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Welcome to Twikia Studios

Creating the moments I loved as a kid, for the players of today.

Games

Dying for Parts

Adapt or be scrapped. In this Roguelite FPS, you are trapped in a merciless junkyard fight club where movement is a weapon. Survive relentless mutated machines, scavenge their parts, and evolve into the ultimate killing machine.

📄 Press Kit 🎮 Steam Page

Dying for Parts Development

Dying for Parts is being made in Unreal Engine 5.6 with Blueprints and C++. It is a fast-paced FPS experience where every decision matters. Scavenge parts from fallen enemies and customize your loadout each run with a dynamic upgrade system. Movement is your greatest weapon with wall running, grapples, slides, and countless more momentum-based movements.

TerraBlitz and More!

Test your skills in a mobile hardcore physics platformer and explore more games and their code on GitHub!

TerraBlitz

TerraBlitz - Android

Play it now on Google Play!

 TerraBlitz

TerraBlitz - IOS

Play it now on the App Store!

 TerraBlitz

GitHub - Windows/Linux/Mac

Try out games and checkout the source code too!

About

Twikia Studios Logo

Hi, I'm Tai! I'm a Computer Science student at CU Boulder. I've always loved playing games like Deadlock, Overwatch, Subnautica, and Minecraft, which led me to create my own games, like TerraBlitz and Dying for Parts. When I'm not gaming or coding, you can usually find me at the gym, flying drones, or editing videos. My journey into tech started in high school when I fell in love with coding, since then I've applied this passion in professional software engineering/data science roles at companies like SMX and HandelStats. For a detailed look at my journey and projects, my resume and github are linked below.

📄 Open Resume 💡 View My GitHub

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Connect with other members, stay updated, and share your thoughts! Ready to collaborate, get beta access, or just want to say hello? I'd love to hear from you!

Projects

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Mobile Applications & Gameplay Prototypes

Unreal Engine

A handful of smaller apps I made. "Red Button Clicker" (released on Google Play), a 3D layout productivity-focused Task Manager, and two 3D action prototypes: an infinite runner and a base defense shooter. These projects served as an intro for Unreal Engine for me and maybe someday I will revisit them…

Automated Web Analysis Tool

Python · BeautifulSoup4 · Pandas · NLP

This comprehensive data extraction framework automates the analysis of websites to harvest performance metrics, technology stacks, and contact information using libraries like BeautifulSoup4 and Pandas. The tool features a modular architecture capable of batch-processing large datasets to generate detailed reports on page load times, SEO metadata, and site architecture. By integrating NLP for content summarization and Wappalyzer for tech detection, it transforms raw web data into structured, actionable business summaries.

Game Gauntlet: Full-Stack Escape Room Experience

Python (Flask) · JavaScript (Kaboom.js) · 24-Hour Hackathon

Developed during the 24-hour HackCU hackathon, this interactive web application features an escape room experience comprised of eight distinct mini-games built with Python (Flask) and JavaScript (Kaboom.js). I architected the backend system to handle dynamic routing and session management. The project demonstrates the ability to execute rapid full-stack development, successfully integrating complex physics-based game logic and state persistence under tight time constraints.

Python Game Development: Galactica & Tic-Tac-Toe

Python · Pygame · Threading · ANSI Terminal

This collection showcases versatility in Python programming through two games: a high-performance terminal Galactica and a Pygame GUI Tic-Tac-Toe. Galactica pushes the limits of standard libraries by utilizing six concurrent threads to handle real-time ANSI terminal rendering and collision detection without an external game engine. Tic-Tac-Toe leverages Pygame to demonstrate clean event loop architecture and robust win-condition algorithms.

Autonomous Lidar-Mapping Shopping Robot

Python · Webots · Lidar · Inverse Kinematics

This robot was made in Webots using Python. It uses Lidar and ground sensors for precise navigation and maps in real-time. It avoids obstacles using sensor data and real time scanned LiDAR map. It has an inverse kinematic control system for a robotic arm for user control to grasp, and transport objects within the mapped environment.

High-Performance RISC-V Pipelined Processor

RISC-V · Codasip C · Pipeline Architecture

Designed and implemented a fully functional 5-stage pipelined RISC-V processor using pipeline diagrams and Codasip C. The architecture features advanced hazard mitigation strategies, including a dedicated forwarding unit and stall logic to resolve data dependencies in pipelining as well as branch prediction.

RISC-V Processor Diagram

Videography

Check out some stunning drone and camera footage all filmed and edited by me!

Gameplay

Full Portfolio!

All the best videos in one place!

 Stock Footage

Stock Footage!

Check out some uncut footage on Adobe Stock!

 Behind the Scenes

Collaborate!

Contact me below and let's create!