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gamedev / user interface / motion design

schmovement &fundamentals.

i’m myles. i make fun video games and user interfaces. i think in behaviors rather than keyframes. if a piece of software works well, it better also have a great personality.

game-ui / 2023-now

The Big Catch

at Filet Group, i led UI/UX design and implementation for The Big Catch, a retro-inspired 3D platformer for Steam and Nintendo Switch.

i focused on UI that feels physical, playful, expressive, and readable during play. for The Big Catch, i built responsive interface elements using 3D geometry and shape keys driven by physics springs rather than uninterruptible and stiff animations.

The Big Catch: Tacklebox is available for free on Steam, and the full The Big Catch game is still in development.

it's alive

behaviors over keyframes

the big catch's UI is glanceable, responsive, and always alive. all elements are 3D geometry with shape keys and behaviors driven by physics springs. this approach allows for playfulness, resolution independence, and responsiveness.

communication

the grapple indicator

this single object communicates an upcoming grapple point's location, distance until targetable, grapple status, and lock-on status, and is designed to communicate that information even in the player's periphery.

gamedev / 2023-now

flickshot hyper combat

flickshot hyper combat is my independent arena shooter project, a stylish competitive top-down arena shooter party game inspired by videoball, super smash bros, and lethal league. it's all about movement through recoil, ricocheting off of walls, and going really really fast. flickshot supports up to four players, with drop-in drop-out functionality.

i designed and built the gameplay systems, effects, UI, visual language, and feel tuning independently in Unity. most of flickshot’s visual effects are driven by Unity particle systems, with the goal of clearly communicating as much information about the game state as possible.

flickshot was shaped entirely through playtesting and live demos, and is still in active development.

core mechanic

movement through recoil

the whole game is built around using weapon recoil as traversal, making aiming, positioning, attacking, and defending the same decision.

readability

the juice is good for you

all effects, camera movement, and UI feedback are explicitly tuned to make high-speed state changes readable during play, all in your peripheral vision. even the screenshake communicates the game state to players.

gamedev / 2022

bigscreen

design / 2026

desktop environment

slowly yet surely, developing my own custom desktop environment starting from first principles. it's a work in progress, obviously.

window management

hyprpill

a plugin for hyprland that adds an intelligent pill-shaped grabber for window movement and management. bind custom actions to double-clicking, middle clicking, or right-clicking the pill. they also dodge occluding windows.

bespoke everything

liquiddock

an oopy gloopy dock built with signed distance fields and, you guessed it, physics springs.

game-ui / 2023-now

The Big Catch

Led UI/UX design and implementation for a retro-inspired 3D platformer, building expressive geometry-driven UI systems with springs, shape keys, and readable feedback.

At Filet Group, i lead UI/UX design and implementation for The Big Catch, a retro-inspired 3D platformer for Steam and Nintendo Switch.

i focus on UI that feels physical, playful, expressive, and readable during play. for The Big Catch, i built responsive interface elements using 3D geometry and shape keys driven by physics springs rather than uninterruptible and stiff animations.

The Big Catch: Tacklebox is available for free on Steam, and the full The Big Catch game is still in development.

it's alive

behaviors over keyframes

communication

the grapple indicator

gamedev / 2023-now

flickshot hyper combat

flickshot is a stylish competitive top-down arena shooter party game inspired by videoball, super smash bros, and lethal league. it's all about movement through recoil, ricocheting off of walls, and going really really fast. flickshot supports up to four players, with drop-in drop-out functionality.

flickshot hyper combat is my independent arena shooter project. the core idea is simple and stupid: every bit of movement is driven by weapon recoil. flickshot has the juice.

I designed and built the gameplay systems, effects, UI, visual language, and feel tuning independently in Unity. most of flickshot’s visual effects are driven by Unity particle systems, with the goal of clearly communicating as much information about the game state as possible.

flickshot was shaped entirely through playtesting and live demos, and is still in active development.

core mechanic

movement through recoil

the whole game is built around using weapon recoil as traversal, making aiming, positioning, attacking, and defending the same decision.

readability

the juice is good for you

gamedev / 2022

bigscreen

QA across the Bigscreen software, avatar IK, quality of life improvements, and marketing asset support for Bigscreen Beyond.

at Bigscreen, i tested core systems with emphasis on UI, interaction, multiplayer edge cases, and player-facing VR affordances.

i also built several small quality-of-life features, designed and tuned a smart IK system for Avatars 2.0, contributed hero 3D assets and materials for the Beyond headset's marketing, and assisted with promotional video production.

design / 2026

desktop environment

slowly yet surely, developing my own custom desktop environment starting from first principles. it's a work in progress, obviously.

window management

hyprpill

bespoke everything

liquiddock

an oopy gloopy dock built with signed distance fields and, you guessed it, physics springs.

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