Stefano

A narrative driven VR game developed in Unreal Engine 4. I joined the team over the 2026 Summer internship period as a technical artist developing assets and shaders for use in levels. Each level varied wildly in visual identity representing different people or mental states throughout the story making for a visually diverse playthrough.

A rogue-like first-person shooter developed in Godot in partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation for a patient who joined our team as the Creative Director and a lead Level Designer. I joined as a 3D prop artist creating various items to spread throughout the levels and add some visual variety to gameplay. These props were then used by the level designers to create ~10 levels that players explore in escalating difficulty as they progress through the game.

A 3D player vs. player platformer developed in Unity where players play as small hole punchers on a sheet of paper and jump around by punching holes behind them where the last player standing wins. I contributed mainly as a UI/UX developer with some minor 3D modeling work to create the hole puncher main characters and their associated textures. This game was produced in a ~2 week time period in a collaborative game jam with students from both the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Kyoto Computer Gakuin. The language barrier and time zone differences made for some unique challenges but was overall a fun experience.

A fully rigged and game ready character created for use within ChangelingVR, a narrative driven VR game. This T-Rex underwent several revisions and had to be remodeled a few times following feedback and as a result I learned a lot more about character rigs, how to add controls to them, and the benefits of IK vs FK rig handles. It is meant to resemble a stuffed animal hence the yarn-like texture on the body and bright colors.

A glowing crystal material I created in Unreal Engine 4 for use in a future level for ChangelingVR. This was primarily done by following Alex Huang's UE5 Material Crystal Effect - Tutorial on Youtube however, I did add the multicolor effects myself afterwards for more customizability to fit the project's needs. Creating this material taught me a lot about how to use Fresnel nodes specifically and helped me learn more about Unreal's material system in General.

A wood/bone box prop model to fill levels in The MAW, a level based first person shooter developed in collaboration with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The box was sculpted in parts in ZBrush then retopologized and UV unwrapped in Maya and finally texgtured in Substance Painter 3D.

A character model of a 'nuclear winter' themed character for a final class project encompassing the entire game asset 3D production pipeline made over ~2 weeks. The model was initially concepted using references from games from the Stalker and Metro series, after which we had our concepts reviewed proceeded to modeling them. Then I did a very low poly block out of the character to refine the idea and began sculpting the model in ZBrush. Once the sculpt was complete I took it back into Maya for retopology, UV unwrapping, and rigging. Finally I created an exploded version of the model for texturing in substance painter 3D.