Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War

Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! is a 2026 retro first-person shooter video game set in the Starship troopers universe. It was developed by Auroch Digital and published by Dotemu.

I worked as a generalist programmer from Pre-production through to late production.

• Adapted Existing AI systems to simultaneously work for 3D and 2D enemies.
• Working with technical artists to create a bug “wounds” system which allowed bugs to show battle damage which would directly correlate to damage dealt in game.
• Responsible for most of the UI programming, HUD, menus and the diegetic frontend.

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