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date = '2025-03-19T09:23:16-03:00'
title = 'my portfolio'
layout = 'single-nodate'
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here i'll share some of the work i'm most proud of. most of it is open-source, and available on [my GitHub](https://github.com/colleen05), except for some projects like games.

## Kitty's Quest

![screenshot 1 of Kitty's Quest](/assets/images/screenshots/kittys-quest_1.png)
![screenshot 2 of Kitty's Quest](/assets/images/screenshots/kittys-quest_2.png)

[Kitty's Quest](https://collydev.itch.io/kittys-quest) is a game developed for the [Metroidvania Month](https://itch.io/jam/metroidvania-month-18) game jam in 2022, as a test-drive of GalaEngine's practicality in game development.

it's a challenging, retro-style platformer where you embark on a journey for tuna as a little kitty cat :3.

this game suffers a lot from gameplay imbalance, but its primary goal was to get a feel for game development, and how game development felt with GalaEngine at the time.

## GalaEngine

![GalaEngine promo image](/assets/images/galaengine.png)

GalaEngine was an open-source 3D game engine written in C++, originally with the goal of providing a <abbr title="Free and open-source software">FOSS</abbr> alternative to more commercial game engines. it was my first bigger project, and although it sadly failed, i've learned a lot about game development and programming in general! i also made Kitty's Quest in this game engine.

### GalaMake

GalaMake was a simple tool used to pack resources into engine-ready formats. it supported advanced-ish features like self-repair options for projects. it taught me a lot about working on utilities!