Made by Jesse Munguia
    • All the rest was made and programmed by me:
      • Design:
        • Ninja Sprite Sheet;
        • Lighting;
        • Hit Animations;
        • Gamepad  Sprites;
        • UI sprites;
      • Programmimg:
        • Player: Movements, actions, combat system;
        • Cinematics: Camera, Cutscenes, Lighting and Post Processing;
        • AI: Balancement, Movement and Damage;
        • UI: Buttons and sprites;

• 02/2019
  • Legend of Legaia: Remake - 3D Classic JRPG for Windows
    • As Director I'm programmimg and managing the development of the game.
      • Currently Legaia is under development and our 3D Artist is taking care of the models, and I am developing all the VFX and UI system. Aftwerwards we'll focus on programmimg and implementation of the assets.