Jur van Oerle | Portfolio

Hello and welcome to my portfolio! My name Is Jur van Oerle, 26 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, HTML, SQL/SOQL(SalesForce Object Query Language)) 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.

Minesweeper using Phaser.io
For a job application, I was asked to make the classic game Mine Sweeper in JavaScript using the Phaser.io library.

Stolen Couch™ Castaway Paradise.
I have been porting Castaway Paradise to PlayStation™ 4. This project was created in Unity3D Engine and my main challenge was adding controller support for all the different items, equipments and UI (some of which have been completely reworked).

Flocking in Java
I created a flocking project in Java where the values can be adjusted, stored and retrieved.

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

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

Theses from Artificial Intelligence study at Gray Lake Studios.

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.

Oh God it's Monday.
Sneaky Ninja's 2016 global game jam game. Oh God, it's Monday is a mobile puzzle game that requires logical thinking and planning ahead. The goal of the game is to make everyone complete their tasks before 5 o'clock. When two (or more) people meet on the workfloor, they will start talking about all sorts of non-work related stuff. Can you make sure everyone leaves before 5 o'clock?

Gamious™ iO.
I have been porting iO to PlaystStation™ 4 and PlayStation™ Vita. This project was created in Unity3D Engine and my main challenges were using the Sony APIs (saving/loading data and trophies) and sanitizing and optimizing the code so it could run smoothly on PlayStation™ Vita.

Threaded server in C.
This is a C program that creates a threadpool. Every time someone connects, it spawns a thread and then server and client can communicate with each other.

Raytracer in C++.
This is a fairly simple process in which rays are shot from a camera into the world, calculating where they hit the surface of some other objects.