COLE HILSCHER
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
GAME DEVELOPER
CODING AND GAME DEV EDUCATOR
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I've been a professional software developer since 2017, with a specialty in C# and C++. In my spare time I design, develop, and publish games using the Unity engine. Take a look at some of my personal projects below!
SELF-PUBLISHED GAMES
Cityscapes is a number-placement Skyscrapers puzzle game. Your city's residents all have their own ways they want their new metropolis to be arranged, and there's only one way to make them all happy! Place buildings of different sizes around the grid to complete the perfect city in this Sudoku-style puzzle game. Cityscapes was my first published game, and has been updated several times with new features, unlocks, and even a fresh coat of paint in the few years since launch! To date, it's been downloaded over 1400 times!
Try Cityscapes on mobile!
Check out the code on GitHub!
Sock 'n Roll is a top-down beat-'em-up game which has you locked in a room full of vicious gunslingers! Armed only with your fists, can you dodge their bullets and knock them out before it's too late? Sock 'n Roll has 36 fast-paced levels packed with homemade 3D models and animations.
Sock 'n Roll is no longer available on app stores, but the code is on GitHub!
COMING SOON
Sword Search is a medieval fantasy word search game, in which you complete randomly-generated word searches to defeat enemies and save the day! Dive in to a full story campaign with several elemental powers that change how you do battle. In Sword Search, the pen is truly mightier than the sword! Sword Search will be my next published game, and is currently in alpha testing.
Check out the code on GitHub!
In Oregon Party, you travel between pit stops on an endless highway, collecting resources and trying to survive. Choose your character and try to keep your health and sanity high on this post-apocalyptic roguelike adventure! Be on the lookout for zombies, minigames, quests, and some sneaky beavers trying to snag your firewood! Oregon Party is in early development in collaboration with HPlatinum.
Check out the code on GitHub!
Check out the code on GitHub!
Like all great adventures, this untitled game begins in a tavern. Gather your party and set out into the dungeon in this roguelike deck-building card game! Each party member has their own signature cards, so no two journeys are the same! This game is in early development in collaboration with Guillamoure.
Gravity Gun is a 2D platformer game that sends you on an epic quest to save your little home planet. Fling yourself between planets and moons using realistic gravity, friction, and momentum! Gravity Gun started as a passion project in my time studying astrophysics, and is in early development.
Check out the code on GitHub!
MY STUDENTS' GAMES
I teach the fundamentals of programming and game development in a custom educational course. Take a look at some of the games my students made in the class!
In Rolling Ball, one student crafted a perilous obstacle course suspended over rising lava! Strategically use jump and speed-boost power-ups to race to the end of four levels before the time runs out! Rolling Ball is perfect for an adrenaline-pumping short speedrun.
Two students collaborated to create The Monocle, a horror adventure game set in a creepy forest. Hold your flashlight tight, avoid jump-scares, and solve 3D puzzles to uncover the dark truth behind the haunted house!
