Joe Tipping

Computer Science Student

Projects

Not Rocket Science

An arcade-style game about controlling a spaceship using gravity. Programmed in 48 hours using C# and Unity for the Ludum Dare 46 game jam.

Cave Dash

A simple game about travelling through a cave by controlling gravity. Made to learn C and Raylib on Windows, then ported to the Casio FX-8600GII using the Casio SDK.

Wavy Line

Inspired by the cover for Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures. Programmed using Java in Android Studio, written for the HackNotts 2020 Hackathon.

Paper Cut

A puzzle game about cutting apart the level to reach the finish. Programmed in 48 hours using C# and Unity for the Ludum Dare 48 game jam.

Raymarcher

A bare-bones raymarch engine featuring small number of primitives. Programmed using C++ and NVIDIA Cuda, uses SDL2 to display the window.

CHIP-8 Emulator

A Chip-8 emulator for Windows written in C, using Raylib for graphics.

Fourier Series

Solves a number of terms of the Fourier Series for a provided line. Programmed in Unity using C#, based on the 3B1B video on the topic.

Bluest Blue

A website designed to allow a user to find their 'bluest' shade. Uses a React frontend with a C# ASP.net backend.

HackNotts2022

My entry for the HackNotts 2022 Hackathon. A simple multiplayer game with a backend written by me in Java, and a frontend written in C with SDL2 by Eden Tyler-Moss.

Experience

Languages

C#
Java
C/C++
HTML, CSS, JS, PHP
Python

Work Experience

McDonalds

2019-Current

Working in a fast-paced customer service environment, I gained valuable skills about working as part of a larger team, the importance of communication and the ability to perform multiple roles within a given shift; whilst all the time working under constant time pressure.

Software Engineering Coursework

2021

This degree coursework involved creating unit tests for a provided piece of code as part of a team. It taught me about fixing bugs in unfamiliar code, how to collaborate effectively on a codebase with multiple contributors and how to follow project-specific coding standards.