Zixian Shi – Development Portfolio

Target Position: Gameplay Programmer / Technical Designer / Game Designer

Engine: Unity (C#), Unreal5

Team Size: Solo Developer

🧩 Projects

🎮 Whisper Gold – 2D RPG Game on Unity

Development Duration: 2 months

Overview:

A feature-complete 2D RPG created during self-learning, featuring combat, skill systems, equipment, crafting, saving, and more.

Link to game:

https://xiaoqigai.itch.io/xiaoqigaifirst

Key Features:

• Skill System:

  • Includes dash, aiming sword, blackhole, magical crystal, clone summon, parry

  • Skill manager supports cooldown, damage, and effect adjustments

  • Integrated with a functional skill tree system with unlock rules

    

• Gear & Item System:

  • Armor, weapons, amulets, and flasks
  • Dynamic stat modifications and special effects
  • Includes loot drop and crafting systems

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• UI System:

  • Stats, skill tree, crafting, options, tooltips, inventory, and equipment
  • Health bars, cooldowns, money display
  • Interactive gear interface for equip/unequip
  • Main menu and scene transitions

• Save & Load:

  • Checkpoint-based saving
  • Load full game state including player stats, items, and position

• Environment & Interaction:

  • Weather system with dynamic fire rain realized by Particle System
  • Environment interaction use collision detection for things like chest.