Jur van Oerle | Portfolio

Hello and welcome to my portfolio! My name Is Jur van Oerle, 25 years old and I study Game Development (orientation Game Technology) on the HogeSchool van Amsterdam (HvA). I find it very hard to choose between Technology and design and therefore tend to lean toward a hybrid of these two, with the accent on Technology.

I have been working with a lot of programming languages and tools over the past few years (Java, Javascript, C, C#, C++, Flash, Unity) and am always looking for ways to expand my knowledge.

I started out working with small Flash and Java games such as Pong duplications and platformers. Slowly but steadily, I started to learn the gimmicks of the trade. I crrawled my way through Unity games and C# projects and finally am now working on C and C++ projects and multi-threaded-programs.

My main feature, I think, is the fact that I can work in most any project and be very involved, enthusiastic and work well with others. Once a project is starting to shape (it's concept is clear) I start seeing it as a child and can spend days and days working on it. I know that this is not always a feature and can indeed be a true burden but I have developed quite a immunity for this through some very sad moments of 'killing my darlings'.

These are some of the projects that I have worked on over the course of my education. Unfortunately, many work was not portable to my portfolio and some work simply vanished, so I am afraid this is only a small piece of my work but I will update it whenever I have the chance. Give me a call sometimes. I am always looking for neat projects.

ZombieAppocalypse {Blog}.
I am working to perfect the zombieappocalypse game. Enter here for the blog.

Advanced Physics.
For a school assignment, I worked on a physics engine called Cyclone Physics to create physics simulations.

Ant Optimization Algorithm.
The idea is that ants create and follow pheromone paths to find the closest source of food in their surrounding.

Critter Clash.
Together with Tom van Duist, we created a game that uses Bluetooth to conect players.

My second game for GD2.

ProD&D.
A procedural Dungeon Generator tool for the lazy Dungeon Master. Still in progress but already available at the Android Market Place.

Water Drops.
A Java application that applies raindrops to images.

Levenshtein Distance.
Calculate the mimimum amount of steps needed to get from one string to the next; .EXE file + source code.

ZombieAppocalypse!
My first game for GD2. Reggie Schildmeijer did the graphics. Try not to get killed in this scary zombie game.

Alex & Walter!
Coolest serious game ever!

reflection narrative

reflection dynamics

reflection polish

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reflection user_experience

reflection machinations