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John Busse

Independent projects

This page showcases my independent projects

Super Tsunami Surfer

Made for the 9-day 2024 Pixel Game Jam hosted by SanForge Studio with "Aqua" as the theme. My team decided to make a vertical shooter/endless runner game about aliens dropping meteors into Earth's oceans to surf on a wave of destruction through a major city.

Project Image

The game was built in Godot 3, and is playable on itch.io through the link below. The source code is also publicly available.

Tools Used

Godot 3.5.3
GDScript
GitHub

OpenGL Solar System

A personal project to re-learn OpenGL programming I started in August 2023. The source code is hosted on GitHub.

Project Image

Tools Used

C++
GLFW
CMake
Assimp
Magick++
TinyXML2

Cozy Cabin Conundrum

Made for the 48-hour 2022 Winter MelonJam hosted by the Cupertino Game Dev Club. The theme for the jam was "Cozy" and my team made a survival game where the player explores a cabin looking for pieces of a mega quilt while maintaining their Hunger, Warmth, and Energy.

Project Image

The game was built in Unity, and is playable on itch.io through the link below.

Tools Used

Unity
C#
Plastic SCM