Jitse ten Hove - Gameplay Programmer

3 years of experience
In 2018, I started programming in Unity and .NET using C#. I loved it and soon I was spending more time making games than playing games. I didn’t finish a lot of games, especially in the beginning. I constantly kept getting new ideas for new games that I wanted to make.

My goal is to finish my education at Buas and turn my hobby into a job. During my studies, I will get better at game programming. I will gain experience in working in different teams, learning from my mistakes, and sharing knowledge with other students and professors.

Current education

Creating games is my passion! I have been doing it for Four years and I want to turn my hobby into my job. At Buas I learn how to work in teams using industry-standard techniques like SCRUM.I am a third-year student at the Breda University of Applied Sciences, I study Creative Media and Game Technologies. I'm in the programming discipline.

Projects

These are some of the projects I worked on over the last years.

2024
2023

Game

Shred Off

In Development

32 weeks

Unreal Engine

In this 3rd-person action, snowboarding movement shooter, the player performs stylish tricks in the post-apocalyptic Alaskan mountains while gunning down enemies with an arsenal of ranged weaponry. Sled down the mountain on your snowboard to wipe out the enemy faction.

Buas

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Tech Demo

Interactive World Demo

In Development

solo

32 weeks

Unreal Engine C++ & C#

I am working on a tech demo in which I will create an environment where the player can influence the world, by interacting with the AI-driven NPCs in the world. The goal is to create a world where the player can talk to the different NPCs in the world to invluence their actions, and with that they will have an huge impact the world around them.

Personal Project

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Software

MidiManager

In Development

solo

3.5 years

Unity, .NET & C#

Windows

I first released MidiManager on Itch in 2020, nowadays MidiManager has its own website and is being used by a little over 30 individual users every day. MidiManager is a personal project of mine that I am very passionate about. It is software that allows users to bind over 50 different features on the buttons and sliders of multiple devices.

Personal Project

2023
2022

Game

Ruckus & Rascal

June 2023

12 weeks

Unreal Engine

In the last semester of my second year at Buas I created a game in a team of 12 students. Ruckus & Rascal is a chaotic co-op adventure where you play as two devious raccoons who love causing chaos. Use each other's strengths to make your way through the diner towards the head chef, and teach him a lesson for screwing up your home. But be careful, the diner's staff doesn't like you messing with their property, so they will try to catch you!

Buas

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2022
2021

Game Engine

Custom Game Engine

Oktober 2022

8 weeks

C++

PC & PS5

In my second year at Buas, I created a game engine and demo game from scratch using C++. Our game targeted both Windows and PlayStation 5. This meant that we got to work with the PS5 devkit, which I found very exciting.

Buas

Game

Super Circus Fruit Show

July 2022

8 weeks

Unreal Engine

In the last semester of my first year at Buas I created a game in a team of 14 students. With our game, we won 2 Buas awards. We won the "Audience Award" which was voted on by the audience at a the yearly Buas industry day. We also won the "Y1 Best Programing Award" which is an award that is given out by the lecturers each year for the best programming in a game made by first years.

Buas

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Game

Raspberry Pi Game

April 2022

solo

8 weeks

C++

Raspberry Pi OS

In my first year at Buas, I created a small game for the Raspberry Pi. This was a great learning opportunity to create a game that had to run on limited hardware. This semester made me very aware of the impact of optimization.

Buas

Ray Tracer

Januari 2022

solo

8 weeks

C++

In my first year at Buas I created a Ray Tracer using C++. The project required a lot of math. This was usefull refresher because I have been using the same math concepts in many other projects I worked on in my years at Buas.

Buas

2021
2020

Game

R6 PracticeBox

February 2021

solo

12 weeks

Unity Engine

R6 PracticeBox is a game that can be used to practice skills for Rainbow Six Siege. It is actually more of a "trainer" than a game. The trainer contains a lot of trainings that can be customized to the user's liking. The unique thing about R6-PracticeBox is that you can practice with screenshots from the game. This is for example used to learn map callouts. This is also implemented in the reaction time trainers, where you need to look for enemies in an image.

Personal Project

2020
2019

Game

Online Escape Room

October 2020

solo

5 weeks

Unity Engine

In 2020 I made a multiplayer game to play with my scouting group during the Corona pandemic. The escape room is full of puzzles that the players must solve. I used Photon Pun 2.0 for multiplayer. And I used a free Unity Snaps asset for the environment.

Personal Project

2019

Game