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Aiden Thacker

Aiden contributed to the EricWRogers/UnvexedWorld repository, building and refining core gameplay systems, AI behaviors, and visual feedback mechanisms over eight months. He engineered features such as breakable objects, robust knockback and ragdoll systems, and a modular boss AI architecture, using C# and Unity’s engine and Shader Graph. His work included state machine-driven enemy logic, level prototyping, and UI/audio integration, addressing both player experience and technical stability. By iteratively fixing navigation, animation, and material assignment bugs, Aiden ensured reliable scene management and smoother gameplay. The depth of his engineering established a maintainable foundation for ongoing content and feature expansion.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

68%Features

Repository Contributions

257Total
Bugs
49
Commits
257
Features
106
Lines of code
1,437,723
Activity Months8

Work History

May 2025

5 Commits • 3 Features

May 1, 2025

Concise May 2025 monthly summary for EricWRogers/UnvexedWorld focusing on business value, user experience, and technical improvements. Highlights include key features delivered, major bug fixes, overall impact, and technologies demonstrated.

April 2025

74 Commits • 35 Features

Apr 1, 2025

April 2025 performance summary for EricWRogers/UnvexedWorld focusing on delivering key features, stabilizing core gameplay, and advancing boss and UI/audio capabilities. Work emphasized level design iterations, audio feedback, and foundational boss architecture, while addressing stability and regressions.

March 2025

61 Commits • 29 Features

Mar 1, 2025

March 2025 Monthly Summary for EricWRogers/UnvexedWorld: Delivered core gameplay enhancements, stabilized state management, and visual improvements to accelerate feature development and improve player experience. Key features delivered include a robust Knockback and Rag Doll Integration, Surround State and Level Organization, AI Development with initial ranged variants, a Save System for player progress, and a new Portal Station Scene with interactions. These efforts reduce friction for future work, strengthen combat feel, and improve progression and visual quality across maintenance and park/showcase areas.

February 2025

61 Commits • 15 Features

Feb 1, 2025

February 2025 (2025-02) delivered substantial gameplay improvements, build-ready content, and stability fixes across core systems, leveling tooling, AI, and visuals. Key features delivered include robust knockback fixes and behavior enhancements, new breakable objects and pot interactions with scavenging support, white-box level prototyping for faster iteration, portal station asset integration for visuals, and AI system enhancements (logic, shadows, scene transitions) plus related AI/door interactions. Major bugs fixed improved navigation reliability, scene persistence, ragdoll stability, and AI/scene robustness, laying a solid foundation for upcoming content and iterations. This work demonstrates strong proficiency in Unity-based gameplay systems, AI design, level design, shader work, and cross-team asset integration, with clear commit traceability to enable future maintenance.

January 2025

12 Commits • 4 Features

Jan 1, 2025

January 2025 monthly summary for EricWRogers/UnvexedWorld focusing on delivering core gameplay enhancements, robust combat dynamics, and visual feedback improvements. Key features delivered include Breakable Objects with a visual transition from unbroken to broken and delayed destruction; a revamped Ragdoll system with new enemy types and dissolve death visuals; improved knockback mechanics with CenterOfHitBox and refined idle/knockback AI states; and Combat Enhancements including punch timing tuning and stun particle effects. Major bug fixes improved stability (Rigidbody error after enemy death and knockback-related issues). These changes provide richer player feedback, more dynamic combat scenarios, and a stronger foundation for future polishing. Technologies demonstrated include Unity-based physics, ragdoll systems, AI state machines, particle effects, and robust debugging.

December 2024

2 Commits

Dec 1, 2024

December 2024 (EricWRogers/UnvexedWorld) focused on hardening enemy AI reliability and presentation. Cleaned and tuned the Enemy AI State Machine, removed an unused AlertState, commented out unused code in FleeState, and adjusted scene properties to stabilize behavior and visuals. This work is backed by two commits: 6e13514cef16705e46bfe46a320b87d00db0f7ec (Cleaned up the basic state machine and worked on enemy gifs) and 963026255093cf48b797fd6c50527473ac535c58 (Final Gifs for Enemies). Result: more reliable AI, cleaner code, and improved enemy visuals for better player experience and QA.

November 2024

25 Commits • 15 Features

Nov 1, 2024

Month: 2024-11 | EricWRogers/UnvexedWorld Overview: Delivered key visuals, build readiness, and stability enhancements across UnvexedWorld. Focused on business value by improving player experience, reliability, and preparing for the next build cycle. Key deliverables: - Toon Shader groundwork and re-enabled emission support in materials, enabling richer visuals and laying groundwork for future shading passes. | Commits: c4b4607bd74d13e7bdc9ac927e68739f1e238621; 7358e6d5f55fd732e36daa8ae6e2eadedc78aa52 - Ooze visuals and corruption effects introduced to deepen world-building and player immersion. | Commits: 309a3114fb05cdee038f8eb8a5fc967493246bbf; 9f28d8ee23a111793b7a67557871128f392cb8ed - Level setup and build readiness completed, enabling a smooth build path for the upcoming release cycle. | Commits: 6e125ab0020d785442edbcafae74d07447f2b06f; 0b9814a58cd12f2b5d694bb4a933f23a8d38015a - Prefab and fog workflow improvements: Sphere converted to a prefab and fog prefab updated for consistency. | Commit: 52ca748eb8220c945d762d65123c0843a4b855e5 - Stability and gameplay fixes: Pause logic can no longer be triggered after win/lose; win script and final door animator corrected; null references removed. | Commits: a2a4060714e2fe78b25b30a3f1fa84d9716eba13; 7c689548ac5688a5b3de75a20e0568722c98c19b; 51b7c8dc2d65a9f2ad1e9b5a1f5bd2537284a45d; d6e8e2da3fe816122ba1af4ff1be56cdc85e5d75 Key achievements (top 5): - Toon Shader groundwork and emission re-enabled for richer visuals and future passes. - Ooze visuals and corruption effects implemented to boost world feel. - Level setup and build readiness completed to accelerate release cycle. - Prefab/fog improvements to reduce scene assembly errors and ensure consistency. - Stability and gameplay fixes including pause logic, win-script corrections, and null-reference removal. Impact: Improved visual fidelity and player immersion, reduced post-release risk through build readiness and stability fixes, and established a robust foundation for future shader, AI, and content iterations. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Unity shader work (Toon Shader), prefab workflows, scene assembly. - Animation and AI pipelines (AI animations, Three Little Guys, miniboss animations). - Gameplay tuning and debugging (pause/lose logic, win scripts, null references). - Visual effects and fog systems, texture updates, and asset management.

October 2024

17 Commits • 5 Features

Oct 1, 2024

October 2024 focused on delivering a polished visual style, robust animation framework, and solid gameplay systems for EricWRogers/UnvexedWorld. Key outcomes include a complete Toon Shader System with test scenes, a refactored animation pipeline for players and enemies, refined combat interactions, enhanced AI pathfinding, and HUD/UI stabilization. These improvements raise art quality, player experience, and stability while enabling faster build readiness and QA testing.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness80.4%
Maintainability80.4%
Architecture73.4%
Performance70.0%
AI Usage21.4%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

C#HLSLJSONShaderLabUnityUnity AssetUnity Asset MetaUnity C#Unity MetaUnity Prefab

Technical Skills

3D Animation3D Art3D Modeling3D Modeling Integration3D RenderingAIAI BehaviorAI DevelopmentAI NavigationAI ProgrammingAI State MachinesAnimationAnimation ControllersAnimation EventsAnimation Integration

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

EricWRogers/UnvexedWorld

Oct 2024 May 2025
8 Months active

Languages Used

C#HLSLJSONShaderLabUnityUnity C#YAMLUnity Asset

Technical Skills

3D Modeling3D RenderingAI BehaviorAI NavigationAnimationArt

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