Portfolio Thomas Ketelaere

Gameplay: Cosmotion is a cooperative, movement-based space game for mobile where two players team up to conquer planets through energetic exergame challenges. Using tablet motion, hand tracking, and face tracking, players defend their spaceship, escape the lab, swat alien bugs, and help Shroomers across a colorful solar system. Designed with accessibility in mind, Cosmotion turns big upper-body movements into fast, fun, shared gameplay where teamwork, communication, and high scores are the ultimate goal.

Personal contributions:

• Implemented real-time hand and face tracking with MediaPipe, including gesture detection for open and closed hands
• Developed multiplayer gameplay systems and network synchronization using Netcode for GameObjects
• Optimized performance and rendering workflows using Unity Profiler and RenderDoc
• Created a dynamic music system with adaptive transitions and gameplay stingers
• Integrated tablet gyroscope and accelerometer input for motion-based gameplay interactions
• Implemented localization support for multiple languages

Tools: Unity, C#

Gameplay: Strap on your oven mitts and grab your best baking buddy. Bake It Till You Make It! is a wild, sugar-fueled climb up the most outrageous cake you've ever seen! Work together, before a ravenous dessert-devouring Beast gobbles up your sweet escape route!

Personal contributions:

• Developed player movement systems using polar coordinate mathematics
• Designed and implemented core cake gameplay systems, including procedural layer spawning and player height tracking
• Created interactive “Cherry Bomb” gameplay mechanics and effects
• Integrated and balanced the complete game audio implementation
• Implemented a wide range of visual effects and feedback systems using RFX
• Integrated and polished gameplay and character animations
• Designed and implemented the in-game tutorial flow and onboarding experience
• Added controller rumble and haptic feedback to enhance player responsiveness and game feel

Tools: Unity, C#

Info: For my 4th semester in Digital Arts & Entertainment, I build a game engine and remade a classic arcade game in that engine.

Features:

• Component based game loop
• Events system
• Commands for gamepads and keyboard
• Sound system
• States
• Saving High Scores with player names

Tools: C++20, Visual Studio

Gameplay: Roam the streets hunting for confused or thoughtful citizens. Prime targets for your political agenda. Mash buttons to overwhelm them with your beliefs, but watch out: rival politicians can crash the conversation, so don't hesitate to shove them out and claim your loyal follower!

Personal contributions:

• Developed civilian AI movement behaviors and navigation systems
• Designed and implemented scene collision layouts for gameplay interactions
• Integrated NavMesh pathfinding for dynamic civilian movement
• Implemented and balanced the complete game audio system
• Created player pushing mechanics with responsive gameplay feedback
• Integrated and polished character and gameplay animations
• Designed and implemented the in-game tutorial experience
• Added controller rumble and haptic feedback for improved game feel
• Implemented visual effects and gameplay feedback using RFX

Tools: Unity, C#

Gameplay: Fight your way through hostile environments while using Temporal Mode to reverse previously created events. Spent bullets, environmental damage, and other actions can be pulled back through time, allowing you to recover resources and create unique combat opportunities.

Info: This project is currently in active development. Features, mechanics, and visuals are still evolving as the core time-reversal gameplay continues to be expanded.

Mechanics:

• Fast-paced first-person shooting
• Temporal Mode that allows events to be reversed
• Recover spent ammunition by reversing bullet impacts
• Interactive revertable objects and environmental effects
• Visual feedback system highlighting valid time-reversal targets

Tools: Unity, C#

Gameplay: Step into a rhythm-fueled fight where you take down robots to the beat of your own music. Time your shots perfectly and fire only on the beat, drop your shield to attack, and rack up points by syncing skill and sound.

Info: This game is still in development and things might still be broken/not working. Feel free to contact me if you find a bug.(:

Inspiration: This game is inspired by Beat Saber, but I wanted something that let me play my own music, including lesser-known tracks. So I decided to make my own.

Mechanics:

• This is game that has to be played in VR
• You can load your own music. The game will calculate BPM on its own
• The lights in the level are an indicator on when the beat is
• When there is a part in the song that is more intens (Chorus/Drop/...), a big enemy can spawn, more lights will turn on,...
• Enemies (Robots) move between certain points and have a certain chance of shooting on the beat
• The bullets of the enemies move faster for a short time on the beat
• The player can't shoot when the shield is active

Tools: Unity, C#