Olli Machina
Let's give this a shot!
I think I am going to try and start documenting how projects are going here. Through Covid restrictions, scattered breaks from school,...
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Olli Machina
Apr 9, 20214 min
Unreal Milestone #3
This milestone unfortunately had a lot of pieces put on hold- whether it was from re-structuring some pieces of the game or other...
Olli Machina
Mar 22, 20213 min
Ubisoft Competition- Major Prototyping! Apprentice Edition
Over the past couple of weeks, the team has been prototyping and testing like crazy! I've had a great time working in the gameplay, we...
Olli Machina
Mar 10, 20215 min
Unreal Milestone #2
This milestone was about building the foundation in-engine for the game and hammering out the mechanics in-place to find needed changes...
Olli Machina
Mar 1, 20212 min
Making Progress!
Projects are tougher to update at this time, I either can't share much from the pre-production stages or I am making the slow beginning...
Olli Machina
Feb 19, 20213 min
Unreal Milestone #1
This milestone's goals were about trying to get my concept together, as well as be fully prepared to jump into working out mechanics and...
Olli Machina
Feb 9, 20212 min
Updates to New Chapters
So many things! The Ubisoft Game Lab Competition is up and running! We are in the process of prototyping and I am so excited. I'm hoping...
Olli Machina
Jan 25, 20212 min
Onto Classes, Here We Go
Here we are! Today is the first day of the spring semester and it's time to get started on all of the projects I have been thinking about...
Olli Machina
Jan 19, 20212 min
Break pt. 4 - Getting Ready for Spring
We are getting closer to the start of the Spring semester. I am simultaneously excited and terrified. The upcoming projects sound...
Olli Machina
Dec 14, 202011 min
The AI of Alien: Isolation
The artificial intelligence in Alien: Isolation, released in 2014, has been widely recognized for the various elements that were combined...
Olli Machina
Dec 14, 20203 min
Finals Week
This has simultaneously been the longest and shortest semester I have had. It seems that August was last week and yet there has been so...
Olli Machina
Dec 7, 20202 min
Crunch Week
I'm not sure if it's the same at other colleges, but at Champlain, it seems that the week before finals week, which I refer to as "Crunch...
Olli Machina
Nov 30, 20201 min
Back to the Grind
Today is the first day back from Thanksgiving break. The break went by too quickly, as always, but I'm ready to finish up the semester...
Olli Machina
Nov 20, 20202 min
Game AI Final
Game AI has a very similar project to Game Physics; we are choosing a topic to research and replicate in the subject of Game AI. This one...
Olli Machina
Nov 20, 20202 min
Game Physics Final
Yesterday, we pitched our topics for our physics final project. We must select a topic in the world of Game Physics to expand on- working...
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