Photography & Sketch
I used to be a part-time photographer for 2 years, my main focuses are tourism-propaganda landscapes and after-processed portraits. Being a great fan of Japanese animation, I sometimes draw characters from animation. Examples are like:
![](https://caoyuchen.github.io/assets/img/photography.jpg)
![](https://caoyuchen.github.io/assets/img/photos.jpg)
You can check more about my works at:
https://www.instagram.com/joshua_cyc
Directed Film
Dreamatic
This is a short movie that I directed and shot in a cooperated program conducted by University of Arts in London and ShanghaiTech University. My main contributions in this project mainly include:
- Screenwriter
- Director
- Cameraman
It’s mainly made for propaganda of a concept product in the future — Dreamatic goggles that help people record and replay the dream. You can view it below:
Film Screenwriting
Batman - The Great Normal
I studied screenwriting courses which are led by professors from USC, this is one of my 30 mins movie script about an unofficial biography of Batman series.
The story is set at the time when Bruce Wayne passed his golden age of being Batman. The protagonist is a normal 14 year-old kid, a fanatic hero fan but without any super power, his encounter with Batman in a crime scene dramatically changes his life…
![](https://caoyuchen.github.io/assets/img/Batman-GreatNormal.jpg)
You can view the full screenplay here:
There are other two screenplays that I wrote, The Trace and The Last Journey, but they’re not registered as IP yet. If you’re interested, please email me for the stories viewing.
Website Design
Interactive White Board
This is a set of English teaching tools, Interactive White Board(IWB), that I made for EF Education First, the main purpose of it is to assist children-oriented teaching in an entertaining and interactive way. My main contributions include:
- Design styles for children-oriented teaching
- The entire programming of front-end
- Data transfer part of Back-end
There are also some other websites that I made, you can check them here:
Animated Website using three.js, for display of Dreamatic concept products
Academic style lab website for MPL lab
3D Model & Animation
Photo-realistic Indoor Environment
This is a realistic indoor renderning in Blender, I made it mainly for the purpose of scientific dataset generation, the rendering is real time.
The main work includes 3D model building, accurate size, illumination, realistic camera setting, etc. You can view it below:
Derived from the real-time rendering work above, I also published the paper on Sensors Journal, the related website can be viewed at SSSBenchmark website.
Architecture 3D Modelling
I use Rhino + Grasshopper + Python to make parametric 3D models, and also I use AutoCAD + AdobeInDesign + Photoshop to create 2D visual concepts, here are some examples:
![](https://caoyuchen.github.io/assets/img/DSW1-Model.jpg)
![](https://caoyuchen.github.io/assets/img/cube0.jpg)
![](https://caoyuchen.github.io/assets/img/stadium3.png)
Game Development
Dr.Dox Quest For Time
GGJ 2022 game project: Dr.Dox Quest For Time. It’s a puzzle game where Dr.Dox is a time traveler seeking for treasures but he has to be careful to not bump into himself in the past to avoid time paradox. My major role in this project:
- Game design
- Programming
![](https://caoyuchen.github.io/assets/img/DrDox.png)
Penumbra
CMU Advanced Game Studio project: Penumbra. This projects is a split-screen two players game, players need to cooperate together and communicate with each other offline while playing the daughter and father to solve puzzles, go through forest and hide from monsters, to finally let them meet in the game. My major role in this project:
- Game Programmer
- Sound Artist
- Game Designer
- 3D Artist
![](https://caoyuchen.github.io/assets/img/Forest.jpg)
Sound Design
I’m mostly interested in synthesized digital music, I mainly use Ableton Live to design music and sound effect for animation/movie/game purpose. Here is my music list in SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/joshua-rain-24806913