Kunal Shah
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My Games Portfolio
AI Based Games
QuizzBuzz
Test your general knowledge by playing this quiz game powered by OpenAI. Select any topic and have fun.
20 Questions powered by AI
Let AI guess what you are thinking! Play your childhood game of 20 questions!
Fill In The Blanks Game
Use AI to test your word and spelling knowledge.
Platformer Games
Ranger Adventure
The first version of a game where a ranger travels through a desert. Created for an 8th grade science project.
Mar.io's Apocalypse
A game where you take robotic plumber Mar.io through a robot apocalypse. Created in Unity2D.
Puzzle Games
Suika Game
Stack and merge fruits to create the ultimate watermelon. Can you reach the top without overflowing the jar?
Game Designs
Weird Fishes Game Design Doc
QuizzBuzz Game Design Doc
My Artwork
As a Publicist and Treasurer for my schools Film Club, I created unique posters and graphics every week based on the movies released that week.
My Websites
Community Chronicle
Student Run News Organization. Filled with thousands of meaningful and unique articles for your everyday knowledge, enjoyment, and ease!
Pokedex Website
Complete pokedex up to Legends: Arceus. Built using React.js
Resume
Work Experience
Researcher
Jan 2024 - September 2024
UC Santa Barbara
Created digital ledger trading program to experiment and analyze trading behavior in banks vs blockchain. Cited as Research assistant in paper (referenced as K. Shah).
Game Developer Internship
May 2024 - August 2024
Built an educational quiz game for the NEX console that incorporates chatGPT to generate questions on a
user's topic of choice. I wrote computer vision code to detect hand movements for controls and created
custom music, animation, and sound effects. Final demo and presentation to CEO and Senior leaders.
Research Internship
June 2024 - July 2024
Created a prototype 3D model of a container which will be used to collect samples in the NASA Artemis lunar mission in Sep 2025. 3D printed the model and presented it at the NASA symposium. For this accomplishment, my name will be printed on a patch which will be attached to the Artemis lunar shuttle.
Swim Instructor
May 2023 - Present
Calphin Swim Academy
Swim instructor teaching toddlers to teens of varied skill. Built financial responsibility, discipline, strong work ethic, and coworker relations.
Education
High School Senior
2021 - 2025
American High School, Fremont, CA
- SAT Score: 1560, Math 770, Reading 790 (first attempt)
- GPA: 3.92 UW
Leadership
Co-Founder: Game Development Club at School
August 2023 - Present
Co-founded in Junior year and currently serving as the Vice President of a club that focuses on teaching students how to program video games. Helped establish and teach the curriculum, led one of our game development teams, and managed many of the events (such as fundraisers, merchandise, and activities) that the club held.
CTO: Community Chronicle
August 2023 - Present
Lead programmer for website publishing over 900 international news articles & 500 podcasts about economics & finance.
Volunteering
SnapKids
August 2023 - Present
Teaching swimming 1-1 to various neurodevelopmentally disordered children. Builds their confidence, help them exercise and learn important water skills.
Friends of Children with Special Needs
April 2023 - Present
Created programs and led weekly groups tutoring special needs children on spelling, vocab, and math. Led community gatherings showcase kids' talents.
About
My name is Kunal, and I am a 17 year old senior. My passion is game design and development, as well as many
other creative things in the field of computer science, like app and web development. Art of all forms has
been a huge source of inspiration and motivation to me throughout my entire life, and computer science and
technology is a major passion and interest of mine. That's why I hope to be able to use art and creativity
within forms of computer science with my career and my life. You can see some of my projects on this website!
Aside from that, my hobbies are playing video games, listening to music, playing piano, swimming, and
painting. I also like learning about marine biology
and ecology, am a fan of the macabre (though not horror movies, strangely enough), and love Pokemon.
Aspiring Game Developer / Software Engineer.
Some random trivia about me:
- Favorite Band(s): Gorillaz, Green Day, Tyler The Creator
- Favorite Animal: Blue-Ringed Octopus.
- Favorite Extinct Animal: Dunkleosteus
- Favorite Game(s): Hollow Knight, Outer Wilds, Zelda: BOTW (or TOTK now), Pokemon Black, etc...
- Favorite Food: Paneer
- Favorite Book: Dune
- Favorite Movie: Home Alone 1.
- Favorite TV Show: Only Murders in the Building