Projects & Blogs

Steel Star Defender

Engine: Unreal Engine Genre: Metroidvania, Sci-Fi, Modern Project: Collaborative Job: Programmer Itch Page: https://cadeboden912.itch.io/steel-tower-defense GitHub: https://github.com/cadeboden912/Metroidvania Description Steel Star Defender is a Modern Sci-Fi 2.5D Metroidvania in which the main character is a robot magical girl named Nova, who is trying to escape the government. Damage System The damage system I had to create was fairly easy overall, but a few parts w

Programming

GoalKeeper 3000

Engine: Unreal Engine 5 Genre: Sports, Tower Defense Project: Game Jam, Collaborative Job: Programmer, Lead Description GoalKeeper 3000 is a sports game in which the player must defend their goal using objects they can buy with in-game currency. This game was created as a submission to the ScoreJam #37 , where the theme was Soccer . The time we had to create this game was from December 19th, 2025, to December 22nd, 2025. It was my first tower defense-like game, so it wa

Through His Eyes (THE)

Engine: RPG Maker MV Genre: RPG, Action, Puzzle Project: Game Jam, Collaborative Job: Project Leader, Level Designer, Programmer Description Through His Eyes is an RPG and Puzzle game in which the player travels through their own mind. This game was created as a submission to the Spooky Jam 2025 , where we were restricted to making any 2D game that is spooky and connects to the doppleganger theme. The time we had to create this game was from October 10, 10:00 am to Octo

Level Design

Perry's Powered Power-Ups (PPPU)

Engine: Godot Engine Genre: Puzzle Project: Game Jam, Collaborative Job: Level Designer Description Perry's Powered Power-Ups is a puzzle game in which the player uses cables to solve puzzles that unlock abilities and advance the game. This game was created as a submission to the 2025 Kenny Jam , where we were restricted to only using assets found on Kenny . The time we had to create this game was from July 18, 9:00 am to July 20, 9:00 am. This was my first time using G

Game Design

Dino Pals

Engine: Unreal Engine 5 Genre: Adventure, Puzzle Project: Demo Job: Puzzle & Level Designer, Programmer Dino Pals is a Puzzle and platformer in which you are trying to make you way back home by solving the hurdles along the way and working with others who also got into a similar situation. In 2023, I created this with the time limit of a few days to show off at ECGC (East Coast Gaming Conference). While I was only able to achieve a single level before my deadline I felt th

Level Design