I’m Douglas Rysdyk (you said it wrong) and I’m a game developer. Here are some of my projects! I’m available for new projects. Drop me a line, and let’s create something new!
Sekishu No Koe
Sekishu No Koe is an indie game based in Japanese mythology. I was the gameplay programmer and made a cutscene linking, and choice system similar to the one found in Telltale’s The Walking Dead. You can read more here.
Sekishu No Koe Newsletters
I volunteered to help with a lot of aspects of Sekishu No Koe. One of my larger tasks involved helping draft and write a series of email newsletters we made to promote the game. You can read them here.
Factory Flip
When I was working on Sekishu No Koe I decided to work on a solo project to deepen my understanding of UE4. I programmed the game myself, and worked with an artist for the models. You can download the game here.
VR Mini-Golf
While at Farmingdale I was part of a committee that was asked to make a VR game for the college’s open house that summer. You can watch the demo video here. You can download the project from GitHub.
Blog Posts
Flappy Bird Has Perfect Design For an Endless Runner Mobile Game
I remember when I first learned about Flappy Bird. I was sitting in my dorm room at Purchase doing whatever on my computer, when my roommate called out my name. I turned around and he, knowing I liked games, asked if I had ever heard of Flappy Bird. “No,” I said with some surprise, “what…
Mahjong’s Simple Foundation
Mahjong is difficult to penetrate at first glance. Unlike other widely popular gambling games, where a cheap pack of playing cards can be used to play a variety of games, mahjong requires a set of sometimes quite expensive 144 tiles to play. It also requires four players, which makes picking up the game on whim…
Snakebird Review
It’s rare to find a game like Snakebird nowadays. With a market saturated by randomly generated levels and Metroidvania RPGs Snakebird is a feels like a throwback to the days when indie games focused on doing one thing, and doing it exceptionally well. Much like Portal or Braid, Snakebird is a puzzle game centered around a few core rules which are then built upon through…
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