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My name is Emily Root.
I'm a software engineer who specializes in creating experiences through games. I'm currently a student at North Carolina State University, graduating in May 2025. Check out all the cool things I've made in projects.
I'm a software engineer who specializes in creating experiences through games. I'm currently a student at North Carolina State University, graduating in May 2025. Check out all the cool things I've made in projects.
Gainz is an educational game about financial literacy. It was created in for a non-profit educational organization, Katabasis, in 2024. I worked with a team of 5 as the team lead and programmer.
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Pollenation is a beehive simulation game where the player controls a hive of bees through resource tiles. It was created for GMTK Jam 2024, but was not finished in the given 72 hours. I worked on a team of 4 as the main programmer.
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Cat's Cradle is a tile-based puzzle game where the player tries to rid its home of pesky dogs. It was created for GMTK Jam 2023 and made in 48 hours. I worked with a team of 6 as a programmer.
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Resource Rush is an educational farming game created in Unity in 2023. I converted the project from a javascript-based game to a Unity one and added features and art.
Winter Break is a puzzle adventure game where the player is trapped in a snowglobe and must find all the pieces to escape. It was created for a class in 2023. I worked with a team of 4 as a programmer.
Squidnapped is a game created in PuzzleScript about a squid escaping an aquarium by blocking cameras. I created it on my own for a class in 2023.
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Dice warp is a tile-based puzzle game built in Unity where the goal is to get the dice to the end with the correct face. I created it on my own for GMTK Jam 2022. I used outside assets for the art.
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God's Year Off is a asteroids-style pixel art game. I created it for GMTK Jam 2021 and it was the first game I ever published. I created all of the art and programmed it on my own.
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JavaBean is a project I worked on as a front-end developer in a software engineering class in 2023. As the lead UX designer, I overhauled the original design, came up with wireframes for all the usecases, and implemented the design using Bootstrap and AngularJS.