Another one!

This time my mod got featured on GamingBible.com!

"Also, the Realistic Map mod seems to be SvenVH’s first mod. Pretty impressive debut, so I’ll be watching this guy’s career with great interest from this point onwards." - Gaming Bible

My mod blew up on Twit... I mean X!

After a user shared my mod on X, Paweł Sasko, associate game director at CD Projekt RED, reacted with "Banger mod, very cool!".

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Featured on TheGamer.com

My mod was featured on TheGamer.com! They wrote an article about my mod and how it replaces the original map with a high-resolution render of the in-game map.

"The creator is currently pursuing a game programming degree, and if we had to hedge any bets, their future is extremely bright." - The Gamer

My mod blew up on Reddit!

After sharing my mod on Reddit, it blew up! A lot of positive comments and feedback.

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Realistic Map Release || Cyberpunk 2077 Mod

My first ever mod for a game! I created a realistic map mod for Cyberpunk 2077. It replaces the original map with a high-resolution render of the in-game map.

Block A, Year 2 Done

This block I had to make a game engine from scratch in 8 weeks. I made 2 demo games and they both run on PC and PlayStation 5!

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Block D Done!

In This block I had 8 weeks to make a game with a team of 10 talented people. The main goal was to learn how to with other disciplines and how to use Unreal Engine.

Block C Done!

During this block, I had 6 weeks to create a ray tracing engine. After these 6 weeks, there was a feature freeze. No more features could be added. The last 2 week were used to make a game using the ray tracing engine.
I scored 100/100 yet again on the assignment!

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Block B Done!

During this block I had 8 weeks to remake the old Retro game Pitfall in C++ but this time in 3D and... on a Raspberry pi. The main goal was to learn how to make a 3D engine using OpenGL and how to optimize the game for low-end hardware.
I scored a 100/100 points on the assignment!

Block A Done!

During this block I had 8 weeks to remake the old Retro game, Pitfall, in C++. One of the constraints was that I was not allowed to use any external libraries. Including the STD library. This meant that I had to make my own Vector, String, and other classes.
I scored a 100/100 points on the assignment!

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Lights out is released!

This marks the first (published) app I created after my internship. When compared to my earlier applications, the development process was noticeably smoother, clearly showcasing the improvments I've made because of my internship at Little Chicken.

Accepted into Buas!

Before I got accepted to the study Creative Media & Game Technologies I had to do an intake. The theme of this intake was "Bounce". Although I had prior programming knowledge, I had never used C++ before. After my game was reviewed and demed it was good, I was invited to an interview on campus. Couple weeks later I received the news that I got accepted. I scored a 100/100 points on the assignment!

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Gradute from Software Development!

I followed the study Software Development on Het Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam and graduated in 2023. I was the first student from my school that was allowed to this this. This meant that I did a 4 year study (which my school already did in 3 years) in just 2 years including Internship. I also got an extra vertification from the school verifying I did my study in 2 years.

Internship at Little Chicken!

In December 2022, I received exciting news from my school: I had been selected as the first student at Het Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam to participate in a fast-track program for my study. However, in order to receive my diploma, I needed to complete an internship. This meant that I had to find a suitable company within a couple of weeks.

Fortunately, Little Chicken recognized my potential and offered me an interview, even though they already had enough interns and the timeframe was tight. Ultimately, they accepted me as an intern.

Despite the daily 2-hour commute in the morning and evening, I consider the internship at Little Chicken to be a valuable experience. I am grateful for the opportunity they gave me and to gain experience in my field of study.

My story in the Newspapers!

My app gained more atraction and the local newspaper contacted me. They wanted to write about my story and my app. It was amazing to see my work getting so much recognition. I was thrilled to be interviewed for the article and share my experience with others. The journalist was very friendly and asked me a lot of interesting questions about my app's development and purpose. It was a great opportunity to spread the word about my app and reach a wider audience.

My story in GLR magazine!

My school wrote an article about my app! It was so cool. They asked me if they could write about it and I said yes, of course! The article ended up being in my school's end of year magazine.

2.500 Downloads!

In just a couple of days after the article about the app in the Dutch Newspaper, the A-Puzzle-A-Day app reached 2.500 downloads!

Article in the Newspaper!

When the app finally launched I decided to contact Anton Damen.
Anton Damen is a is a film journalist, game reviewer and copywriter for one of the biggest newspapers in The Netherlands called "AD". I sent him my story about the A-Puzzle-A-Day app and he loved it. So Anton decided to write about me and the app.

Available in the App Store!

After 10 months (Jan-Nov) the A-Puzzle-A-Day app is finally available in Google Play store and the iOS app store.

Finally met the Dragonfjord Team!

During the Autumn break my family and I went to Trondheim, Norway. During that trip we also visited Mike Naylor and Gerd Åsta Bones, the founders/CEOs of Dragonfjord. We had a great time and we solved a lot of puzzles there.

I'm famous in Trondheim!

While I was visiting the Dragonfjord team in Norway a reporter from the local paper called "MN24" came to visit and wrote an article about me and the Dragonfjord team. A translated version can be read here.

GLR Winterfest

Every year there is a festival called "GLR Winterfest" that my school organizes where the whole school is invited to go ice skating, drink hot chocolate and just have a good time to end the year. That year I was ahead of my school work so the teachers thought it would be a good idea to make a game for the festival that everyone could play. So in just a couple of weeks I programmed this game. That was going to be played by the whole school.

I graduated!

After 4 years, I finally graduated high-school. Every student got a goodiebag with a letter that we wrote to our self in the first year when we were 12. In that letter I wrote to myself "I hope that I will have my own game on the game market when I'm older" 5 years later and I have 2 games, one I made myself and one I made with a company in Norway. Both with more than 5.000 downloads combined.

Launch of my first mobile game!

In 2020 I made a game for the phone where you controll a ball that tries to stay close to the center of the world while rings try to push the ball away. I made this game when I was 14-years-old in Unity and programming language C#

Started young!

When a was 11-years-old and still in elementary school I already had my interests in programming. I went every week to a club called "CoderDojo" where I started to learn the basics of programming. I worked mostly with Raspberry Pis and the "coding language" Scratch.

Scratch holds a special place in my heart. It was a real playground for me and I spent a lot of time coding in it.