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Jacob Lu
Hello!
I’m Jacob Lu, a senior at WPI, a software engineer at Philips, and a former game developer at All In Tactics. I build the systems that bring design ideas to life, from chess games, to large-scale testing and infrastructure in health monitoring products. Whether I'm working on a game or a piece of software, I always try to deliver a product that might help someone smile.
Github: https://github.com/jjlu05
Game Design Projects
Cozy Chessu
Role: Systems Engineer
Contributions:
Worked mainly on designing + programming foundational game systems.
Pushed for and implemented player to NPC interaction, bringing the game's environment to life.
Built the business tycoon, narrative gameplay systems.
Studio: All In Tactics
Platform: PC
Tools: Unreal Engine 5, C++
Dragonfly Engine
Role: Programmer
Contributions:
Collaborated on a two person team to create a 2D game engine from scratch and use that engine to program a sample game. Built core engine physics and iteration loop. Programmed sample game, integrating partner's art and sound design assets.
Course: Technical Game Development
Platform: PC
Tools: Visual Studio 2022, C++
Volunteering Work
Happy House Rokken Japan
Poor employee retention is a problem many nursing homes in Japan face. For this semester-long project, me and two other students volunteered at a nursing home in Kobe, Japan and conducted research on what our project location "Happy House Rokken" does differently to retain it's employees and foster a positive work environment.
We started with the simple research question of "How can we improve the state of nursing care in Japan for the elderly" and scoped it into figuring out ways to improve the workplace environment for nursing homes around the Kobe area. Through our report and presentation, we were able to establish some key points on how to improve employee retention.
Most importantly, we were able to help out the employees of Happy House Rokken and get a sense of what it means to provide care not out of financial reasons, but truly out of a sense of love and care for another individual in one's community.
Link: Paper
