Zereblast

🧠 Technical Contributions

Scalable Architecture Design: Engineered the core game architecture with a focus on modularity, maintainability, and scalability to future-proof development and support rapid iteration.
Best Practices & Design Patterns: Defined and enforced coding standards and reusable design patterns to improve code clarity and long-term stability.
Project Organization Overhaul: Optimized the folder hierarchy, asset management, and script architecture for a streamlined, intuitive development workflow.
Git Workflow & Team Sync: Established a robust Git branching model to reduce merge conflicts and enhance collaboration between developers.
LLM Integration: Integrated Zerebro’s custom-trained LLM via RESTful APIs, enabling real-time client-server interaction with the in-game AI.

Endless Descent Gameplay: Designed a high-speed, momentum-based faller where players dodge, destroy, and chase the elusive $zerebro coin.
Player Progression System: Developed an upgrade system that enhances player stats and rewards skillful play with higher scores and power scaling.
Leveling & Enemy Scaling: Implemented dynamic enemy scaling and level-up mechanics tied to obstacle destruction, increasing challenge over time.
Biome & Zone Discovery: Built a system to unlock new falling environments with unique visual styles and enemy types as the player progresses.
AI Dialogue Interaction: Connected the game world with the Zerebro AI—an eccentric, schizo-artist NPC capable of surreal, LLM-powered conversations.

Led core development and guided technical direction to ensure project scalability and maintainability.
Collaborated closely with designers and artists to translate ideas into playable, polished mechanics.
Mentored team members, promoted code ownership, and ensured consistent implementation across the game systems.

As gameplay intensified with more objects and visual effects, performance began to suffer, especially on mid-tier devices.

✔ Solution: Applied WebGL optimization techniques to ensure smooth performance.

Interfacing with a large language model in real-time required precise handling of API responses and conversation flow.

✔ Solution: Designed a middleware system to sanitize, filter, and format LLM replies into coherent in-game dialogue exchanges.

A high-velocity gameplay loop where players are constantly in motion, creating a tense rhythm of precision dodging and strategic destruction.

A surreal AI companion whose dialogue evolves and reacts to your journey, powered by custom LLM integration and player-triggered inputs.