Daniel Walls

Full-time student at San Diego State University, currently studying computer science, game development, and music.

Learn more about some of my (mostly) finished games I have worked on below!

Skywalk
3D platformer game about walking across tightropes (how fun!)
Player balancing on a tightrope in Skywalk.
Developed for the AGL Summer 2022 Game Jam over the course of a week.
Pestilence
3D stealth horror game about escaping a plaugue-ridden city.
Player sneaking around enemies in Pestilence.
Developed by the Aztec Game Lab over the course of 5 months.
Arachnodroid
Twin-stick shooter game about destroying a giant enemy spider.
Player fighting a large spider, surrounded by projectiles, in Arachnodroid.
A submission to the College Game Jam, developed over the course of a week.
Connector
First-person puzzle game about leaving your body behind to solve the puzzle.
Player trying to solve a puzzle in Connector.
A submission to the GMTK Game Jam 2021, developed over the course of 48 hours.
Storm Chaser
2D platformer game about trying to escape a storm while dodging debris.
Player running from a flying cactus in Storm Chaser.
A submission to the AGL Winter Game Jam 2020, developed over the course of 48 hours.
Crossfire: Alt-Space
2D bullet hell game, featuring dimensional-hopping madness.
Player destroying enemies in Crossfire: Alt-Space
A submission to the 2022 Global Game Jam, developed over the course of 48 hours.
Ruins of Artemis
FPS puzzle game about thinking with bows and arrows.
Player confronted by a box-button puzzle in Ruins of Artemis.
A game developed by the Aztec Game Lab over the course of 5 months.
Bow Game
A prototype of potential gameplay elements for Ruins of Artemis.
Two pillars with arrows sticking out of them, in front of a blue forcefield.
Developed in the fall of 2020.
Katakana Trainer
Memorization game for learning the Japanese Katakana characters.
Main menu of Katakana trainer: white title text on a purple background.
A project developed for one of my classes in the fall of 2020.
City Clicker
City building idle game, featuring slightly strange newspaper headlines.
Player deciding which purchase they want to make in City Clicker.
Developed for the AGL Winter Game Jam over the course of 48 hours.
Kappi
2D metroidvania game about exploring a world filled with gods and monsters.
Player running down a hill in Kappi.
A game developed by the Aztec Game Lab over the course of 5 months.

Learn more about some of the technical projects I have worked on below!

BrushEngine
A bare-bones 3D game engine, built on top of OpenGL.
Several crates floating on a blue background, controlled by an ImGui panel.
Currently being developed, started November 2022.
Homeworld
A bullet hell demo built without an engine to experiment with the ECS paradigm.
A 2D spaceship surrounded by enemies and bullets.
Was developed during the Fall of 2021.
Unity Sledge
An editor utility for importing maps from Quake and Source into the Unity game engine.
A 3D map, imported from Quake into Unity.
Developed in the spring of 2022.
Multiplayer Adventures
Unity projects that explore the challenges of network communication.
A 3D character running on a white plane floating against a blue gradient skybox.
In progress since the Summer of 2020.
Poetools
Collection of Unity packages for reusable gameplay elements.
Directory structre for the poetools package.
Currently being maintained, started in the Summer of 2022.