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Charlton Lane

Charlton Lane - Unity Developer

I've been interested in software and game development ever since learning to program back in high school.

That passion has led me through university, graduating with a Bachelor of Software Engineering (Honours) at the University of Newcastle, with a focus on electives relating to game development, game design, computer graphics and animation.

My most recent role was with the team behind Pummel Party where I joined to support the development of the game's built-in level creator and Steam Workshop support. I then worked to add new minigames and gamemodes, and port the game to the Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Xbox systems.

In my spare time I work on smaller game projects, which you can check out over on my itch.io page.

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Games I've worked on

Pummel Party

I created two new minigames, implemented the Teams gamemode, overhauled the cosmetics and ingame shop system, and ported and optimised the game for the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One

Pummel Party Mod Editor

Mod Editor tools

I worked with the team behind Pummel Party to help deliver the Steam workshop tools and custom level creator. I maintained those tools and expanded them based on player feedback.

Picto Potions

Solo-developed commercial project. Picto potions is a cozy, nonogram puzzle game with a customisable potion shop in a cute, fantasy setting.

The Apothecary's Apprentice

Solo-developed 2D platformer. Originally created for an assignment at the University of Newcastle, and later polished into a standalone game.

More games

Prototypes and tech demos

2D and 3D Platformer physics in a 3D environment using perspective

Character controller and physics system for a Fez-like platformer, where you can alternate between 2D and 3D physics and controls at any time.

System for generating animated 2D pixel art in real-time from a 3D model

Camera and shader setup to create 8-directional, 2D, pixel art, animated sprites from 3D, animated models in realtime.

Camera tracked monitor illusion

A neat proof of concept that involves converting a physical real-world camera position into a relative camera position in-engine to make it seem like you can 'look into' your screen

Skills

  • PC, Console (Switch, Xbox One) and Android development using the Unity game engine

  • Platform integrations: Steamworks.NET, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Google Play Games

  • Networked and local multiplayer: Lidgren, Netcode for GameObjects, Platform libraries (Switch, Xbox One)

  • Editor tooling: Dear ImGui, Unity IMGUI, UI Toolkit,

  • Input handling: Rewired, Unity New Input System, Unity Legacy,

  • Localisation: I2 Localization, Unity Localization Package

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