Animal cooking

Animal Cooking is a top-down, two-player cooperative cooking simulator with a unique twist: players must first hunt wild ingredients using specific tools before they can cook them to fulfill timed orders.

Developed entirely from the ground up in C++ using the SDL2 library, this project demonstrates a deep understanding of core game architecture and engine-level programming. A key technical achievement was the creation of a custom C++ analytics tracker that serializes gameplay events to .json files for analysis. The project was managed using Agile methodologies with Pivotal Tracker.

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My Multifaceted Role & Key Contributions:

• Gameplay Programming: I architected and programmed core player mechanics, ingredient interactions, the order fulfillment system, and the integration of all gameplay systems.

• Animation Programming: I single-handedly implemented the entire animation system, bringing all characters and objects to life.

• Game & Level Design: I contributed directly to the core game design and conducted extensive playtesting to balance difficulty. I also designed and built multiple levels using a custom tool that parsed level data directly from JSON files, which streamlined the creation and iteration process.

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The game was also featured on the popular Spanish game development blog, DeVuego.

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Source code: https://github.com/TenByTen-Studios/AnimalCooking

Game website: https://studiostenbyten.wixsite.com/animalcooking/home​