Last-Voyage/Aframax
Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
9 Months active
Languages Used
C#Unity PrefabC++UnityXMLUnityScriptYAMLJSON
Technical Skills
Boss AIC#DocumentationEvent HandlingGame DevelopmentInput System
Ryan Swanson
PROFILE
Ryan Swanson
Ryan Swanson contributed to the Last-Voyage/Aframax repository, delivering 71 features and resolving 53 bugs over nine months. He engineered gameplay systems, visual effects, and audio integration using Unity, C#, and FMOD, focusing on player experience and system reliability. His work included robust save and pause systems, dynamic lighting, controller support, and optimized animation handling. Ryan improved asset management, scene transitions, and UI flows, addressing edge-case failures and enhancing onboarding. He applied object pooling, performance tuning, and code refactoring to ensure maintainability. The depth of his engineering enabled smoother gameplay, stable deployments, and a more responsive, polished user experience.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
57%Features
Repository Contributions
226Total
Bugs
53
Commits
226
Features
71
Lines of code
223,049
Activity Months9
Your Network
60 peopleSame Organization
@mail.bradley.edu37
Work History
September 2025
17 Commits • 5 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 Monthly Summary for Last-Voyage/Aframax: Focused on gameplay stability, UI reliability, audio/visual polish, and performance optimization. Delivered major bug fixes, UI improvements, and feature polish that collectively enhance player experience and system stability under high-load scenarios. Implemented data-driven tagging and robust movement controls, reduced runtime logging to improve performance, and expanded VFX pooling to support more concurrent effects. The changes support smoother cutscenes, more reliable navigation flows, and steadier frame-times across diverse time scales.
17 Commits • 5 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 Monthly Summary for Last-Voyage/Aframax: Focused on gameplay stability, UI reliability, audio/visual polish, and performance optimization. Delivered major bug fixes, UI improvements, and feature polish that collectively enhance player experience and system stability under high-load scenarios. Implemented data-driven tagging and robust movement controls, reduced runtime logging to improve performance, and expanded VFX pooling to support more concurrent effects. The changes support smoother cutscenes, more reliable navigation flows, and steadier frame-times across diverse time scales.
September 2025
August 2025
18 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 for Last-Voyage/Aframax focused on UX polish, audio/visual timing corrections, and platform robustness to shorten user friction and strengthen cross-scene stability. Deliverables improved cinematic/credit navigation, credits and display UI, and input handling while hardening Steam integration and audio feedback. The work translates to smoother gameplay journeys, clearer onboarding for settings, and more resilient runtime behavior across scenes and platforms.
August 2025
18 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 for Last-Voyage/Aframax focused on UX polish, audio/visual timing corrections, and platform robustness to shorten user friction and strengthen cross-scene stability. Deliverables improved cinematic/credit navigation, credits and display UI, and input handling while hardening Steam integration and audio feedback. The work translates to smoother gameplay journeys, clearer onboarding for settings, and more resilient runtime behavior across scenes and platforms.
July 2025
12 Commits • 3 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for Last-Voyage/Aframax focusing on key features delivered, major bug fixes, and overall impact. Implemented robust cutscene audio lifecycle with volume control and clean transitions, improved harpoon mechanics for reliable sticking and weak-point damage, loading-state input gating to prevent unintended actions during loads, and scene/camera configuration fixes for correct rendering and follow behavior. Also ensured save data integrity and reintroduced Maze 02 achievements to support progression, and fixed ammo restock animation feedback. These changes enhance player experience, reduce edge-case bugs during transitions and loads, and strengthen core gameplay systems for better release-readiness and data integrity.
12 Commits • 3 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for Last-Voyage/Aframax focusing on key features delivered, major bug fixes, and overall impact. Implemented robust cutscene audio lifecycle with volume control and clean transitions, improved harpoon mechanics for reliable sticking and weak-point damage, loading-state input gating to prevent unintended actions during loads, and scene/camera configuration fixes for correct rendering and follow behavior. Also ensured save data integrity and reintroduced Maze 02 achievements to support progression, and fixed ammo restock animation feedback. These changes enhance player experience, reduce edge-case bugs during transitions and loads, and strengthen core gameplay systems for better release-readiness and data integrity.
July 2025
June 2025
11 Commits • 4 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 — Last-Voyage/Aframax: Delivered a focused set of gameplay and engine-level improvements that enhance player feedback, stability, and overall performance. Key features delivered include harpoon damage/decal enhancements with exposure of CanApplyDamage and proper deactivation on hit, and Whack‑A‑Mole decal lifecycle improvements enabling hiding decals on defeat with smooth scaling. Fixed decal scaling references to ensure consistent visuals after variable renames, and introduced Dynamic Camera Sway and Vertical Bobbing with a refined animation curve and updated sway calculations for a more responsive, immersive feel. Animation Handling Optimizations were implemented, featuring hashed animation names, centralized harpoon animation state logic, and related camera adjustments to reduce runtime overhead. Overall impact: improved gameplay fidelity, reduced bug surface, clearer code paths for future work, and measurable stability and performance gains across core combat interactions.
June 2025
11 Commits • 4 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 — Last-Voyage/Aframax: Delivered a focused set of gameplay and engine-level improvements that enhance player feedback, stability, and overall performance. Key features delivered include harpoon damage/decal enhancements with exposure of CanApplyDamage and proper deactivation on hit, and Whack‑A‑Mole decal lifecycle improvements enabling hiding decals on defeat with smooth scaling. Fixed decal scaling references to ensure consistent visuals after variable renames, and introduced Dynamic Camera Sway and Vertical Bobbing with a refined animation curve and updated sway calculations for a more responsive, immersive feel. Animation Handling Optimizations were implemented, featuring hashed animation names, centralized harpoon animation state logic, and related camera adjustments to reduce runtime overhead. Overall impact: improved gameplay fidelity, reduced bug surface, clearer code paths for future work, and measurable stability and performance gains across core combat interactions.
May 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 performance summary for Last-Voyage/Aframax focused on delivering core UX improvements, data integrity fixes, and media standardization to drive onboarding efficiency and gameplay stability. The work emphasized clear business value: smoother UI flows for new players, robust scene/version handling to prevent regressions, and consistent tutorial media playback across platforms. These efforts reduce friction for new users and improve long-term maintainability of the project.
3 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 performance summary for Last-Voyage/Aframax focused on delivering core UX improvements, data integrity fixes, and media standardization to drive onboarding efficiency and gameplay stability. The work emphasized clear business value: smoother UI flows for new players, robust scene/version handling to prevent regressions, and consistent tutorial media playback across platforms. These efforts reduce friction for new users and improve long-term maintainability of the project.
May 2025
April 2025
57 Commits • 13 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for Last-Voyage/Aframax: The team delivered major features and stabilizing fixes across gameplay, visuals, and reliability. Key features delivered include Breathing System Enhancements (VariableBreathingPart1 and FinalizedBreathing), Gore Object Toggle, Sprint Animation Functionality, Enemy Spawn Visual Effects across multiple rounds, and Controller Support. Major bugs fixed encompassed camera jitter on resume, general collision issues, destroy-on-contact behavior, unsubscribe-to-chase-event cleanup, and a build stabilization to address a build error. The month yielded stronger stability, better player experience, and improved persistence and settings behavior. Technologies/skills demonstrated include Unity/C#, gameplay scripting, VFX integration, audio handling, input management, settings persistence, and rigorous code cleanup and merge-conflict resolution. Business value: increased player engagement and retention, faster iteration cycles, and more reliable deployments going into the next release.
April 2025
57 Commits • 13 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for Last-Voyage/Aframax: The team delivered major features and stabilizing fixes across gameplay, visuals, and reliability. Key features delivered include Breathing System Enhancements (VariableBreathingPart1 and FinalizedBreathing), Gore Object Toggle, Sprint Animation Functionality, Enemy Spawn Visual Effects across multiple rounds, and Controller Support. Major bugs fixed encompassed camera jitter on resume, general collision issues, destroy-on-contact behavior, unsubscribe-to-chase-event cleanup, and a build stabilization to address a build error. The month yielded stronger stability, better player experience, and improved persistence and settings behavior. Technologies/skills demonstrated include Unity/C#, gameplay scripting, VFX integration, audio handling, input management, settings persistence, and rigorous code cleanup and merge-conflict resolution. Business value: increased player engagement and retention, faster iteration cycles, and more reliable deployments going into the next release.
March 2025
16 Commits • 6 Features
Mar 1, 2025Concise monthly summary for 2025-03 focused on business value and technical achievements for Last-Voyage/Aframax. Delivered robust save system reliability, enhanced pause mechanics, enriched player feedback visuals and audio, and improved atmosphere with dynamic lighting. Implemented a speed testing conduit and ensured production hygiene through cleanup. The month also addressed stability by fixing boundary loading issues and preventing production-time debug leakage.
16 Commits • 6 Features
Mar 1, 2025Concise monthly summary for 2025-03 focused on business value and technical achievements for Last-Voyage/Aframax. Delivered robust save system reliability, enhanced pause mechanics, enriched player feedback visuals and audio, and improved atmosphere with dynamic lighting. Implemented a speed testing conduit and ensured production hygiene through cleanup. The month also addressed stability by fixing boundary loading issues and preventing production-time debug leakage.
March 2025
November 2024
71 Commits • 29 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 — Last-Voyage/Aframax: Delivered core gameplay initializations, stabilized startup flows, and expanded spawn logic, while driving performance, visuals, and maintainability improvements. Key efforts included finalizing enemy room detection and initializing/refactoring gameplay events, improving scene startup reliability, and enhancing player spawn handling. The month also advanced object pooling, VFX parenting consistency, and XML/config handling, alongside comprehensive code cleanup and naming standardization. Critical bugs were resolved to improve runtime reliability and input handling, supporting faster iteration and future feature work.
November 2024
71 Commits • 29 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 — Last-Voyage/Aframax: Delivered core gameplay initializations, stabilized startup flows, and expanded spawn logic, while driving performance, visuals, and maintainability improvements. Key efforts included finalizing enemy room detection and initializing/refactoring gameplay events, improving scene startup reliability, and enhancing player spawn handling. The month also advanced object pooling, VFX parenting consistency, and XML/config handling, alongside comprehensive code cleanup and naming standardization. Critical bugs were resolved to improve runtime reliability and input handling, supporting faster iteration and future feature work.
October 2024
21 Commits • 6 Features
Oct 1, 2024Concise monthly summary for 2024-10: In Last-Voyage/Aframax, the engineering team delivered a series of high-impact features and a broad set of bug fixes that collectively improved gameplay fidelity, stability, and developer productivity. The work focused on enriching visuals, stabilizing core UX flows, and tightening game loop reliability, while also standardizing builds and enhancing collaboration signals.
21 Commits • 6 Features
Oct 1, 2024Concise monthly summary for 2024-10: In Last-Voyage/Aframax, the engineering team delivered a series of high-impact features and a broad set of bug fixes that collectively improved gameplay fidelity, stability, and developer productivity. The work focused on enriching visuals, stabilizing core UX flows, and tightening game loop reliability, while also standardizing builds and enhancing collaboration signals.
October 2024
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Quality Metrics
Correctness85.0%
Maintainability85.6%
Architecture77.8%
Performance80.4%
AI Usage20.4%
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Programming Languages
C#C++JSONTextUnityUnity AssetUnity Asset MetadataUnity MetaUnity PrefabUnity Scene
Technical Skills
3D Animation3D Graphics3D ModelingAnimationAnimation ControllerAsset IntegrationAsset ManagementAsset OptimizationAttack PatternsAttack SystemsAudio EngineeringAudio IntegrationAudio ManagementAudio ProgrammingBoss AI
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