Welcome to my Portfolio!
Greetings! Here you will find information about me, my CGT classes, and more. This website is NOT created or hosted with Wix alike but handcrafted and self-hosted with a old laptop in my dorm running Nginx on Debian.
About Me
I'm Yake Wang, Zack is my preferred name. I'm a Purdue Boilermaker and currently a sophomore at CGT, majoring in game development. I grew up in Shenzhen, China, and moved to Massachusetts, US as an international student in 2019. Later, I finished high school in Delaware before joining Purdue. I have internship work experience in programming-related jobs in multiple tech companies including DJI. I dream to become an indie game developer in the future.
What I Do
Game Design
Not just my college major, game design has been a passion for me. I drafted up many bits of interesting game ideas during my spare time. I had scripted a few minigames using Processing or Python with the Pygame library; and I'm in the process of learning more sophisticated game development toolsets, including Unity and Unreal 5. I will practice game design skills both in my college classes and in my own game projects.
Robotics
I was first introduced to the concept of programming when I began working on mini robots, which used beginner-friendly graphical programming tools with LEGO RCX. I later studied C/C++ programming languages for use in more professional competitions like VEX Robotics and DJI RM. Robotics worked my coding and engineering skills while bringing me enjoyment and friendships.
Minecraft!
Talking about one of my favorite games! Minecraft isn't astonishing by itself: it basically has no level design, barely a storyline; and has terrible tutorials and progression. However, the remarkable freedom of this game empowered its vast and amazing communities to amend the game's shortcomings and create wonders beyond imagination. Hosting a Minecraft server for my friends to play together left some great memories that I truly cherish.
Latest Work
Guillotines: A card-based board game group project for CGT105. (work in progress) illustration credit: Bin Jiang
Contact Me
Yake Wang | 134 Pierce Street, Apt 826, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Email (personal): me@yake.wang
Email (school): zackwang@purdue.edu