Blair Ciolk's Online Portfolio

This site is an informational page highlighting some of my projects that I have completed over the months.
Other information will also be provided on this page, feel free to check it out!

Projects

Reinventing the Wheel

Reinventing the Wheel was a project done by Charlie Van Abbema, a classmate, and myself.
The idea of this project was to create a Nuget Package that people would find useful by better understanding how default functions work and recreating them for programmers to use in their projects.
Link to Nuget Package here.
Link to GitHub page here.

Delivery Driver Lab

The delivery driver lab consisted of creating a drivable car that picks up "deliveries" and required the player to return the delivery to a specific area to score a point.
Although simple sounding, this game introduced velocity, player controls, interacting with objects, and more new topics that would help in later game development.

The code snippet defines what should happen to the player when the player interacts with an object with the script.
This snippet is a part of a longer piece of code, but this small piece of code detects whether or not the player has successfully returned a package.

If the tag of the object is "Customer" and the player has a package while driving over the delivery zone,
the total delivered amount will update, the car will change colors, and the boolean "hasPackage" will become false,
meaning the player can now retrieve another package.

        if (other.tag == "Customer" && hasPackage == true) {
      totalDelivered++;
        Debug.Log($"You delivered: " + totalDelivered + " packages.");
          packageObtained.text = $"Packages Delivered: " + totalDelivered;
           spriteRenderer.color = noPackageColor;
           hasPackage = false; }
    

Snowboarder Lab

The snowboarder lab lets the player simulate snowboarding on a snowhill.
By using the left and right arrow keys, the player could tilt the player forward and backwards in hope of making it to the end of the level.

This code snippet defines what should happen when the top of the player touches the ground.
If the tag is "Ground" and the boolean "hasCrashed" is false:
Control over the player will be disabled

• The boolean
• will update
• An effect with sound will play
• The scene will reload.

          void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other) {
          if (other.tag == "Ground" && !hasCrashed) {
          FindObjectOfType().DisableControls();
            hasCrashed = true;
            crashEffect.Play();
          GetComponent().PlayOneShot(crashSFX);
              Invoke("ReloadScene", delayTime); } }

  void GetRandomQuestion() {
                int index = Random.Range(0, questions.Count);
      currentQuestion = questions[index];

        if (questions.Contains(currentQuestion)) {
            questions.Remove(currentQuestion); } }