Video Game Development at the University of Michigan

Vishnu Desaraju

 
 
Profile
Class 2008
Website Good Quotes
Contact Information
AIM vdesaraju
MSN pikachupika at hotmail dot com (yes, it\'s quite old. deal with it)
Primary email Vishnu's primary email
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Biography

-Currently in grad school at MIT in the AeroAstro department (don't ask why... only the admissions people know that). Working on robotics and control systems in the Aerospace Controls Lab.

-Majored in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Asian Languages and Cultures, all via the EGL Honors Program (until I dropped it by leaving UM for grad school). Worked in the Multi-Agent Decision and Control Testbed.

-Enjoys playing around with 3ds Max and Photoshop

-Doesn't play many games, ironically.

-Can probably beat you in Pokemon.

-Will possibly do ok against you in Smash Bros.

-Gets lost in 3d games.

-Spins in circles while holding the trigger button in most FPSs.

-Has more theory than practice.

Skills

Paintbrush, 3ds max, Photoshop, Premiere, MATLAB/Simulink, and C/C++ Also have done some Python, QBasic, and Assembly...

Side Projects

A game engine using MATLAB, or as some choose to call it, blasphemy.

Officer Positions

Vishnu has held the following officer positions:

Publicity Coordinator2007
Publicity Coordinator2006

Projects

Vishnu has been involved with the following projects:

  • Switcheroo!

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onJanuary 18, 2009
    ContributionCreated the project account on the Wolverine Soft site.
  • Flag Wars: Capture the Flags

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onDecember 14, 2007
    ContributionI was bored, so I helped.
  • Debugger

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onFebruary 11, 2007
    ContributionModeling
  • Dreamcatch

    StatusCompleted
    Joined onNovember 10, 2005
    ContributionArt
  • Stephen Colbert's Omega Squad Nine: Defending America's Greatest President

    StatusCancelled
    Joined onJanuary 20, 2008
    ContributionCreated all the artwork for the game.
  • Zeni Rocket

    StatusIn development
    Joined onJune 23, 2007
    ContributionVishnu has contributed the star background that has been in recent versions of the game. The screenshot has not yet been updated to reflect his fine work.
  • Zeni Maze

    StatusCancelled
    Joined onJuly 24, 2006
    ContributionThanks to Vishnu, you have a nice brick texture, with the potential for bumpmapping. He is also behind the Wolverine Soft teapot that was used to test model loading and rendering functionality.

Articles

Vishnu is listed as an author of the following articles: