Projects

An Image showing the screenshots of games made with ExPresS XR.

ExPresS XR (Experimentation and Presentation for Science with OpenXR) is a toolkit for VR and XR in Unity.
Based on the OpenXR Standard, it aims is to help automate early stages of development of VR applications with a scientific focus by providing configurable base implementations of components that are expected to be useful for scientific XR projects.

ExPresS XR on GitHub • ExPresS XR Wiki on GitHub • Tutorials Playlist on YouTube

As of right now ExPresS XR found application or is currently used in the course of the following projects:

An Exhibition of the Remigius-Church in Mühlen. It features a partial recreation of one of the oldest evangelical churches with the oldest reformation monument in south germany. Church Exhibition on GitHub
A Small Numismatic Exhibition, serving as a exhibition highlighting some feature of ExPresS XR's second version.
CIVIS Spring School 2023, an internal workshop at the University Tübingen where international students can create interactive exhibitions for VR. We also created an additional numismatic-themed VR exhibition with awesome mini-games which will be released soon!. The materials for this workshop have been later be posted on Github: VR Museum Template on GitHub
(Undergoing)Psychological Study, on body-perception of transgender persons pre-operation with virtual avatars of their pre- and post-operation gender.🏳️‍🌈

In collaboration with seven fellow students we developed a tiny jump 'n' run/puzzle game that was ultimately published on Steam.
It is based on placing gravity-affecting blocks to build a path through a level and then traverse the level with precise jumps.

Neon GraVel-Website • Neon Gravel on Steam • @GravelNeon on Twitter • Neon Gravel on YouTube

Master Thesis

The core of my master thesis was the development of ExPresS XR (see above).
Beside it's development the opportunities of such easy to use toolkits and workflows, cross-platform development using OpenXR and smartphone photogrammetry for digitizing exhibitions were explored.

Bachelor Thesis

My Bachelor-Thesis was about integrating an Bluetooth hear rate and motion sensor in a web-interface for the SSTeP KiZ project. It's aim was to provide a solution for tele-psychotherapy for young adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Project Article - Uni Tübingen • Project Article - German Health Ministry

Tutoring

During my studies I worked as a tutor for the courses:

Computer Science II (German: Informatik 2), teaching the basics of Java.
Introduction to Technical Computer Science (German: Einführung in die technische Informatik), about basics of encoding, boolean algebra, network synthesis and electro-physics.
Theoretical Computer Science I (German: Theoretische Informatik I; ehem. Algorithmen), teaching students about efficient Algorithms and Data Structures.
Godot - Computer Games Made Easy (German: Godot - Computerspiele leicht gemacht), an introduction for the Godot Engine.

During that time I created my own exercises and sample projects for my tutorials. So that they do not get lost in nirvana I've created a GitHub-Repository to make them accessible for everyone.

* Note that the materials were created independently from the courses listed above and should not be associated with them. Content from any lectures were removed to the best of my knowledge.

Educational Material on GitHub (Coming Soon)

Papers/Seminars

Elaboration: Approximate String Matching: For the seminar "Combinatorial Algorithms" I elaborated the paper "Approximate String Matching - A Fast Bit-Vector Approach" by Gene Myers.
Original Paper on ACM.org • Elaboration - PDF
Elaboration: Three Combinatorical Problems on the n-cube and n-cube-grid: For the seminar "Graph Algorithms" I elaborated the german paper "Über drei kombinatorische Probleme an n-dimensionalen Würfel und Würfelgitter" by Gerhard Ringel was elaborated, cleared up and translated, making it more accessible for english speakers.
Original Paper on Springer.com • Elaboration - PDF
Graph Drawing Contest 2021 Participation: For a course we participated in the Graph Drawing Contest 2021. We used yWorks and JavaScript to automatically draw a graph.
Sadly we did not not make it in the top three, but that was only because there were no points style:) Watch out the pdf is made for printing, so it is quite big! Onion Graph PDF • Contest Report - Springer.com
Galou is Back, a solver and visualization for the problem "Galou is Back" of ACM ICPC 2007. GitHub Repository

Here are some other smaller project and prototypes I've worked on in the past as well as some certificates:

"Throw the Planet away", a prototype for 3D open-world puzzle game made with Unreal Engine 5.1. Tries so sensitize players regarding sustainability and inspire them to make small changes that help the environment and climate. As the name suggest this is done by solving puzzles and argument using a throwing mechanic.
The project was part of "Hola Serious Games"-project funded by the "MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg". It's aim was to connect interdisciplinary students whilst developing serious-game-prototypes and help them gaining further insights into game-industry in germany. Press Article - MFG (German)
Dynamic Day Night Cycles (DDNC), a Godot 4.x Plugin for dynamic day night cycles. The plugin allows correctly simulating the daylight, nighttime, dawn and dusk of you game's planet. It calculates the alteration of day-lengths throughout a year so days get shorter in the winter and longer in the summer.
The plugin allows full customization of the days per year's, day duration and the location on the planet to give the most immersive results.
DDNC in the Godot AssetLib • DDNC on GitHub
Klengan the Game, a community project for developing a web-game about the YouTuber Klengan. It was a 2D jump'n'run made with Godot. Besides being fun it aimed to raise funds for german cancer aid (Krebshilfe.de).
Due to the Corona Pandemic the project was ultimately canceled.
@KlenganTheGame on Twitter • KTG on GitHub
Pirates: At the turning Point, a game made for the Kenney Jam 2021 made with the Unreal Engine. The theme of this jam was: Rotation. You had to prevent pirates from reaching your hideout by rotating the water causing them to crash into walls.
Itch.io Page
Forklift F2P, aims to parody the "Free To Play"-Culture by revealing some threats of shady software. The web puzzle-game was made with Godot in the course of the "My First Game Jam: Summer 2021".
Itch.io Page
Miscellaneous Game Prototypes Godot Prototypes at varying stages of development/completions that might (or might not) see the light of day.
Craveler (Exhibition Prototype), a prototype of a museum exhibition for the numismatic based-game 'Craveler'. The gameplay was inspired by old tycoon games where you have to create a numismatic exhibition.
It was part of a study project with other students at the University Tübingen 2019.
International Masterclass - Hands on Particle Physics 2014, a masterclass for young students introducing them to particles physics with a discussion with scientists at CERN.
Informatik Biber 2013 - 3nd Place, computer science contest for german schools (grade levels 9 and 10).

ExPresS XR

Neon GraVel

University

Master Thesis

Bachelor Thesis

Tutoring

Papers/Seminars

Miscellaneous