Alberto Covarrubias
🏗️ Personal Projects
My professional career has been driven by my passion for video games. Classic games like TRON, Castlevania, Megaman, Zelda defined my childhood. Since my early years in C64, I have been working hard to learn how to program videogames. Most of my personal projects are oriented to the creative process and technical challenges that come from game development.
TRON
Virtual Boy Homebrew Game / 2007 / NEC v810, C++
Fully playable Virtual Boy game inspired in the TRON light cycle game
Subscribed for the Planet VB 2008 competition
Features music and simulated mode 7 graphics.
GBA Demo
Game Boy Advance Homebrew Game / 2004 / ARM, C++
Basic demo for GBA capabilities
Subscribed for the GBADev 2004 contest
Features music and simulated mode 7 graphics.
Virtual-E
Virtual Boy Dev Platforms / 1999 - 2010 / Win32, DirectX, v810, C++
IDE for Virtual Boy, including compiler, assembler, and emulator
Through the years, it has been used as a reference for versatile UX
Features music support, affine mode, and debugging capabilities
Avatar Chat
Online Chat Platform / 2000 / Win32, DirectX, VRML, C++
Complete client/server chat solution in 3D
Provided tools to create worlds based on VRML and the design your own animated avatar in screen
Space RED
PC Game / 2000 / Win32, DirectX, C++
Non-stop space action shooter
Features music, network battle and different level scenes
Invento
PC Game Demo / 1999 / Win32, OpenGL, C++
Demo of the Palenque archeological site loaded from VRML file
Fully explorable featuring textures, lights, fog and other 3D effects
Ajedrez 98
PC Chess Game / 1998 / Win32, MFC, C++
Midterm college project, 1st place winner in Tech Innovation Contest
Features hints, history print, multimedia assets
VEGL
PC and VirtualBoy Companion App / 2008 / OpenGL, C++
VEGL is a project that successfully renders OpenGL stereoscopic scenes on the Nintendo Virtual Boy
Implemented the hardware requirements, the PC App and the VB ROM
Uses LPT/USB for IO and compression to increase bandwidth speed