Travis Van Essen

A fast-paced VR arcade shooter where the player travels to exotic locations to take on different kinds of aliens in a wave-based action! Try for the high score while playing a unique VR experience.

Smite Them! was an iPhone game that is simply tapping the screen to shock the people below in order to get a high score! This has been submitted to Apple for certification and should be released soon as a free game to play!

Teralta is a 3rd person RPG shooter. The player is placed into the role of Aryana, a lost princess who must find out why her father was married and she is wanted for treason. The player will travel the a world with multiple regions ranging from mountaintops to a bamboo forest and the coast. With fast paced action and unique RTS combat mechanics the player will have full control over their team and what they do on the battlefield. A big focus is customization in the sense of weapons, the player… Show more

Teralta is a 3rd person RPG shooter. The player is placed into the role of Aryana, a lost princess who must find out why her father was married and she is wanted for treason. The player will travel the a world with multiple regions ranging from mountaintops to a bamboo forest and the coast. With fast paced action and unique RTS combat mechanics the player will have full control over their team and what they do on the battlefield. A big focus is customization in the sense of weapons, the player will be able to swap out every piece of their gun to better fit their play style. More information to come soon. Show less

XBox 360, PS3, PC -
The year is 1962, JFK is President and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear - but a far more powerful and insidious enemy than communism is threatening America. Known only to a select few, a top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating and concealing a series of mysterious attacks by an otherworldly enemy. As special agent William Carter, players call the shots, pull the trigger and lead their squad in a gripping third-person tactical shooter… Show more

XBox 360, PS3, PC -
The year is 1962, JFK is President and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear - but a far more powerful and insidious enemy than communism is threatening America. Known only to a select few, a top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating and concealing a series of mysterious attacks by an otherworldly enemy. As special agent William Carter, players call the shots, pull the trigger and lead their squad in a gripping third-person tactical shooter set within a high-stakes, covert war to protect humanity. The Bureau's mission is clear - survive, adapt and overcome the enemy threat. The Bureau has been erasing the truth for decades. The time will come for the truth to be revealed. Show less

My team and I got back together to create a fun Christmas game! It's a fun slightly open world where the player collects keys to unlock holiday themed minigames! The games range from a snowball fight, sledding, Christmas trivia game, maze and 2D level! Hopefully you all enjoy!

Lenzo's Halloween Adventure is a game my friend and I made to celebrate the awesome holiday Halloween! We made this game in a month and it is a simple 3D platformer with hidden side scroller levels! I served as game designer and level designer on it! Click the link and enjoy!

Our game took 1st place in an Octoberfest game event! We competed against 10 other teams and came out on top!

Run Seo Run was a simple infinite Runner project in the vein of Robot Unicorn / Jetpack joyride Developed by me and some friends for the PC and potentially the Android platforms. Development took place over about 3 months in our spare time and the project was developed in Unity. For this game I did all of the programming from the character sprite animation to the actual code for spawning and infinite procedural generation of the level environment. My Friend Travis Vanessen Designed the… Show more

Run Seo Run was a simple infinite Runner project in the vein of Robot Unicorn / Jetpack joyride Developed by me and some friends for the PC and potentially the Android platforms. Development took place over about 3 months in our spare time and the project was developed in Unity. For this game I did all of the programming from the character sprite animation to the actual code for spawning and infinite procedural generation of the level environment. My Friend Travis Vanessen Designed the visuals and core gameplay mechanics and Thilan Wajinesha provided the music ! Show less

This is the trailer from our senior project that a team and I created. I served as team lead, programmer and designer.