All My Works

Ex. AR Engineer @ Snap Inc.
Ex. Unity Engineer @ Unity

MFA Design and Technology @ Parsons
MA Game Design & Development @ Columbia

XR Developer
AR Development in Lens Studio & Effect House.
VR Development in Unity for Oculus Quest and Apple Vision Pro Game Developer
Unity Development for desktop and mobile games
Shader knowledge and development experience 3D Designer
Blender and Maya for stylized and realistic modeling and rendering
Cinema4D for animation and procedural modelling
Full Stack Engineer
React front end + FastAPI Backend + Postgre database Graphic Designer
Adobe Indesign, Adobe Illustrator

B612 Soccer (2025)

B612 Soccer is a minimalist, fast-paced 2-player soccer game set on a looping circular planet. Every shot can orbit the globe for wild, unpredictable goals. Created solo for GMTK Game Jam 2025 (“Loop” theme), it features creative orbital mechanics, hand-drawn sketch visuals, and chaotic multiplayer action.

Link to the Game

Development Challenge:
As a 1-person team, I had only 2 days out of the 4-day jam to design, build, illustrate, and submit the entire project. Everything you see was made in that thrilling, exhausting sprint.

🏆 GMTK 2025 Jam Results:

Criteria	Rank	Score
Audio	#122	4.146
Enjoyment	#158	4.195
Artwork	#219	4.439
Creativity	#238	4.341
Narrative	#392	3.756

About the GMTK Game Jam Theme "Loop"

Literal Loop: The ball and players both orbit the planet for truly loopy gameplay!
Perspective: Side view, all mechanics in polar physics.
Visuals: Black/white line art, blue space ambiance.
Pick-Up Play: 100-second matches, first to 10 goals, perfect for friends.

Core Mechanics

360° Movement: Players run, jump, and kick around the full planet.
Kicking: Directional kicks add momentum—maybe even scoring on your own goal!
Physics: Natural ball orbiting, bounce, and wrapping.
Goals: Clear crossbars, animated feedback.
Multi-ball: Up to 6 balls for bonus chaos.

Controls

Player 1: WASD
Player 2: Arrow Keys
ESC: Pause

Art, Audio, & Asset Production

Hand-drawn assets: All sprites, UI, and backgrounds, sketched by pencil, scanned with my printer, and processed in Photoshop.
Minimalist UI: Clean, intuitive scoreboard and feedback.
FX: impact effects, sparkles, blue overlays.
Audio: Every SFX and music track manually integrated.

My Solo Process (in 48 hours)

Day 1: Built planet, core movement, and UI framework.
Day 2: Implemented all scoring, game flow, multi-ball, and polish. Practically no sleep!

Implemented Features

Full 360° movement and orbiting gameplay
Score system, restart game loop
Multi-ball chaos (up to 6 balls)
Animated, hand-drawn UI and visual feedback
All design, code, illustration, and polish by Lingyi Zhou

Gallery

Main menu and in-game art showcase
Pencil line visual style and blue ambient backgrounds
Snapshots of both single- and multi-ball chaos in action
User interface elements, scoreboard, and particle FX

Credits

Everything (Design, Code, Art, Submission): Lingyi Zhou
Special Thanks: Skinnytigerr (feedback & playtesting)

Reflection

Making B612 Soccer in just two days, solo, was an exhilarating ride—every design, art, and coding challenge hit all at once. The end result is a chaotic, replayable multiplayer game that I'm proud to share.

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