Alex Mollard | Graphics Engineer

Graphics Vulkan Big Project 2026

Vulkan Engine Core (Working Title)

A C++20 Vulkan engine foundation focused on modern rendering architecture, scalable systems, and an integrated sample app.

CMake-based multi-target structure (Engine library + App executable) • Vulkan 1.4 stack with GLFW, GLM, and vk-bootstrap • Render graph, render queue, and post-process stack architecture

Networking Other Professional 2026

Big Ant In-House Tools Suite

Internal tooling and automation suite spanning memory diagnostics, crash reporting, CI/developer workflow scripts, and distributed QA orchestration for large-scale automated game validation.

Memory Mapper for CSV-driven leak and waste analysis • Big Ant Crash Handler with WER-based dump/log capture and crash grouping • CSX migration of internal automation scripts from Python

Networking Other Professional 2025

Cricket 26

Cricket 26 is the latest entry in Big Ant's long-running cricket franchise, bringing updated squads, competitions, and gameplay refinements to PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, alongside a new fully integrated websocket networking client.

Cricket franchise systems support • Multi-platform release workflow • Client-side websocket implementation

Gameplay Other Professional 2025

Rugby League 26

Step onto the pitch in the most authentic Rugby League experience ever — chase club glory, build a custom Pro Team, or rise through the ranks with a self-made superstar. Rugby League 26 puts you at the heart of the action.

Sports simulation systems • Cross-platform feature delivery • Production gameplay tuning

Tools Other Hobby 2025

Fly

Modern audio player with real-time visualization, spatial audio control, and advanced audio processing using OpenAL-Soft and ImGui.

Multi-format audio support (MP3, WAV, FLAC) • Real-time FFT-based visualization • Spatial 3D audio positioning

Graphics Other Big Project 2025

Odyssean-Engine

Modular 2D/3D game engine framework supporting OpenGL and Vulkan APIs with physically based rendering support.

OpenGL and Vulkan backends • Physically Based Rendering (PBR) • Modular system integration

Gameplay Other Professional 2025

AFL 26

Get ready for the future of footy with AFL 26. Feel every hit, hear every roar, and live every moment with unmatched authenticity and intensity — with lifelike gameplay, roaring crowds, expert commentary, and all the drama of real AFL. This is footy, redefined.

Ongoing sports franchise support • Multi-platform release delivery • Gameplay and systems iteration

Networking Other Hobby 2025

EnetPlayGround

Networking sandbox for experimenting with ENet protocol, reliable UDP communication, and scalable client-server architecture patterns.

Multi-client connection management • Reliable packet delivery implementation • Broadcast messaging infrastructure

Graphics OpenGL Hobby 2025

RenderAlchemy

OpenGL-powered color grading laboratory experimenting with HDR rendering, CLUT workflows, and post-processing effects.

Real-time 3D rendering with customizable camera • Advanced color grading using 1D and 3D CLUTs • HDR rendering with multiple tone mapping operators

Gameplay Other Professional 2025

Rugby 25

The ultimate rugby gaming experience — Rugby 25 immerses you in the heart of the action with hard-hitting tackles, from humble local club matches to the bright lights of the world's greatest international tournaments. Where legends are born and history is made.

Sports gameplay systems • Platform release support • Iterative production polish

Graphics Other Hobby 2025

CppOdyssey

A Jekyll-based documentation website covering C++ development — from project setup and fundamentals through to advanced topics like building Vulkan game engines.

C++ project setup guides • Step-by-step Vulkan tutorials • Code examples with commentary

Gameplay Other Hobby 2025

Tycoon

Co-developed Lua/Love2D game project exploring what it is like to build a full game entirely in Lua, with Declan owning major AI agent systems while I handled gameplay systems, tools, integration, and art.

Full game loop and state machine built in Lua • Multi-region progression systems with upgrade and resource mechanics • Clicker/tycoon gameplay with active and passive income flow

Gameplay Other Professional 2024

TIEBREAK

TIEBREAK is the most lifelike tennis simulation ever released — featuring 120+ officially licensed ATP and WTA pros across 90 official tournaments, AI powered by real match data, and a deep multi-season career mode. The official game of the ATP and WTA.

Real-time gameplay systems • Input and responsiveness tuning • Performance optimization

Graphics Vulkan Big Project 2024

SlimeProject

A Vulkan-based game engine (SlimeOdyssey) paired with a 2D platformer game — built to explore modern Vulkan 1.3 features, ECS architecture, and PBR rendering across Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Vulkan 1.3 renderer with vk-bootstrap and VulkanMemoryAllocator • Entity Component System (ECS) architecture • Physically Based Rendering (PBR)

Gameplay Other Professional 2023

CRICKET 24

Cricket 24 is the culmination of a decade of Cricket video game development, featuring the Ashes, professional Indian T20 teams, 300+ photogrammetry-scanned players, cross-platform multiplayer, and over 50 detailed official stadiums — the most complete simulation of cricket ever made.

Gameplay systems • Content and rules integration • Performance-minded feature work

Gameplay Other Professional 2023

AFL 23

AFL 23 is the most authentic video game football experience to date, featuring the fully licensed 2023 AFL Premiership and AFL Women's competitions, 1,200+ players with photo-realistic likenesses, and unique player traits powered by Champion Data.

Game feature implementation • Bug fixing and polish • Cross-team integration

Gameplay Other Hobby 2023

Cvar Testing

C++ sandbox project for prototyping a runtime command console that can execute custom commands in a live application without relying on a GUI.

Runtime command console integrated directly into the application loop • CVar-style command registration and parsing pipeline • Custom commands for driving behavior and triggering code paths at runtime

Graphics OpenGL Hobby 2022

SlimeCube

User-friendly OpenGL graphics engine for loading complex meshes and simulating Physically Based Rendering material lighting.

Complex mesh loading • Physically Based Rendering (PBR) • ImGui integration

Gameplay Other Professional 2022

Cricket 22

Cricket 22 delivers the Ashes, the Big Bash, The Hundred, and a multitude of other fan-favourite competitions through all-new mechanics, commentary, and a captivating narrative-driven career mode — the most robust cricket game Big Ant has ever created.

Sports gameplay systems • Broad platform support • Production QA and optimization

Research OpenGL Hobby 2021

Frozen Depths

Technical research project exploring procedural terrain and mesh generation with the Marching Cubes algorithm.

Marching Cubes mesh extraction • Procedural terrain generation • Real-time mesh updates

Graphics OpenGL Hobby 2021

2D Unnamed Game

Experimental OpenGL 2D game framework focused on physics, sprite rendering, text rendering, and texture atlasing.

2D physics and collision systems • Sprite and text rendering pipeline • Texture atlas workflow

Graphics OpenGL Hobby 2021

PBR Renderer

OpenGL renderer implementing a physically based rendering pipeline with multi-texture material support.

Physically based rendering • Multi-texture material system • Real-time lighting

Research OpenGL Hobby 2021

Fluid & Noise Simulations

Two C++ cellular automata experiments — a 2D liquid physics simulator and a noise-driven procedural world generator.

2D liquid physics via cellular automata • Procedural world generation with noise • Real-time simulation stepping

Gameplay Other Hobby 2019

PixelEdit

WinForms image editor project built to learn how desktop applications are structured, while exploring core algorithms needed for practical editing tools.

Pencil, brush, line, square, circle, and bucket tools • Image open, save, save as, and drag and drop import workflow • Grid overlay and color management for editing precision

Gameplay OpenGL Hobby 2019

Simon

One of my early C++ game projects, built to learn class-based design, game state flow, and per-frame update/draw architecture through a Simon memory game.

Simon memory game loop with timed color-sequence playback • Mouse-driven input validation against generated sequences • Round progression and high-score tracking

Gameplay Other Hobby 2019

Shop Game

My first proper C++ project, built as a text-based shop simulator to learn how classes, structs, and functions work in practice.

Turn-based buy and sell gameplay loop with dynamic item pricing • Gold and inventory management with menu-driven command flow • Randomized market updates each round for replay variation