Andrew Beers

Merge is a Match-3, 2D puzzle game based on Combine's old flash game.

It uses a 7x7 board and 10 colors. When three or more pieces with the same color are matched, they merge into the next color. Each turn, the player receives two colors, may rotate and move them as preferred, and then drop them onto the board. Then, the player sees the following two colors, which can often lead to changes in the current plan. When three colors are connected vertically, horizontally, or adjacently, they disappear and transform into the next color in the sequence shown at the bottom of the game board.

I built and shipped a game on a one-person team based on a web game I played in the past. I programmed all gameplay, created all of the art assets and sound effects, designed new gameplay features, designed and created a REST API in C# for a shared leaderboard hosted on AWS, created and managed an Instagram profile for marketing, and worked with users to gather and implement feedback.

Second Dinner is a small action game written as part of a job application to Second Dinner, the game studio. You play as Fud, a small little monster who loves to eat. The game is split into two parts, The Meals and Second Dinner.

The Meals: Players have three different meals, Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Each meal focuses on the players consuming (collecting) only the food that corresponds to that meal. Players get one point for each "good" food they eat.


Second Dinner: With all his points from The Meals, the players now have to get to Second Dinner and avoid overeating on the way! Each food they collect subtracts from their current score. If they lose all their points before reaching the Second Dinner, they lose. Otherwise, they win!

I designed and programmed a full game in 48 hours, including original art and sound effects.

API to get current and historic crypto prices. The goal is to analyze correlations between cryptocurrencies and research their performance over time.

I built this API for my own needs and completed it over the course of one month.