Duncan Armstrong — Game Programmer

Game programmer specializing in procedural generation, voxel engines, and systems programming. MFA Game Programming & BA Interactive Media, Clark University (Dean's List). Available for game programming roles.

Contact

Email: 978duncanarmstrong@gmail.com
GitHub: https://github.com/nacnud123
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncan-armstrong-496752184
Itch.io: https://duncan-armstrong.itch.io/

About

Gameplay programmer specializing in procedural generation and systems that shape player experience. MFA in Game Programming (Graduated 2025) and BA in Interactive Media and Game Design (Graduated 2024), both from Clark University, Dean's List.

Specializes in engine-level work: rendering pipelines, voxel engines, and systems design. Built multiple voxel engines in C# with OpenTK and in C++ with raw OpenGL. Recently completed an internship at Table Knight Games (Feb 2025–Feb 2026) working on UnderMire. Previously led programming on thesis game Project Soup, showcased at PAX East 2025. Also shown work at PAX East 2024 and 2023.

Education

MFA Game Programming — Clark University, Worcester MA — Graduated 2025 — Dean's List
BA Interactive Media and Game Design (Programming focus) — Clark University, Worcester MA — Graduated 2024 — Dean's List

Skills

Languages: C++, C, C#, Python, JavaScript, Rust, HTML
Engines & Frameworks: Unity, Unreal, OpenTK, OpenGL, React, Vite
Graphics: Voxel Engines, Raycasting, Shader Programming, Chunk Meshing
Concepts: Procedural Generation, Pathfinding, ECS, Game Architecture, VR, Sorting Algorithms, Data Structures, OOP, Memory Management
Tools: Git, VS Code, Visual Studio, Jira

Games

UnderMire

Role: Intern Programmer | Studio: Table Knight Games (Professional) | Year: 2026 | Status: Launching 2026

Tags: Unity, C#, Professional, Action RPG

UnderMire is a hand-drawn first person co-op roguelite. Duncan worked as a programming intern implementing item crafting (smushing), loot spawn effects, and enemy variations.

Website: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3366370/UnderMire/

Project Soup

Role: Lead Programmer & Lead Producer | Studio: Master's Thesis Project | Year: 2025 | Status: Shipped — PAX East 2025

Tags: Unity, C#, Lead Programmer, PAX East

An open world traditional roguelike RPG with an emphasis on procedurally generated content and emergent gameplay. Players explore a huge open world, fight enemies in procedurally generated dungeons, talk to NPCs in towns, gain XP, unlock perks and skills, cast spells, destroy terrain, and read books. Built entirely from the ground up. Showcased at PAX East 2025.

Itch.io: https://duncan-armstrong.itch.io/soup

DA_RL

Role: Solo Developer | Studio: Personal Project | Year: 2024 | Status: In Development

Tags: Unity, C#, Roguelike, Procedural Generation, Steam

A traditional roguelike emulating the original Rogue from the 1980s, built in Unity. Dungeon levels, enemy placement, and loot placement are all procedurally generated. Planned for Steam release.

Itch.io: https://duncan-armstrong.itch.io/da-rl

Sweetland Slumber Party

Role: Programmer (Lead) | Studio: Team Project | Year: 2023 | Status: Shipped — PAX East 2023

Tags: Unity, C#, Multiplayer, PAX East

A co-op game with ragdoll physics similar to Gang Beasts and Human: Fall Flat. Showcased at PAX East 2023, then released on Steam. Duncan served as lead programmer.

Website: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2393790/Sweetland_Slumber_Party/

DC Indev

Role: Solo Developer | Studio: Personal Project | Year: 2026 | Status: In Development

Tags: C#, OpenTK, OpenGL, Voxel Engine, No Engine

A Minecraft clone built in C# using OpenTK targeting Minecraft Indev version 20100223. Features a Minecraft-style lighting engine, survival mechanics, entities, procedurally generated terrain, and world generation options.

Itch.io: https://duncan-armstrong.itch.io/dc-indev | GitHub: https://github.com/nacnud123/DC-Indev-Public

DuncanCraft 2000

Role: Solo Developer | Studio: Personal Project | Year: 2025 | Status: Personal Project

Tags: C#, OpenTK, OpenGL, Voxel Engine, No Engine

A Minecraft Classic clone created in C# using OpenTK. Features fast infinite worlds, saving/loading, caves, blocks, and UI. An exploration of building voxel games without a game engine.

GitHub: https://github.com/nacnud123/DuncanCraft-2000-Public

DuncanCraft OpenGL

Role: Solo Developer | Studio: Personal Project | Year: 2025 | Status: Personal Project

Tags: C++, OpenGL, Voxel Engine, No Engine, Raw Graphics

A basic Minecraft clone written in C++ using GLFW, GLAD, IMGUI, GLM, and raw OpenGL. Supports breaking and placing blocks, with save/load functionality.

GitHub: https://github.com/nacnud123/DuncanCraft-OpenGL

2D FPS

Role: Solo Developer | Studio: Personal Project | Year: 2022 | Status: Personal Project

Tags: Unity, C#, Raycasting, Procedural Generation

A raycasting-style FPS with procedurally generated levels using the Drunkard's Walk algorithm. Inspired by Doom.

Entanglement

Role: Programmer | Studio: Game Jam (Clark University 24hr Spooky Game Jam 2022) | Year: 2022 | Status: 24-Hour Jam

Tags: Unity, C#, Game Jam, 24 Hours

A horror game drawing inspiration from theoretical quantum mechanics. A first-person game where the player must find all codes while being hunted by a monster. Made in 24 hours with a collaborator.

Itch.io: https://duncan-armstrong.itch.io/entanglement

D3

Role: Solo Developer | Studio: High School Project | Year: 2020 | Status: Personal Project

Tags: Unity, C#, VR, Dungeon Crawler

A VR dungeon crawler built during high school. First major independent project: designed, programmed, and shipped a complete VR experience.

GitHub: https://github.com/nacnud123/D3-Releases/releases

WMS (Washing Machine Simulator)

Role: Solo Developer | Studio: Personal Project | Year: 2020 | Status: Personal Project

Tags: Unity, C#, VR, Simulation

A VR game simulating being a piece of clothing inside a washing machine. Designed to test VR skills and create a motion sickness experience for the player.

Itch.io: https://duncan-armstrong.itch.io/washing-machine-simulator

Programming Projects

Prelude of the Chambered Port

Year: 2025 | Tags: C#, Unity, Game Port, Reverse Engineering

A faithful port of Notch's Ludum Dare game "Prelude of the Chambered". Originally written in Java, reimplemented from scratch in C#. An exercise in reverse-engineering game logic.

GitHub: https://github.com/nacnud123/CSharp-Prelude-of-the-Chambered

Markov Chain Text Generator

Year: 2024 | Tags: Python, Algorithms, Markov Chain, Text Generation

A Markov chain–based text generator that analyzes input text and produces statistically probable output. Implemented from scratch in Python with no ML libraries.

GitHub: https://github.com/nacnud123/MarkovFun

Dungeon Generation

Year: 2022 | Tags: C#, Procedural Generation, BSP Tree, Algorithms

A procedural dungeon generator using BSP trees and room-corridor algorithms. Generates varied, playable dungeon layouts programmatically.

GitHub: https://github.com/nacnud123/DungeonGen

Voxel Generation

Year: 2022 | Tags: C++, OpenGL, Voxel, Noise, Procedural Generation

A voxel terrain generator with noise-based heightmaps, multiple biomes, and chunk streaming. A similar terrain generation algorithm was used in DuncanCraft 2000.

Drunkard's Walk Cave Generator

Year: 2022 | Tags: JavaScript, React, Procedural Generation, Interactive

An interactive cave generator using the Drunkard's Walk algorithm. Originally written in C++, ported to JavaScript, then to React. Walk through the generated cave using arrow keys or WASD.

GitHub: https://github.com/nacnud123/Drunkard-walk-algorithm | Demo: /cave

Other Projects

Year: 2020–present | Tags: Python, Java, Basic, Lua

A collection of non-game-related programming projects including assignments from high school and college.

GitHub: https://github.com/nacnud123/ProgrammingProjects/tree/main

Full AI-readable summary: /llms.txt